Albatross Jules Verne and the gang accompany professor Lucas Artemius to Arizona, where the meteorological society invited him to partake in lightning research by zeppelin. Only aboard the Albatross, they learn they scientific mission is a cover for the US Secret Service, which wants their help as nobody else is respected enough to negotiate with Captain Nemo, whose superior airship robs trains. This time, he proves willing to fight even former Sorbonne study buddy Artemius mercilessly.