Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-14909251-20151223220127

Grimmstride wrote:

Except they saw the terminal have the queen symbol hacked into the screen. Hence why they already know their enemy is here. Now sure, they don't know that their systems have been hijacked to the point Cinder has 100% access. However, the minute everything goes to shit, and Ironwood claims he didn't do anything, I wager Ozpin would be smart enough to connect dots. Penny goes crazy and the shields to a stadium that doesn't belong to Atlas drops? And they know their enemy is present and planning their moves.

The only question on whether the situation gets placed as Atlas aggression is whether or not Ozpin wants to include world councils in on what is going on. Of course, Ozpin and Ironwood will know the score even not knowing beforehand that they've been hacked. A small group of people will definitely know the score. That doesn't mean they will be able to stop it, assuming they are even allowed the opportunity to get the word out in time. You are acting as if Ozpin has some magical persuasion abilities or is just trusted blindly. He would need clear proof to even have a chance of convincing anyone in that kind of tense situation. Do you think Yang is going to be just fine so long as a few students talk about illusions and Ozpin believes them? Not a chance. Why would you think something of the magnitude I am talking about could just be waved away based solely on Ozpin's word?