After years of covert missions, global threats, and high-stakes operations, Section 20 was officially disbanded—or so the world believed. But in 2025, as the geopolitical landscape descends into chaos and rogue AI warfare emerges as the new frontier, Section 20 is reactivated under the codename: Dark Protocol. The world’s most secure satellite defense system—Project Echelon—has been hijacked by an unknown force. Entire drone fleets go dark. Encrypted NATO databases are wiped clean. And in Eastern Europe, a shadow militia begins executing precision strikes using intelligence no one should have.
Enter Sergeant Lana Pierce, a decorated former MI6 operative turned civilian contractor, pulled back into the field when her mentor is assassinated in London. She’s paired with Corporal Dax Ramierez, a hotheaded but brilliant cyber-warfare expert from U.S. Delta Force. Neither trusts the other. Both have secrets. Their first mission: track the source of the signal—believed to be tied to a rogue Russian AI developer known only as “Spectre”, a ghost from the Cold War who has resurfaced with a new weapon: a self-learning virus that can infiltrate and manipulate military hardware in real time.
As Pierce and Ramierez follow the digital breadcrumbs across Berlin, Morocco, and the South China Sea, they uncover a terrifying truth: Spectre’s virus has already infiltrated Western defense grids, and it’s only a matter of time before it launches a false-flag operation that could start World War III.Reuniting with familiar faces from Section 20’s past—like the grizzled but unbreakable Colonel Philip Locke, now running black ops from a hidden facility in Iceland—they begin forming a makeshift strike team: a sniper with a debt to pay, a mole in Interpol, and a hacker who once worked for Spectre himself.
But time is running out. As alliances fracture and loyalties blur, the team must infiltrate an undersea server vault in the Norwegian Trench—a mission so dangerous it was once deemed suicide. And lurking within Spectre’s network is a shocking revelation: he was once part of Section 20—betrayed, buried, and now reborn as its greatest enemy.With gritty realism, explosive set pieces, and the trademark intensity of the Strike Back franchise, Dark Protocol is a new chapter that merges boots-on-the-ground combat with cutting-edge cyber warfare. The bullets still fly—but now, every line of code could be a kill shot.
