Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24032889-20190105161936/@comment-4141313-20190105183327

AntisocialMedia wrote: Also, can I just state that this is an idiotic plan? I expect that because cartoon, they'll get a pardon from Ironwood's puppet council, but taking a Watsonian view, what is their plan for after they get away with this? Counting on connections, even mystical chosen-few connections, for something this extreme is one hell of a gamble, especially as by-the-book as Ironwood normally is. Isn't there some form they could fill out? Since, per Jacques, it all goes through Ironwood, they'd have a pretty good shot - certainly better than relying on his mercy after the fact. Sometimes Grace Hopper is wrong! ... You do get that Atlas has no way of finding out right?

I mean, the CCT is down, meaning intercontinental communication is impossible. The only way Argus would be able to alert Atlas would be via letter, which has been stated to hell and back as entirely unreliable.

Argus may have an Atlas base, but its still on Mistral, so they can't just call up Atlas and say: "Some idiot kids, a drunken man, and a crazy biddy stole one of our airships and is attempting to enter your airspace!"

More than likely once the guys take the airship, they just fly to Atlas, say Weiss Schnee is on board, this alerts Ironwood, Jacques, and possibly Winter, they meet up, Ironwood learns whats going on, and the situation resolves itself.