Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140912002450/@comment-24891101-20140915073420

Ironwood's hardly going to do anything without actionable intelligence, which his analysts will tear apart to verify its origins, which would undoubtedly reveal tampering, as well as be corroborated with other intelligence. And he's a general, he cannot act without justification to his superiors, nor too strangely on the international stage. It would take one hell of an argument to convince him to commit military resources under his command to do anything even remotely questionable, with no physical evidence. Some nobody walks up to him and tells him what to do (she has no qualifications, and her fabricated identities would have to fool Atlas' intelligence arm, nor would she look the part.)? Nor would she be able to convince him that supporting a terrorist organization, and acting against his nation's interests is the proper course of action. She's good, but there's no way she's that good, certainly not while only in her mid-twenties. Even if she did manage all that, the alliance is done, at this point. He knows that it was her attacking the CCT, from his men's helmet cameras. No way he can let that go; knowledge of it will go beyond his men, and high command will hear, and order him to investigate. The only way she can possibly manipulate him is if she's spoofing his orders from on high, which means she has, at minimum, access to Atlas' military network, which is straining the bounds of credibility far too far.