There were times that the tide of the Soviet Union washing across the face of the Earth could have been turned back - in Berlin, perhaps, if things had gone differently.

But the new sources of energy discovered by Soviet science lit a fire under the Russian war machine, and when Stalin rolled into Paris, the resulting (and quickly ended) flare of global conflict left behind an America and Great Britain that were little more than smoking ash heaps.

Stalin is dead now, and...

There were times that the tide of the Soviet Union washing across the face of the Earth could have been turned back - in Berlin, perhaps, if things had gone differently.

But the new sources of energy discovered by Soviet science lit a fire under the Russian war machine, and when Stalin rolled into Paris, the resulting (and quickly ended) flare of global conflict left behind an America and Great Britain that were little more than smoking ash heaps.

Stalin is dead now, and resistance movements have grown in number and strength, but the Soviets still stand supreme as rulers of the globe. It would take a force from beyond the earth, perhaps, to tip the balance.

Abram Krupin, leader of such a resistance cell, knows this - and took it as an omen when he saw a dog fall from the stars; a dog that spoke, that was clad in silver metal armor, and was armed with mysterious weapons. Abram called her Laika.

Against all odds, Laika believes that she can protect the countless lives crushed by the Soviets.