Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190119003858/@comment-25936766-20190124212810

Sinjoh wrote: 1) You are aware that with Beacon's CCT Tower down that the only way to communicate with people long distance is via letter, something already established to be an unreliable form of communication. 2) That's why RNJR were heading to Mistral in Volume 4 on foot, rather than simply attempting to just call Haven Academy. 3) Why do you think Qrow wrote Ironwood a letter rather than calling him at the beginning of this volume?

4) As for a smuggler, you are aware that Weiss had paid off the pilot to take her to Mistral. I'm pretty sure having a smuggler take all ten of them to Atlas would not be cheap. 1) Except Argus is at the northenmost of Anima, and not really very far away from Atlas. And it has a support relay tower for the CCTs. Between it's location, and that tower, it's perfectly sensical that at least the military base there can communicate with Atlas.

Argus is also a key location, being both Atlas's largest military base out of Solitas, and a trading city between Atlas and Mistral. Both things demand sufficient communcation between Atlas and Argus just to function. And Atlesians aren't total morons when it comes to designing things, there would be good-enough communication between Atlas and Argus and if there wasn't before then they would rectify that to make things work.

So, give me a reason why I should doubt that Argus cannot communicate with Atlas. Because "the CCT is down!" is not a good one. If you think each CCT would only cover the continent they were made on and not anything further away, you're just a Jon Snow.

As for "unreliable"....bullshit. Did you forget Albain's talk about how the WF had "control over information" back in V5? Whether with just letters or other means, communication between Mistral and Menagerie (which doesn't even have a CCT) without relying on the CCT was good enough for them. And if the WF could do it, then the Kingdoms can too.

2) Calling Haven and heading there on foot have nothing to do with each other. They couldn't get an airship at any point until after the Nuck fight, hence why they went on foot. Even if they had called Haven, without an airship, they would still have to walk.

And by the time they decided to head there, they were in Vale, in a whole different continent from Haven, with a fallen CCT. Different from Argus, which is relatively close to Atlas, and has a working relay tower.

3) Because at that moment they were in Mistral, at the center of Anima, way too far away from Atlas to make a call there even with the relay towers. And even if they had to call there, they were heading to Argus on a train, they would've been there in a few days at most if it wasn't for the flying cats.

4) Then have Qrow pay. The guy who casually paid off multiple months of debt like it was nothing. He's obviously quite well paid and I doubt he would whine too much if it helped keep the Relic safe, and even if it somehow wasn't enough, then the others could just work. Earn some money. Do some missions in the local area.