The authorities offered them pardon for some offense.They're the only ones crazy enough to even try.They need them to do something untoward or outright illegal, and they know these folks will keep quiet about it.These guys were the backup plan nobody wanted to be forced to use. There was a better first choice that did get sent, but they screwed up badly.Alternatively, the authorities were informed about the problem but refuse to believe it's real, leaving the heroes on their own.The authorities haven't actually noticed (or are) the problem, and the heroes have to gather whoever they can.
Conversely, the man in the know can be such an annoying bully that no one would work with him, and such a control freak that he can not give his knowledge to a Reasonable Authority Figure.This can be because the Only Sane Man does not have authority to get the best.More powerful teams would not put up with the person ordering them about.Indeed, the better-suited teams may be deliberately deployed elsewhere to distract from them. Sending in more experienced/skilled/powerful teams would have drawn too much attention.They're the best team that could be put together at short notice and/or budget.Or, they are really good and not that flawed, but really want everyone else to see them that way: making sure that the Big Bad does not realize that the Mildly Military goofballs are a Badass Crew is part of the plan.They have talent but not much tolerance for traditional procedure, and/or they're the only ones who can stand to work with each other.Despite their flaws, they're still the best at what they do.This is usually justified in one of several ways: The assorted group of ex-con lowlife inexperienced cloudcuckoolanders or jerkasses who are trying to off their commander when they aren't going at each other? Yeah, them. The group of experienced, highly-skilled, professional, team-oriented experts? Not them. Who has the capability to stick it out, to give the good guys the victory they desperately need? This calls for a special team. The fate of the battle, nay, the war, nay, the entire world rests on the outcome.
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