Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35086897-20180410025240/@comment-14909251-20180417234137

Soldwolf wrote: Yes that would be a very good reason to mount a strong defence of Vacuo. But at the end of Volume 5 Ozpin/Oscar told Qrow that they have to get the Lamp of Knowledge to Atlas not Vacuo. With a Relic now out of its Vault you would want it to be taken to the strongest defences and Ozpin/Oscar implies that those are in Atlas. Or there might be a Reason that hasn't been reveiled yet as to why the Relics need to be sent to Atlas. Like maybe a device that holds all the Relics so they can be used is in the Vault of the Winter Maiden. It just one idea, I have about a dozen more that are just as valid or they could be outrageously stupid. I don't know how many times I have to say "If Atlas fell" before you stop talking as if I suggested Atlas would still be around and thriving when talking about them going to Vacuo. We have to presume Atlas and Vacuo are both targets for Salem. Unless the team start fluttering around Remnant, then we can also reasonably presume that Atlas is Salem's next target as that is where RWBY are seemingly headed. The plot follows the characters, if you will. Keeping that idea in mind, it makes sense that if Atlas were to fall then Vacuo would be the last stop. Granted, for pacing reasons it could be that this still a long ways away and they might go to Vacuo before that, but I'm just assuming the Vacuo Relic will be the last one they need to protect and its defense serve as the turning point of the story where they begin to go on the offense against Salem.