Episode 77: “Burn Protocol”
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Black Squad – Episode 77
Title: "Burn Protocol"
(With Qazi back, the team prepares for war from the shadows — but the enemy has already lit the match.)
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[COLD OPEN – UNKNOWN LOCATION | NIGHT]
A private bunker lit by red emergency lights.
General Virk watches CCTV footage of Black Squad's prison break.
Standing behind him is a towering man, face scarred, wearing a modified Black Squad combat suit.
GEN. VIRK:
"You trained under Qazi. Now, you'll be the one to bury him."
The man nods.
Major Raaka — the Black Squad's former demolition expert, presumed dead — is now reborn as a silent enforcer.
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[BLACK SQUAD SAFEHOUSE – 3:45 AM]
Qazi, wrapped in medical bandages, stares at a photo of the old team — back when it all began.
Zoya brings him water.
She finally speaks.
ZOYA:
"You remember my brother? He wanted to be a cop. You inspired him."
Qazi gives a faint smile.
QAZI:
"Then I owe him a better country than this."
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ACT 1: Resurrection of the Phoenix
Imran briefs the team:
The Ministry has declared Black Squad a rogue unit, issuing silent kill orders on all members.
Their faces are now on the "Burn List" — an unofficial blacklist for enemies of the state.
ARJUN:
"They're erasing us."
Qazi brings out an old encrypted hard drive — from the "Falcon Archive", the core of his secret investigations. It contains files on:
Government-orchestrated black ops.
Innocents labeled terrorists.
Corrupt senior officers embedded in law enforcement.
DANISH (reading):
"This... this could take down half the Ministry."
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ACT 2: Smoke in the Wind
Reet and Zoya trace a Ministry logistics network handling illegal weapon transfers.
Imran and Arjun prepare to intercept a convoy outside Navi Mumbai — a burn protocol delivery, meant to wipe all data about Operation Falcon.
They launch a tactical ambush. Explosives. Smoke. Close-quarters combat.
Suddenly, Raaka emerges from the smoke — silent, brutal, masked.
He takes down 3 guards and wounds Arjun with a blade throw. Then he vanishes.
IMRAN (breathing hard):
"Who the hell was that?"
QAZI (voice over radio):
"That was my mistake. Raaka."
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ACT 3: The Monster We Built
Flashback to 4 years ago — Raaka, real name Major Advait Rana, was Qazi's best field soldier. Until a mission in Myanmar went sideways.
Rana disobeyed a direct order and wiped out an entire village suspected of harboring rebels.
Qazi court-martialed him.
But Virk offered Raaka a second life — in exchange for his soul.
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ACT 4: Lines in the Dust
Qazi meets an old ally — Advocate Ila Mehra, an anti-corruption lawyer he once protected.
He hands her partial files from Falcon Archive, asking her to prepare for a public leak.
ILA:
"If you do this... they'll kill you before it hits the air."
QAZI:
"Then make sure it airs after I'm gone."
Meanwhile, the team prepares a new base — a moving command center built into an old armored train.
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ACT 5: War Begins
At midnight, Major Raaka and his mercs raid a suspected safehouse in Pune.
They find nothing — only a message on the wall:
> "You're hunting ghosts. But ghosts don't die." – B.S.
General Virk orders a "No-Capture Protocol" on all Black Squad members.
GEN. VIRK:
"Burn them all. Especially him."
Cut to Qazi, standing atop the train, looking out over the rails.
QAZI (to Imran):
"They want to bury us. But we're already under their feet."
IMRAN:
"And it's time we pulled the ground out from under them."
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[FINAL SCENE – CREDITS MIDWAY STINGER]
In a dark bunker, Raaka removes his mask. His face is mutilated.
He whispers to himself:
> "You broke me, Qazi. Now I'll return the favor — piece by piece."
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NEXT EPISODE TEASE – EPISODE 78: "Echoes of the Squad"
Raaka targets families of the Black Squad.
Flashbacks to key Squad moments show who they were before they became soldiers.
Qazi faces an emotional collapse — and reveals the one line he regrets crossing.
The countdown begins for "Operation Dawnfire" — Black Squad's revenge.