In the gleaming night sky of a metropolis we see Motoko Kusanagi perched on the rooftop of a giant scyscraper. As cybernetic operative and leader of the secret service unit Shell Squad, formed by the government in order to combat a wave of crime it cannot deal with alone, she is currently tapped into a conversation between a corrupt diplomat and a man who appears to be a programmer. A vicious firefight breaks loose. | ||||
Having brought the corrupt diplomat to justice Motoko has to flee from armed troopers of the ministry of Foreign Affairs who weren't authorized to do what Motoko had just done. She uses an advanced thermoptic camouflage suit which renders her virtually invisible to escape. The suspicous programmer is released. No charge can be raised against him | ||||