The answer to this I think is The Project is never assumed to work alone. Immediately after the Recon elements find 'civilised' or 'civilisable' groups they start to recruit them. It must be remembered that the primary job of 95% of encountered individuals will be that of 'finding/making food'. The swarms of raiders will be rare and only in highly fertile areas. Those using tanks are probably primary targets for subversion rather than aggression as they will have a good infrastructure in place to support their assets
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