Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200118161649/@comment-4134422-20200121181228

217.149.166.204 wrote:

I can't say I agree with the general's plan, seeing as it seems short-term more than an actual solution, but I appreciate the logic behind it. As for Team RWBY, yeah, they've made a couple of mistakes and I really hope that if Ozpin comes out, they can at least appreciate his secret-keeping wasn't malicious, just him trying to work with what he had.

Sorry for rambling What's even more tragic here is that Ironwood cutting Mantle loose was gonna happen one way or another.

''Why wasn't Mantle's security code updated? Why wasn't the gapping hole in Mantle's wall repaired? Why Mantle didn't have sustainable farms? Why didn't Mantle have a better climate system? Why didn't Mantle have Hard Light shields? Why wasn't there any air fleet down in Mantle? Why were resources taken from Mantle?''

This is the result of years upon years of neglect, in great part because Ironwood's priorities (the relic and maiden) were in Atlas, not in Mantle.

He's not abandoning Mantle now... he did long ago. That's why Team RWBY's plea fell on deaf ears... Mantle isn't worth saving because Ironwood didn't think of it as worth taking care of.