The Phoenix Team, why and why not

[mmartin798]

Originally Posted by cosmicfish

But it does raise a lot of other questions, such as how Krell was able to penetrate into Morrow's high command pre-war and why they didn't then try and take the base intact from the inside, which would enable them to wipe out the entire Project in one blow. It is kind of the inverse problem of having a US President on the CoT, someone so influential (for good or bad) in the Project should have a much bigger impact than is usually desired.

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.