When the Council met about the impending Machine attack on Zion, Commander Lock urged the Council to be aware that it was the most serious threat faced by Zion to that date. Councillor Dillard was the first to reply, saying that the Council was aware of the seriousness of the attack, and gave him the Council's leave to prepare a defence using any and all means necessary, but asked if there had been any word from the Nebuchadnezzar (which was on a mission to contact the Oracle). Lock replied that there had been no word, and Councillor West asked that a ship be dispatched to discover Neo's fate.