 He orders Hintze to reactivate the satellite to execute a program he has devised to extend its area of effect and stop the permanent winter.He is alarmed to hear that Hintze is using it as a weapon, but the Distributors suddenly return and during the battle a sniper kills him.Enraged, the four confront Hintze, who is powering up the satellite to destroy Tangier, the NUNS' headquarter city, as a revenge for having been left behind.