Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24032889-20180128082951/@comment-26018514-20180509030342

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote:

Not really, War requires resources and assets to protect them...

I'm not sure why you responded to that quote specifically with this response. Of course, I am aware that Atlas loses if it starts anything as that is sort of the point...

A Second Great War, instigated by Salem's proxies, would ultimately bring about the fall of Atlas. Perhaps one way it could be done is to have it be part of or result in a civil war due to the tensions between Mantle and Atlas.

They could try to make it seem as if Atlas was responsible for the fall of Beacon and the events in Mistral. When this discussion was brought up previously, I pointed to Watts as potentially the key to any plots involving Atlas since he is from the Kingdom. He was apparently a prominent scientist and, while disgraced, Watts could still have some influence in the Kingdom and even influence on Ironwood. Given he describes himself as a doctor and scientist, his research may involve medical applications and this is hinted at with the suggestion of making Tyrian a new tail. Could be that Watts was involved in Ironwood's robotic attachments and thus may be a confidant of Ironwood.

1. Because you were saying a "world" war could break out to extend the Atlas arc, in that post quoted. Atlas is the only global force capable of starting such a war, but they have every reason not to try anything, the only thing they *might* do which could instigate such a war is police northern Vale or have a civil war, but neither would end up involving other nations to make it a "world" war.

2. Again, such a war would not involve all 3 other nations, thus not a "world" war.

3. He's disgraced... Ironwood wouldn't exactly bother with confiding in him.