User blog:Zathronas/Speculative author: Ironwood and Atlas army

Hello and welcome to the 12th speculative author

He’s the man who believes strongly that action speaks louder than words. He does not want children on the battlefield and thinks that robotics is the way to go against threats to humanity. I am, of course, referring to James Ironwood.

Let’s get this out of the way, James is a good guy. I know, I know, I did say some time ago that he might be a traitor and I was wrong. His beliefs are genuine and he only wants to to build a safer future for everyone.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he would go about it the same way as Ozpin. If it were up to him, every kingdom would be up the wazoo with trained military to enforce the peace and protect its peoples, becoming basically military states.

But is he really wrong? In light of the information we received on the Grimm, could Ironwood be right and Ozpin be wrong? There are a few arguments that can be made for it. 
 * 1)  1.         Robot does not have emotion so they cannot attract more Grimm making them an ideal defensive force.
 * 2)  2.         Trained military who can use semblance are less likely to panic than a user who’s only been trained in fighting.
 * 3)  3.         An organized group is always better at fighting than a group of individuals fighting together.

So a case can be made that creating an army with robots is the way to go but there are disadvantages too. So what’s the answer? If they can reproduce Penny, that would be a step in the right direction for them but I think an amalgam of Huntsman, military and robots might become an effective force as long as each is used properly.
 *  1.         Robot cannot react to a change in situation or an unexpected event.
 *  2.         The rigid structure of an army makes them susceptible to the unknown
 *  3.         Robots are limited since they do not have a semblance and cannot use dust (Except for Penny of course.)

Ironwood has several good ideas with his force but he doesn’t know how to deal with someone like Cinder who uses subterfuge to cloak herself and her motivations. He’s like a bull in a china shop.

And because of it, I predict he will be the reason for the downfall of a kingdom. Either his own or someone else’s. He is susceptible to a trap and you can bet he will fall into the one Cinder’s will have prepared for him.

Unless Ozpin and a few gifted students interferes.