
Stross succumbs to the influence of the Marker 3A shard while studying it. As Stross was already a part of the O'Bannon's crew, the government arranged to have the First Responder sent in after the loss of the USG Ishimura Stross was secretly tasked with retrieving pieces of Marker 3A with the help of a team of engineers and conduct research on the recovered fragments. During that time, he was also clandestinely a part of EarthGov's secret investigation into the Markers. Prior to the mission to Aegis VII, Stross had been working as the Chief Research Scientist aboard the First Responder ship USG O'Bannon for a little over a year. They are all fools, can't you see?! It's already happening - Convergence is here, we shall all be made whole!" -A demented Stross to the Marines from the USM Abraxis.

Biography The Mission over Aegis VII " They sent you, didn't they? They think that they can control this.
