Talk:Jen Brown/@comment-68.194.1.35-20161215210604/@comment-4010415-20170124074543

The military's weapons being factory-built does make sense, especially since theyre all the exact same, same with their collapsible swords.

It seems like it may have been Ozpin's decision who would take the remainder of the Fall Maiden powers, and he didn't know that Penny was a robot. Ironwood may have had other plans for her.

I meant the other heroic lineup after they killed the Nevermore and Jaune gave Pyrrha encouragement.

The whole point of how their plan worked out was so that people would think Vale lashed out and Atlas attacked Vale. Ruby still had more Aura left and the live broadcast was still going, so if Mercury attacked her right there, there's a chance she would've run out in view of the cameras and any nearby civilians (who ran down the hall she was in), and he - who was posing as a student from Mistral - would've been seen attacking an unarmed Vale student. Plus the fact that he was supposed to be injured. Kinda ruins their intention of making it look like Vale vs Atlas, with a Mistral student (Cinder) supposedly just trying to bring everyone's attention to corrupt leaderships. Plus, there were other students there who would've stepped in to help Ruby against Mercury, considering quite a few of those students are her friends. So, yeah, it does make sense that Mercury didn't attack Ruby. It didn't make sense, however, that Ruby didn't take the time to let everyone know "Mercury's here and uninjured! He, Emerald, and Cinder are behind this!"

I said that Qrow probably expected them to take a year and a few months because he, himself, pointed out "You think they planned that attack overnight?", saying that it took time to plan and prepare for the attack on Vale. As for not waiting for graduation day, well... Team RWBY were first-years, so Blake was pretty much saying "They're not gonna wait 4 whole years when we're full-fledged Huntresses!"

How powerless they were. Things have likely changed, at least a little, for Vacuo. Their comfortable oasis is gone, and the environment is harsh. Their culture's new attitude is "If you can survive here, you're welcome here", meaning they value people who have survival skills.