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Sentry 616 wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote:

Sentry 616 wrote: I don't think that there are any more big airships  from Ironwood's fleet. They wouldn't have let  off of Torchwick until one side was destroyed. He had time to to try random buttons. He was piloting the last functioning combat airship. There isn't any hope of regaing air superiority. Vale is almost certainly done for. This means bad news for the entire world. I doubt it's as bad as Vale being lost entirely, though much of it will likely be lost and the CCT will likely fail. Either all of Vale is saved or it is all lost. There is no middle ground. The closest thing that would have been a possibility would have been Beacon standing separate from a fallen Vale, but that's no longer an option, I think. Vale was not built in a day, it was constructed over time, as a city under siege. It is inconceivable that the city is not compartmentalized... else why have any emergency procedures?

The only extra threats here are Cinder, the ancient Grimm, and the emotional state of the survivors.

Cinder... will likely stay at large, damage done, either they roll the dice and the search for a new maiden begins, Cinder lives, or the big bad inherits her maiden powers... that's a season length struggle.

Civilian relocation will likely be necessary, but Vale should be salvageable as soon as the ancient dragon is killed, the dragon might die this season, but the recovery would take longer than probably even one season.