Flood decides to retaliate against Zion for their recent attacks. He sends Merovingian operatives to â?opersuadeâ? the Cypherites to lead an attack. Disguising themselves as Zion operatives, the Merovingian operatives strike at a Cypherite base. Believing Zion had attacked them, the Cypherites send their own attack against Zion. Flood sends operatives of his own to give a hand. However when the arrive at the battle scene all they find are dead Cypherite RSIs everywhere. Investigating, the Merovingian operatives find a disk on one of the RSIs and uploads it at a hardline.