Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200118161649/@comment-4010415-20200204024301

73.Anon.52 wrote: but he was on a police mission, which should have been under Police authority, that Atlas was involved indicates that it was before the fall of beacon or during Winter's time there, Atlas is the academy that mixes the two, so it stands to reason it was under police or Atlas oversight, if they thought Pickerel should go home, it would be the police that pulled him or Atlas, no-one would need to call Leo, and IF they called him HE would not be unilateral "yea" or "nay" decision making because Atlas or police on site should have had say in it too. I'm honestly confused as to how you're so certain about all of this.

Tyrian's crimes were taking place on Anima. Atlas was there to help Mistral's Huntsmen finally apprehend him. While he was being transported to an Atlas prison, there is the fact that this was taking place on Mistral's turf. The exact politics of all of this is muddy at best when we haven't been told enough to actually determine how all of this worked.

Even when Ironwood was put in charge of Vytal Festival security, it was stated that this decision came about through discussion between both Vale's and Atlas' Councils.