Okay. A shell of organic Symbiotes material--what the Venom symbiote is made of--has formed around the Earth. It's blocking the sun and restricting all communication. Nothing seems to breach it. And according to Charles Xavier--before we lost contact--it's connected to a god of darkness from before the dawn of time. So... we have a situation. Give me a full spectrum report. 
Appearing in "In the Dark"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Kree/Skrull Alliance
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
- Quiet Council
- Magneto (Erik Lensherr)
- White Queen (Emma Frost) (Voice only)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
- The Five
Antagonists:
- Symbiote Hive
- Cable (Security Director Nathan Summers) (Past; taken over by a symbiote and controlled by Knull (Earth-616))
- Symbiote Dragons
Other Characters:
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)
- S.W.O.R.D.
- Teleport Team (Mentioned)
- Galactic Council (Mentioned)
- Alpha Flight (Mentioned)
- Nick Fury (Mentioned)
- Kree/Skrull Alliance
- Emperor Hulkling (Teddy Altman) (Mentioned)
- Court Wizard Wiccan (Billy Kaplan) (Mentioned)
- Dr. Adam Brashear (Mentioned)
- Jean Grey (Mentioned)
- Michael Nowlan (Mentioned)
- Susan Nowlan (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Boost (Brian Dunlop) (Mentioned)
- Mister M (Absolon Mercator) (Mentioned)
- unnamed woman (Mentioned)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Solar System
- Earth
- United States of America
- Earth Orbit
- S.W.O.R.D. Station One (The Peak)
- Station Command
- Technology Suite
- Diplomatic Suite One
- Jump Suite
- S.W.O.R.D. Station One (The Peak)
- Pacific Ocean
- Earth
- Solar System
- Hell (Invoked)
Items:
- Cable's Symbiote (First appearance)
- Light of Galador
- Flowers of Krakoa
- S.W.O.R.D. Uniforms
- X-Uniforms
Vehicles:
Events:
- King in Black
- Snarkwar (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "In the Dark"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
WHAT IS PROTOCOL V?
The S.W.O.R.D. station is thrown in at the deep end of a planetary crisis as Krakoa battles the KING IN BLACK! While a cross-division team take on latex dragons from outer space, Abigail Brand prepares a deniable operation all her own. What is PROTOCOL V - and can the Earth survive it?