President Richard Nixon has been assassinated and Vice President Spiro Agnew has declared martial law throughout America. Pete leads a band of rebels known as the Rangers in taking over Eastman, a small Michigan town and setting up a pirate TV station there known as Free Amerika Broadcasting. Amanda is the anchorwoman for the reports FAB sends out. The revolution was not destined to be televised, however, and finally the military rolls in, crushing the rebellion and killing Pete and most of the Rangers. Only Alex and one of the female Rangers escape with their lives.