 In episode 21, the episode prior to Kenshiro's battle with Shin, Balcom leads a mutiny against Shin, which results in his own death at Shin's hands in combat and the resulting chaos that ensues later leaves most of Southern Cross burning in flames.Joker also dies in this episode in battle with Kenshiro.The organization is a militia composed of specially trained commandos that belonged to the fictional Red Beret special forces unit prior to the nuclear war, which was incidentally caused by their country of origin.