Dr. Nefarious first used the Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler to torture the Zoni leader, Orvus, in the Tombli Outpost on Zanifar. Nefarious was planning to get control of the Great Clock in order to rewrite history, and he needed access to the Orvus Chamber. Through the intelligence of Pollyx Industries, Nefarious knew that the Zoni were susceptible to sonic weaponry, and so that he used the machine to blast Orvus with energy when he denied giving into the interrogation. In the meantime, Pollyx was scanning Orvus's memory for some sign of the key to the chamber, but was unable to. Fed up with Pollyx's failure and impatient with Orvus's pleas to not use the clock, an enraged Nefarious signalled the machine to blast Orvus again.