Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-4141313-20190124215132

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Sinjoh wrote: 1) You are aware that with Beacon's CCT Tower down that the only way to communicate with people long distance is via letter, something already established to be an unreliable form of communication. 2) That's why RNJR were heading to Mistral in Volume 4 on foot, rather than simply attempting to just call Haven Academy. 3) Why do you think Qrow wrote Ironwood a letter rather than calling him at the beginning of this volume?

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4) 1) Except thats requiring a fair amount of assumptions, and the entire purpose of the CCT is intercontinental communications, a network needing all four to be set up. Why would Argus be on Atlas' portion of the network if its on Anima, and they have an ocean seperating them?

Also, I call bullshit on your bullshit claim. Anima is directly above Menagerie with less ocean between them compared to Argus and Solitas, and they specifically had couriers doubling as hitman for the WF, as Yuma was evident, since their headquarters is located in Mistral. Hell, Yuma was used to demonstrate why letters and messengers are unreliable since he killed the one Ghira sent.

We've seen how they're unreliable too. Remember that letter Ruby mailed to Yang in ''No Safe Haven? ''There is no indication either Yang nor Tai received the letter, hence why Yang went for Raven thinking Ruby would be with Qrow, and Raven's semblance could just warp her to Qrow.

2) The point of Haven is why they didn't just up and call to ask about Cinder and Co. The whole reason they were going to Haven was to find out about Cinder after she orchestrated the fall of Beacon. They couldn't just up and call Haven though, so they had to walk there.

4) I think you're forgetting the time aspect of the equation. Working in Argus require they waste time. Also requires they remain in Argus for an extended period of time with a Grimm Magnet, and being stationary leaves them a target for attacks.

Even then, the smuggler aspect may not have worked. Weiss only succeeded in her endeavor because she fled Atlas before it locked down, and her choice in vessal was Pilot Boi, who had a legitimate reason to go to Mistral thanks to being a Cargo Pilot and having a shipment to deliver.

Right now, no one is allowed in Atlas unless given the express permission of the council, and since Cordovin is the closest thing to an Agent of the council due to being the head of Argus, she would have final say in who stays or goes. And considering real world TSA, any flight heading to Atlas she grants permission too not apart of her military would be scrutinized, and anyone in her forces would be just as fanatical as her, meaning they wouldn't be able to paid off.

Plus, Weiss is an heiress. Even factoring in the disinherited aspect, Weiss more than likely had enough money of her own from valuables at home and family funds to eclipse Qrow's pay. Plus, all Qrow did was pay off a ''Drinking Tab. ''As the son of a raging alcoholic, I can tell you that while drinks can cost a bit, its not something someone on even minimum wage can't afford.

So you have a non-military smuggler, sneaking in eight children, a grown man, and an elderly woman, into the strictest of all four kingdoms, illegally, under risk of being arrested for treason and shot down out of the sky if caught? A smuggler like that is either nigh-impossible to find, or would demand a fortune for his services, something they don't have.