Protocol 66

Protocol 66 refers to a contingency protocol implemented by the Turkish president and/or heads of The Ascendancy that shuts down The Ascendancy in the event that things go "belly-up". That is, it is meant to protect the Ascendancy and its operatives should something go wrong to compromise the entirety of the agency.
When Protocol 66 is active, any and all Ascendancy operatives or their affiliates are prohibited from acting in sanctioned operations. Any operatives currently working a mission are promptly called off the op "until further notice." In numerous situations, this has left agents and/or affiliates stranded in hostile territory with little to no means of escape whatsoever. 
In the words of foreign asset Ralph Rager, "We've gone belly-up." As agents Sera Onan, Ilgin Pamuk, Fahir Aldemir and other native members of the agency have phrased it, "We are shut down and cut off from everyone. No satellite, safe house, support, or extraction."
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