Inside a NATO communications bunker, the team discovers the chilling truth—Berlin is the final domino. As Phase III unfolds, Atlas has manipulated both NATO and the Soviets into preparing for war, each convinced the other is about to strike. With the city on edge and military forces redeploying under false pretenses, Klara realizes the plan isn’t to stop the Cold War, but to let it collapse—violently or symbolically. If the Wall falls by force or fear, Atlas wins. Jimmy and the team now face a race against time to reach Berlin before a single spark ignites global chaos.

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As Jimmy and the team cross into the Netherlands under false identities, they race toward Brunssum—the nerve center of NATO’s encrypted communications. Their mission: break into the underground data hub before Atlas initiates the final phase of its operation. But what they uncover inside changes everything. A young officer with shaking hands delivers a warning and a classified report that confirms their worst fears: Phase III is live, and Berlin is the target. With NATO compromised at the highest levels, the team must decide whether to run or stop the collapse of the Western alliance from within.

The team infiltrates NATO's SHAPE command center in a last-ditch effort to uncover the truth about Phase III. With the help of a compromised insider, they learn the horrifying truth: Atlas isn't just inside NATO — it may be NATO. A high-ranking general is revealed to be at the center of the conspiracy, and a purge is already underway. With time running out, Jimmy, Klara, and the team realize their only shot at stopping Phase III lies beneath a heavily guarded U.S. base in the Netherlands. What started as espionage has become all-out survival.

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As the sirens close in, Jimmy and Klara escape the scene of Voss’s murder—but not fast enough to avoid a trap. Hunted not just by Belgian authorities, but now by NATO itself, the team realizes the betrayal runs deeper than they feared. A kill order has been issued. Voss’s ledger reveals the unthinkable: Atlas wasn’t the only operation he was financing. Some of NATO’s own are on the take. With nowhere left to run, the team makes a bold call—break into SHAPE headquarters and expose the truth before they're eliminated.

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The cassette recorder clicked off, its message hanging in the air like smoke. Voss was dead—and the voice on the tape wasn't from Atlas.

It was NATO.

Jimmy and Klara stood frozen in the townhouse bedroom, staring at the small black device that had just turned their entire mission inside out. The voice was calm, amused, and confident in its betrayal.

Over the radio, Graves demanded a report. Klara confirmed the kill: clean, suppressed, professional. Execution-style. The assassin had been there just minutes before.

And then the message played again.

“You’re just a little too late… Voss had such valuable information… Atlas isn’t the only problem…”

Whoever this was, they knew Hart. Knew his name. Knew what the team was chasing. And they weren’t afraid.

This wasn’t just a warning—it was a declaration.

Phase III wasn’t a Soviet operation. It wasn’t even fully Atlas. It was something deeper, something festering inside the very organization meant to protect the free world.

And now, it was personal.

Powell’s warning came through fast: an anonymous tip had gone out to the Belgian police. Two unidentified agents spotted entering Voss’s home—matching Jimmy and Klara’s exact profile. They had minutes before local authorities—and possibly something worse—locked down the scene.

There was no time left to analyze. No time for doubt.

Klara grabbed the ledger—the last link to Atlas’s financial web—and they slipped out the back, fading into the streets of Brussels as sirens closed in.

They hadn’t just uncovered a conspiracy.

They were now targets of it.

Jimmy, Klara, Graves, and Powell slip into Brussels undercover, chasing a critical Atlas asset named Voss—a financial mastermind whose knowledge could unravel Atlas’s entire operation. Posing as ordinary travelers, the team quickly discovers they’re already one step behind. At Voss’s empty townhouse, they find the financier dead, recently executed, and realize Atlas anticipated their every move. A chilling audio message left at the scene reveals an even darker truth: Atlas isn't acting alone. Someone within NATO is guiding Atlas’s hand, betraying the alliance from within. Now, Jimmy and his team must confront an enemy they never imagined—one hidden deep inside their own ranks.

In a stark West Berlin hospital, Jimmy and his team grapple with the aftermath of their harrowing escape. Klara survives a close brush with death, but the team has little time to rest. A disturbing message intercepted from Teufelsberg confirms their worst fears—Atlas has activated Phase III. Digging deeper, they realize Atlas is no longer acting alone, now backed by rogue Soviet military factions. Klara, despite her injuries, reveals critical intel: Atlas is preparing a devastating final strike on NATO's leadership, potentially dismantling the alliance forever. With Brussels as the likely target, Jimmy and his team prepare for a desperate race against time, knowing if they fail, Atlas will finally achieve its catastrophic endgame.

hrough the streets of East Berlin, fleeing after a bloody confrontation in Treptower Park. With Klara critically wounded and the Stasi rapidly closing in, their only escape route lies through the infamous Checkpoint Charlie—the most heavily fortified crossing in Cold War Berlin.

In a daring and tense standoff, the team poses as NATO personnel returning from an attack, banking everything on deception and timing. Just as the East German guards grow suspicious, a sudden distraction erupts, providing the briefest window for escape. Under the harsh glow of checkpoint floodlights, they barely cross into West Berlin, safe but shaken.

Yet, victory is short-lived. Jimmy notices a shadowy figure—an operative from Atlas—watching silently from the Eastern side, signaling clearly that the threat is far from over.