The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.

The Minister of Defense, who is expected to take part in a meeting has ordered an advance onsite inspection. The area must be secured and cleared from a rumoured terrorist threat.

When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source.

《攻壳机动队》，是由日本漫画家士郎正宗1989年4月22日首次连载于讲谈社青年漫画月刊《Young Magazine海贼版》的漫画，进度为每三个月一话，第一部总共收录有12话，在结束了第一部以后正式开始了第二部的连载，于1991年10月5日以一千日元的高价（相对同期的其他漫画而言）第一次印刷发行攻壳机动队第一部漫画的单行本。《攻壳机动队》还被改编为电视动画、动画电影。 单行本中充满注解，比漫画还多。人物性格大多很轻松。作者的话中说道：“对于默默不断前进的科学，SF（科幻）也总不能总是描写世纪末的倦怠世界吧。未来还是明亮的好。” 英语名称中的“Ghost”是指灵魂，而“Shell”则指肉体躯壳。 故事的背景舞台设定在近未来的日本，时间是2030年代前后，街道是以香港作为绘图基础。当时进步的科技已可将人体的大部分替换为生化躯体，且透过埋藏在大脑中的线路，人类意识可以进入数位网络之中。此时出现了许多生化人与网络黑客的新型态犯罪事件，因此成立了直属于首相的“公安九课”(通称：攻壳机动队)，以武力来直接打击犯罪。 本作品对于未来科技的考据、设想，以及精致细密的描……

《攻壳机动队》，是由日本漫画家士郎正宗1989年4月22日首次连载于讲谈社青年漫画月刊《Young Magazine海贼版》的漫画，进度为每三个月一话，第一部总共收录有12话，在结束了第一部以后正式开始了第二部的连载，于1991年10月5日以一千日元的高价（相对同期的其他漫画而言）第一次印刷发行攻壳机动队第一部漫画的单行本。《攻壳机动队》还被改编为电视动画、动画电影。 单行本中充满注解，比漫画还多。人物性格大多很轻松。作者的话中说道：“对于默默不断前进的科学，SF（科幻）也总不能总是描写世纪末的倦怠世界吧。未来还是明亮的好。” 英语名称中的“Ghost”是指灵魂，而“Shell”则指肉体躯壳。 故事的背景舞台设定在近未来的日本，时间是2030年代前后，街道是以香港作为绘图基础。当时进步的科技已可将人体的大部分替换为生化躯体，且透过埋藏在大脑中的线路，人类意识可以进入数位网络之中。此时出现了许多生化人与网络黑客的新型态犯罪事件，因此成立了直属于首相的“公安九课”(通称：攻壳机动队)，以武力来直接打击犯罪。 本作品对于未来科技的考据、设想，以及精致细密的描……

After a global financial crisis, the world is engulfed in an AI-driven "sustainable war." It's up to Section 9 to counter new forms of cyber threats.

In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and major world powers compete for technology and resources, the divide between rich and poor grows and the future for the poor looks bleak. In this transitional stage, everyone wanders around in a self-indulgent daze and the way out isn't clear... This is the story of how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet.

The story follows Motoko Kusanagi, a highly skilled member of the military, whom upon meeting Daisuke Aramaki, a current chief of the Public Security Section 9, in less than desirable conditions struggles to clear her name whilst forming her own independent team with the highest priority under the sponsorship and guidance of the chief Aramaki himself. Alternative Architecture is a TV anime version of the Ghost in the Shell: Arise movies.