Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11188061-20141008045121/@comment-25924729-20150317111129

I agree Cinder will try to attack Beacon, in fact i think she's already tried.

The grimm invasion was handled pretty quickly, but what if it wasn't a full scale attack. There were also at least a half dozen Paladins on the train and also the White Fang, they may have been part of the invasion, but they just never made cause Team RWBY defeated then all first.

Also Roman said the train was launched early, implying that there was more planning and resources to be put in, also foiled due to the early departure of the train.

If the attack was full scale, they would have had Grimm, White Fang, and Paladins attacking, not to mention the stockpile of Dust Roman gathered to arm themselves, Cinder's hacking the military network disabling or weakening the Atlesian army (just a theory), and knowledge of the best Huntsmen's abilities.

Furthermore, most Beacon students had just left on missions, and only came back to defend Vale because they were nearby. If the attack had happened later, they would have been too far away to help.

Cinder may have cancelled the attack due to the many setbacks, allowing the Grimm to die in vain and even helping to kill them to avoid suspicion. but she still has the rest of her resources, and is capable of another attack.