Talk:James Ironwood/@comment-162.197.96.15-20150706055748/@comment-24891101-20150706221221

Yes. Of course there'd be scout teams. That only makes sense, and Idon't see how that wouldn't be part of the operational planning. But we're talking about sweeping a very large area. The number of people involved would still be large.

By Atlesian doctrine, I refer to their emphasis on combat robotics and the safeguarding of the human element. I base this on what we saw deployed during "Breach"; not people, but machines. Because they're not people, it makes perfect sense to drown them in robots.

Nor have we any idea how much of his forces he actually committed to that action. You say "practically the whole army", but we don't know how much he brought. He has a couple hundred men with him, but that says nothing about the number of robots. Plus, it's not his country; he's not responsible for its defence.

He'd not be risking soldiers. He'd be risking robots. And we have no idea how big Mountain Glenn is. Considering it was considered a major expansion attempt, it'd have to be pretty damn large next to Vale, which is of known size. Not something a few squads of men can search in any reasonable time. Besides, if he's aware of the missing Paladins, he'd need to bring anti-armor units also.