His plan was to kill off at least half the people there. The other half would be so traumatized by the massacre that they would have little or no recollection of what had happened. Then he would return. He was going to need some back-up, someone to corroborate his account of the events which took the lives of so many, but he wasn't sure who he could trust. Or perhaps more to the point, who would give the best performance. Luckily for Leer, he had Dr. Case to help make that decision. With half of the team in hiding, pretending to be dead, including Max, and most of the other half useless to him, Victor would be alone with whoever he picked to join him as he faced a Sal whose reaction to the loss of another shipment, his star team and his daughter all at once could be downright murderous.
So Stan Case came up with a solution. He chose Samuel to be the remaining "sane" team member to return with Victor because Samuel had impeccable delivery. He could talk about anything in the same matter of fact way whether it be fact or fiction, joyful or depressing because that was what he did anyway. He is even-toned but not lifeless and that's just the type of guy they would need to convince Sal of everything that Victor was going to claim to have happened. Max had to stay behind because it was part of Victor's overall plan. The rest of them picked numbers out of a hat. Those who drew odd numbers would stay and die, those who drew even would go suddenly mad.
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