The Phoenix Team, why and why not

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Originally Posted by mmartin798

Krell penetrating Morrow command might be easier than one may think. 4th edition does postulate that Krell might have been a former Morrow Project recruit. Knowing the selection criteria would let them train operatives to get in and to work themselves into such a position. Krell is not a stupid man, whatever his real name is. He has a pre-war organization of some stripe and resources.

That leads to ever more questions:

How does the Project deal with recruits who say "no" after they have already seen too much? It has to happen, do they have "accidents", are they shuttled off to a prison of some type to keep the secret, do they have a mind eraser? And if Krell was such a person, how did he escape?

If Krell got a man inside PB, how extensive is his penetration? Are there Krell operatives all through the Project?

If Krell got a man inside PB, why does the Project even exist? Said operative would have had years to alert his superiors about the existence, location, and capabilities of the base. The base should have been taken, not ignorantly attacked and then left. Krell should have gone over the wreckage with a fine-toothed comb, hacked into the computers, identified all the teams, and killed them in their sleep! The Grand Deception would have never worked!