Act 1. Where in the world did they go?
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[title credits: next morning,
Harry, Jaime, cross the Police-line at Diana's house]
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[introduction: discuss with
Police, Harry's relation to aliens; VCR, vase](SR3)
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[decision: Harry lectures; colleagues
plan a UFO AIR-Team]
Act 2. How in the world do we follow?
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[establishment: helicopters watch
the UFO, US Army; the antihelium ruse]
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[experiment: commandeer-launch
the UFO; bodies discovered underneath]
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[exodus: hundreds leave Earth,
US Army's missile-assault; fast-path to the moon]
Act 3. What in the world is a UFO...?
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[quickening: ride to moon backside,
anti-comet missiles encounter]
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[amplification: dock, cavernous
station complex; take starships, the flagship](SB9)
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[intensification: the grand fleet
trains beyond moon]
Act 4. Who in the world are we following?
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[exordium: alien-Gwen-team passes;
chase to Pluton, space-hyper-jump](SB10)
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[destination: aether-slip-stream,
light-speed ring-world, galaxy-center, black-hole](SB11)
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[rendezvous: alien encounter escapes;
Harry takes the elevator, Mike returns](SB16)
Act 5. When in the world does help arrive?
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[armageddon: aliens arrive hot,
Dave's first-strike team resists]
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[revelations: Grand-Admiral
Mike returns, saves Earth; meets the aliens]
Act 6. Which in the world is our world?
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[reparations: recovers Gwen,
Peter, Daniel; cross-disciplines his heros]
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[retributions: Grand-Admiral's
diplomacy link with the U.S. President]
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[reorganization: prepare for
future expansions; receive a distress call]
Act 7. Why in the world did we leave?
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[recusal: return to the ring-city,
destroyed; meet supercosmosians](SB12)
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[threshhold: lead Quest-set
fleet starships across the cosmos]