Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex

A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the Individual Eleven barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists before the scheduled police raid.

A refugee living in Japan has plans to reset the world and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?

A formal investigation into Mr. Todoko has yielded evidence that he may be managing former Secretary General Yakushima's assets.

The largest live fire exercise ever conducted by the Japanese Self Defense Force is currently underway in advance of the Prime Minister's planned announcement of the repealing of the Refugee Special Action Policy.

Assassination threats against the prime minister, who has revoked the Refugee Special Action policy, bring in a reluctant Section 9 protection unit.

Togusa investigates a seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run; while in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden.

Aramaki is summoned to the Prime Minister's office after plans to ship plutonium from the Uchikon 7 district of the Shonjuku Refugee District were leaked to terrorists.

While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 discovers that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.

The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda; the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.

Togusa is brought up on murder charges.

The Major finds herself hacked; an old woman tells a story from her past.

The Tachikomas locate a suspicious file.

The group tracks down the designer of Kuze's face.

Representatives from the American Empire have arrived in Japan to discuss a new security treaty and Section 9 is one of the various groups assigned to secure the building where the talks are taking place.

The Tachikomas discuss individuality.

The Prime Minister calls a meeting of her cabinet to discuss the refugee situation.

The Major investigates a lead on Kuze in Taiwan.

A patient undergoing a routine medical procedure unexpectedly takes a turn for the worst and the medical staff mount a frantic effort to save him.

The Major hacks the refugee cyber brain hub to determine Kuze's location.

Section 9 is alerted to Kuze's true location.

Batou confronts Kuze in an effort to stop him from leaving with the plutonium, but Kuze proves to be a better fight than Batou and ends up disabling Batou's right leg and left arm and putting Batou out of commission.

A tactical nuclear device has been discovered in the Kyushu Telecom Tower in the Japanese capital of Fukuoka and some 35 million citizens are subsequently evacuated over a five-day period to allow the Ground Self Defense Army to safely diffuse and remove the device.

Prime Minister Kayabuki meets with her cabinet to discuss the Fukuoka nuclear bomb incident, but the cabinet has already decided to deploy the army to retrieve the remaining plutonium supposedly hidden on Dejima Island.

As the Prime Minister is taken into custody, the military begins its attack on Dejima.