Editing Sixth Column (section)

==Plot summary==
A top secret research facility hidden in the [[Colorado]] mountains is the last remaining outpost of the [[United States Army]] after its defeat by the [[Pan-Asianism|PanAsians]]. The conquerors had absorbed the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] after being attacked by them and had then gone on to absorb [[India]] as well. The invaders are ruthless and cruel. As an example, they crush an abortive rebellion by killing 150,000 American civilians as punishment. Noting that the invaders have allowed the [[Freedom of religion|free practice of religion]] (the better to pacify their slaves), the Americans set up their own church in order to build a [[resistance movement]] – a "sixth column", as opposed to a traitorous [[fifth column]].

The laboratory is in turmoil as the novel begins. All but six of the personnel have died suddenly, due to unknown forces released by an experiment operating within the newly discovered [[Magnetogravity wave|magneto-gravitic]] or [[Electrogravitics|electro-gravitic]] spectra. The surviving scientists soon learn that they can selectively kill people by releasing the internal pressure of their cell membranes, among other things. Using this discovery, they construct a race-selective weapon that will stun or kill only Asians.