Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-34633327-20171104074017/@comment-92.112.8.181-20171106122001

BenRG wrote: I suspect that guarding Amber was a very unofficial assignment (given the secrecy of Ozpin's cabal). It's possible that Qrow's official mission was to guard the munitions train and to notify the authorities if any White Fang agents were seen hanging around it.

Disliking Jacques Schnee on a profound personal level, Qrow chose to interpret those orders as meaning 'do not engage, only report back'. Or maybe he got some kind of distress beacon from Amber so he had to break off his planned engagement with Adam and Blake to protect the Fall Maiden. Since when Oz/Qrow care for SDC business? Blake says that attacking cargo trains was a normal thing for WF during Sienna's leadership. Blake was concerned about the current situation only because "they never needed that much dust before". I have to say it once more: nobody cared about WF business and their possible connection with Salem's forces. Blake was a first to yell fire in V1.

And, OK, Qrow dislikes Jacques. Do you remember that Adam was going to blow that train with innocent people on it? Was Qrow OK with that?

My guess: Qrow either was told to look after Amber (and failed it, unluckily) or had nothing to do with her - just was at the right place at the right time (unluckily for Cinder&co). And without any doubt Qrow had nothing to do with WF and/or Blake&Adam.