Talk:Haven's Fate/@comment-4975368-20180124034253/@comment-4010415-20180124221027

Yeah, the virus' symbol was a black queen chess piece. It did more than just turn Atlas' robots against everyone, btw.

Cinder uploaded it into the CCT's computer system in Volume 2 so that any device that connected to Vale's CCT, whether wirelessly or through physical means (such as a Scroll being plugged in to a computer), would also become infected with the virus.

The most likely reason she did this was because she knew that the tournament would be broadcast live worldwide, and in order to do that live broadcast, the colosseum's system had to connect to the CCT. This opened the way for the virus to infect the colosseum's computer system, thus giving Cinder the ability to take over the match randomizer and choose who would fight who and, most likely, what biomes came up in the arena.

It also gave her the ability to hijack the broadcast, hence the colosseum's crew being unable to shut off the cameras when Penny got cut to pieces, as well as Cinder being able to talk over the speakers.

Ironwood connected his Scroll to Ozpin's computer, and his Scroll got infected - either due to Ozpin's office being at the top of the CCT tower or due to Ozpin using the CCT to talk to the Vale council in Breach. Either way, the virus allowed Cinder to access his files, which is how she found out that Penny was a robot.