Ten years after Emergence Day, Dury was summoned to Chairman Richard Prescott's office by his assistant Jillian Beston. He waited out in Jillian's office as Prescott talked with Dr.Nevil Estrom, who informed Prescott that Director Adam Fenix, the head of the Defense Research Agency, had known about the existence of the Locust five years before Emergence Day. He also monitored radio traffic his earpiece, since Col.Victor Hoffman was preparing for a massive battle against the Locust in Ephyra. After Nevil agreed to be sent to Azura, Prescott came out of his office to speak with Dury. He asked Prescott if he wanted him to pick up Adam now, but Prescott ordered him to simply monitor him at all times, in order to see if he still had contact with the Locust. If it looked like he was or might be