Email to all Phase 1 team members, all teams

[x-avier.livejournal.com]

As an addendum to my announcement, I wish to explain to you my full reasons for dismantling Cerebro.

It is true I am no longer able to use it. It is also true that it was damaged by Dark Phoenix' use of it. However, the additional - and final - reason that I am dismantling it is that I can no longer justify keeping a device of mass destruction in the mansion's basement.

Dark Phoenix' use of it to destroy 90% of the mutant population was only the most recent use of the technology to kill. The responsibility for every death caused by it weighs on my conscience. It has been proven most emphatically that even with the best intentions and our best attempts, we cannot keep the world safe from Cerebro. And so, reluctantly, I have decided it cannot exist in this world. All plans and research will be destroyed, and the device itself will be dismantled and removed.

I understand that the loss of Cerebro as a resource will hit hard, especially now when it is so important to be able to locate mutants in need. However, I must balance that need with the risk, and I have concluded that this is the only way to prevent future genocide.

I trust you all to do your best with the resources you have access to, as well as those of the mansion, including our "mutant underground" contacts. And if you wish to speak to me about this decision, you will find my door open.

Thank you.

Charles