Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200118161649/@comment-25936766-20200121024520

MaxusFox23 wrote: So yeah, Ironwood and the Ace-Ops questioning about loyalty has zero weight for Huntsmen/Huntresses. There's a problem with that idea however: RWBY and co. had clearly allied themselves with Atlas, if only for the sake of fighting Salem and keeping the relics safe. Even with all their doubts and Nora whining about Mantle every episode or two, they actively helped Atlas, and not just with Amity.

Everything you said only applies on a legal level, which is only relevant in regards to the Ace Ops. For everyone else present, its on a more personal level. Thats the real problem, not allegiance or loyalty, simply (lack of) mutual trust. -- Also, I'm pretty pretty sure Atlas doesn't conscript its huntsmen students, simply encourages them to join the military. Which is true for any real life military institution. And seeing what the Ace Ops do most of the time, its basically just being a Huntsman with steady income.