Main article: Flip Card

The ADA Refactor  is the Resistance  Flip Card that instantly switches an Enlightened  Portal to Resistance  control. It was introduced in Scanner update 1.26.0 and has Very Rare rarity. The item's functionality is identical to the JARVIS Virus , except it can only be used on Enlightened  Portals.

Despite its affiliation with the Resistance , the ADA Refactor  can be used by Agents of both factions. Community studies suggest that the item's drop rate is always 1 in 2500 hacking rolls, regardless of the faction of the Agent and the Portal.

When an Enlightened  Agent uses an ADA Refactor  to flip an Enlightened  Portal, ownership of the Portal, its Mods, and its Resonators  will transfer to the __ADA__ special account.

Lore

Like other in-Scanner items, the ADA Refactor  is a construct made of XM that coalesces when a human hacks a Portal. The code that forms XM into an ADA Refactor  was developed and injected into Earth's XM fabric by researchers commissioned by the NIA to combat the fragmented Roland Jarvis.

Similarly to the XMP Burster  and the Ultra Strike , the ADA Refactor  contains a massive amount of compressed structured XM at its core. Unlike the other weapons, the ADA Refactor 's XM matrix is not a disruptive explosive, but a library of single-use code.

When an Agent pours massive amounts of XM into the item, it temporarily empowers the simplified ADA AI inside the Agent's Scanner and uploads it into the target Portal. The sentient AI goes to work, rapidly rebuilding the Portal's Mods and Resonators  to eliminate all traces of Roland Jarvis' Enlightened  influence. Other Enlightened  Portals reject the newly-flipped Portal, breaking any Links and Control Fields Δ it supported.

If the deploying Agent belongs to the Resistance , his or her affinity with the ADA AI encourages her to grant ownership of the newly-refactored XM constructs to the Agent. Otherwise, the ADA AI will subsume the Portal herself, for better or for worse.