Hoffman and Hana realized that it would be a suicide mission to send Gears into a Swarm Hive, plant a biological weapon, and escape before getting killed by either the Swarm or toxic gas. However, the challenge would be fighting through an entire Hive of the Swarm in order to deliver the toxic bomb to the heart of the Hive. Nevertheless, Hoffman proceeded with his plan as a rogue operation instead. A problem arose when First Minister Mina Jinn insisted on using DeeBees instead of Gears and forced Hoffman into retirement for disagreeing with her. Cole then created a toxin that would kill anything living using the deadly gas recovered from the New Hope Research Facility. Hoffman enlisted her help in creating a program that could destroy entire Swarm Hives. Scientist Doctor Hana Cole began studying the Swarm and their Hives, believing that each member of the Hive they originated from were all connected by a singular network, and destroying that network would kill all the Swarm connected.
Victor Hoffman to Team Scorpio.Īs the Swarm Invasion began to worsen on Sera, Colonel Victor Hoffman was inspired by the victory they achieved in Operation: Hollow Storm during the Locust War, by taking the fight straight into enemy territory rather than fighting on the defense. That you've all struggled and suffered, but you've still got that fight in you.