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MSG ATHENS: ALL GAS, NO BRAKES
By Donovan Cage
When a protest outside the U.S. Ambassador’s compound in Athens turns violent, a squad of elite Marine Security Guards must extract VIPs, outmaneuver disinformation warfare, and survive the fallout, all in time for late-night binge drinking.
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MSG: Athens is a hard-charging, darkly funny political action-thriller about a U.S. Marine Embassy Security Guard detachment in Greece who must protect American assets, each other, and their own moral compass as riots, espionage, and personal demons close in.
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MSG: Athens
Appreciate the eyes on MSG: Athens, the second strike in the MSG franchise and already turning heads.
It scored a 91% "Recommend" from Industrial Scripts, hit the Coverfly Red List, and placed in Wiki and Roadmap.
Action, dark humor, and protest smoke in one riot-slick package.
Thanks for rolling with us.
MSG Nation just crossed borders.
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If Jack Ryan took shrooms and wandered into The Bear with a loaded sidearm, you’d get MSG: ATHENS. Gritty geopolitics meets chaotic camaraderie, with Marines, misinformation, and Molotovs.
Created by a former U.S. Marine Embassy Security Guard.
Part of the expanding MSG Nation franchise.
Now repped by Roadmap Writers for Coverfly Red List Marketing.
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MSG is not your typical military thriller.
It’s the only franchise of its kind that blends geopolitical tension, kinetic action, and grounded Marine realism, then rips the rulebook in half. MSG breaks the fourth wall, slams you with punchy voiceover, and throws you into the chaos alongside characters who feel like your fire team.
This isn’t war porn, this is MSG Nation: raw, irreverent, and built on the kind of dark humor only Marines walk the fine line of.
Think Generation Kill meets The Boys, with Barry’s bite.
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This pilot drops you into a riot outside the U.S. Embassy in Greece, following a sharp, funny, emotionally grounded Marine detachment trying to hold the line. Based on my real-life experience as a Marine Embassy Security Guard, it’s built to feel authentic and franchise-ready. If you’ve got questions, feedback, or want to jam on anything, I’m all ears. Always down to connect and collaborate.
Collaboration welcome.
MSG NATION — OOH-RAH!
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