I updated the file. I think I converted it to a maya 5.0 file, so it SHOULD work now. Test and see please.
Thanks.
https://oregonstate.edu/~rhodesd/Hand/Hand.ma
"We don't actually need to know that the main character has a past. All we need to know is that he has an objective and a lot of people are going to die and a lot of innocent inanimate objects are going to be destroyed and blown up before he can complete that objective."