Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-11188061-20141031005057

@Shadow

You completely misinterpreted the ploy.

One, the invasion of Vale was never the objective in the first place, but only a method. I knew it from a mile way that the invasion would never be successful (although the ease of it certainly surprised me a bit). Cinder's true objective is to upset Ozpin's position, and she has succeeded in getting exactly what she wants: knock Ozpin off the Head of Security position, and switch Ironwood up.

Next, they wanted to plant Roman deep inside Ironwood's palace (figure of speech), although whether it's an on-the-spot improvisation or premediated is still unknown.

The level of chaos they wanted to sow was not up to expectations, true. For one, there should've been a lot more White Fang members slipping into Vale. Judging from the cargo, it's even possible that they want to disguise themselves as the Atlesian army during the chaos and further breach into security. That particular plan was a failure.

But their most important objective has succeeded. With Ironwood on security, they will be able to make much more moves than before as compared to when Ozpin was in play. I said quite some time ago, even before Volume 2 started, that this will be a win for Cinder, no?