 Strike Back : Project Dawn , as it is known in the United Kingdom is a ten @-@ part British @-@ American action television serial and is the second series of Strike Back . However , the only cast member to return from the first series was Richard Armitage in the first episode . The main cast for the series includes Philip Winchester , Sullivan Stapleton , Amanda Mealing , Eva Birthistle , Michelle Lukes and Rhashan Stone . The series follows the actions of Section 20 , a secret branch of the British Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6 ) , particularly two of its officers , Michael Stonebridge ( Winchester ) and former American Delta Force operative Damian Scott ( Stapleton ) . Section 20 leads a worldwide manhunt to find and capture Pakistani terrorist Latif , who is plotting an operation of his known as " Project Dawn " . 
