Impressed with his skills in finding out about their operation, Altman was given a choice to help them find the signal, revealed to be coming from an artifact, or be killed to remain silent. He was promptly taken into custody by government officials working for DredgerCorp. Intrigued, Altman tried to blow the whistle on DredgerCorp's actions, against the will of Ada. After the contact mysteriously died, Altman later managed to find video evidence of a failed DredgerCorp attempt to access the source of the signal.

Attempting to share this knowledge with the public, he was eventually contacted by an individual from DredgerCorp, a covert company who often moved into areas illegally to continue business. During a routine scan, he detected a strange gravitational anomaly in the heart of the crater that soon began to emit a powerful signal. When our prophet Michael Altman spoke out against them, he was silenced.' -The leader of the Circle, Jacob Arthur Danik ĭuring his normal work at the Chicxulub crater, Altman had begun to suffer from regular nightmares and headaches for weeks before his initial finding. 05 February 2013 Marker Discovery and Death ' When the Black Marker was first discovered on Earth so long ago, the government at the time hid all evidence of it from us.

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