Based on Adam's message and Prescott's last words, Baird speculated that A2897 was the data on Azura where Prescott secretly kept Adam. Though Prescott died before he could explain what he meant, Damon Baird realized that the old bastard was Hoffman and the disk that Prescott handed over had to be the key to unlocking A2897. Before dying, Prescott handed Marcus a disk and commented that 'the old bastard' would be furious. It revealed that Adam was alive and being held on the island of Azura where he developed a weapon to destroy the Lambent. Īfter over a year missing, Prescott arrived on CNV Sovereign with Adam's message for Marcus. He also gave Prescott a message for Marcus as Adam intended to stay behind to complete the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon. Info about the Maelstrom on A2897 after being decrypted.Ġ1 March 2016 Cracking the Encryption Īs Azura fell to the Locust, Adam Fenix ordered Prescott to give Hoffman the encryption key to A2897 so he could come to their aid. The best that the man could come up was that the disk might need a physical key such as another disk run simultaneously or a fingerprint. Baird even enlisted the help of a Gorasni ex-spook to come up with some ideas as the man was paid to spy on them, but even he had no luck. Baird returned A2897 to Hoffman and told him that he worked on it up until that very morning without success. By the time that the COG disbanded and abandoned Vectes, Baird failed to break the encryption. Hoffman later told Quentin Michaelson and Miran Trescu about it and Trescu offered Gorasni help in the decryption. īaird spent months trying to crack the disk without success and Prescott continued to refuse to divulge what was on it, leading to a lot of speculation about its contents. Hoffman left A2897 with him to continue attempting to crack it. Hoffman showed the disk to Baird, but he was unable to crack it. Bernadette Mataki and asked what to do with it. Prescott was unconcerned that Hoffman might crack it and even admitted that he had a backup.

He admitted taking the disk, but refused to give it back, determined to find out what Prescott was hiding. After the battle, Prescott confronted Hoffman about it. He broke into the desk and took the disk, but discovered that it had a non-COG encryption code when he tried to read it.

Victor Hoffman discovered A2897 when he noticed Prescott locking his desk during the First Battle of New Jacinto and suspected him of holding more secrets from him.

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