Timelines

[tsofian]

Historically one of the biggest set of questions revolved around what Morrow knew and when he knew it. It is stated he is a time traveller. In that case he would have had concrete knowledge of the future, correct?

I always thought that although Morrow could travel through time he was never exactly certain which timeline he was moving through. There could be a near infinite number of timelines. Each is different from the others. In some there is no Edwin Morrow and hence no Morrow Project, in others the Project works out as planned. In some there is no war. Morrow is basically playing the odds as he averages the outcomes from all the Timelines he has investigated. This is why he didn't stop the war in the particular Timeline the characters find themselves in. This why he wasn't able to foresee the destruction of Prime Base.

In many ways the characters in most games find themselves in a timeline that is basically "the worst of many possible worlds".