Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170206193307/@comment-25266931-20170217005944

Okay, pretend I'm Ironwood. Here's what I'd have done in Season 2-3 before Torch escaped and died. 1) Brought one ship to Beacon. Had all soldiers dressed like regular people to keep tension down. 2) told Oz I was gonna have all the hotspots Torch and Cinder hit under watch with Ironwood's soldier (still in disguise). And the rest of the town with cameras and drones flying around at night. Small, making them go unnoticed.

Let's say Breach still happens anyway. From season the moment they caught Torch, ship him back to Atlas for questioning. If torture is a no-no then pull up all his past dealings and wrap sheet and go from there.

Let's say Fall of Beacon still goes down. Here's what I'd do from Season 4 on...

1) analyze all machines effected by the virus Watts likely made. Full learn what the virus does, how it does it, and how to stop it so in can't be used again. Heaven help us if it's a semblance. My god.

2) Look up any gangs or people who may go by the alias "queen" as Qrow said to Oz "Queen has pawns" (so we know back then they were aware of Salem, and Ironwood had been brought into the fold before season 2, so Oz had no reason NOT TO TELL HIM ABOUT HER ALIAS OR TELL HIM ABOUT POSSIBLE MINIONS IN TOWN).

3) Compile data from his agents that watched Torch's movements and see if they sync up with anything going down in any other nations. Especially if it was happening in Atlas. Anyone stockpiling Dust or criminals getting bold, crack down on them. Nip that shit in the bud.

4) Send Winter with any agents that can be spared to warn Haven and Vaccuo and ask to be kept up to date if anything like what happened in Beacon starts happening in their nations. As a sign of good will, offer to help them with protection from Grimm or safe air travel via Atlas airships if evac is needed.

5) Instead of arguing with Jacques, try to bring him in as a silent partner. That way if things go south only I (in this scenario, Ironwood) would catch the heat. And he could call in a favor of his choosing (minus killing Faunus for being uppity, lol j/k).