Board Thread:Movies/@comment-5787114-20160421214455/@comment-1895174-20160503232418

Well, Sterns needs them because he needs to get out of the Raft and protection from Ross. The Ten Rings want Sterns because... well, why not? His intelligence is a resource I think most scheming masterminds would want on their side. But Ross' Thunderbolts are a strike team, so he doesn't have any reason to include a physically weaker character like Samuel Sterns. He would join the team once the other Thunderbolts realize they're being played and turn on Ross.

And the Thunderbolts would need to fight Ross to get away from him, and a team of supervillains don't really face much of a challenge from him if he's just a normal old man.