Connor was told that Command had found "a solution" - that could end the war permanently.They had located "a hidden signal under the primary channel" on the short-wave transmitters that the machines used for communication - "it allows for direct control of the machines.When she came to his rescue in the smoldering wreckage, she was kidnapped and taken up winding wooden stairs to the top of Gotham City Cathedral - to the belltower, with Batman following close behind.In Bruce's absence, the board of Wayne Enterprises was run by Bill Earle (Rutger Hauer), and Wayne was able to reestablish contact with his company by working with knowledgeable Applied Sciences Division ex-board member Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman).His entire frame of reference (for both words and deeds) was derived from his empty-headed dependence upon an ever-present television and his simple occupation - gardening.