It indicated all communication is now based on the CCT web-style technology, so when the tower goes, all communication breaks down. The CCT technology did replace an older radio-style system that made within-Kingdom communication possible, but which couldn't do between-Kingdom communication, so perhaps we'll see the Kingdoms resorting to the older technology to ensure communication inside each Kingdom.
I'm guessing they had to keep the Dragon attracting Grimm to Beacon, and exhaust Glynda, because they need the CCT to stay broken for a while. Otherwise, we'd have seen the CCT restored very quickly, even if Beacon couldn't be repopulated because of the frozen Grimm hanging off its turrets.
edited 28th Feb '16 5:50:31 PM by Wyldchyld
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.Its one thing for Atlas to have one fleet, sizable or not, of their military to be sabotaged while away on assignment. But now they know how serious the threat is, and they're going to be on guard. Cinder's hacking trick isn't going to work twice, and fighting a developed military on their homeland as a very different ordeal than the Battle of Beacon. If Atlas goes down in the near future, it will be long, bloody war of attrition.
At the moment, the A plot is headed for Mistral. If any of the remaining kingdoms are up for disaster in the next two volumes, that's the most likely candidate. Unless Vacuo gets offscreened, because who gives a shit?
edited 28th Feb '16 9:41:49 PM by TheAirman
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. The Kingdom of Vale isn't gone, just Beacon and I think part of the city of Vale. Patch, whatever places Nora and Ren, and Jaune's family are from are still good.
Yeah. For all they talk about the Train plan being thwarted almost laughingly easy (and the climax of two being a massive let down) that was supposed to happen at the same time as Vol3's climax. Roman had to start it early when RWBY found it to make it look like that was the entire evil plan so they wouldn't call off the festival and catch onto Cinder.
I don't think the train plan was supposed to happen at the same time as the volume 3 climax. They said it happened early, but the way they talked implied a few days, maybe weeks, not months,
I think the train plan accomplished exactly what was supposed to: discredit Beacon and empower Atlas. Atlas being the responsible to guarding the tournament, as well as the people of Vale resenting that, was a major part of Cinder's plan.
With regards to Cinder and her backstory, I predict it will probably be a tragic one that will contrast with one or more of the heroes (either Ruby or Phyrra) and show how she came to work for Salem, but will make it clear that while she may have a sympathetic backstory she made the choice to be evil rather than falling into it.
My idea for her ultimate fate is she suffers a brutal loss against the heroes, but despite all her goading they don't finish her off and figure out how to keep her imprisoned despite her maiden powers. She ends the series imprisoned, all her allies defeated or turned against her, abandoned by Salem and ultimately doomed to dying in prison forgotten by the rest of the world.
Because nobody's shown signs of disliking Cinder prior to all this.
And as for the Cinder backstory.... remember Jaunedice? How that plotline went on for like 3 episodes and a sizable part of the fandom just started chanting 'GET ON WITH IT!' over and over?
That's what any attempt to explore her character will be like at this point; people don't care, and it's taking up time from more important things.
To be fair, with regards to Jaundice, remember that the chapters of Volume 1 were only a quarter to a half the length of the duration of the chapters of the later volumes, so the Jaundice chapters could actually be grouped into 1 chapter.
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It's more because Cinder's kind of a Villain Sue in all honesty. She was always shown to be some kind of Magnificent Bastard who had plans for everything. Killing Pyrrha and getting god-mode powers made her seem like an Invincible Villain that needed Ruby's Chekovs Gun power that was foreshadowed the very first episode.

Reason for Roman and Neo not teaming back together (if Roman survived): Scroll service.
Also, we seem to agree Roman would show up in Vacuo for some reason. I'm expecting Neo to go chasing Ruby down for vengeance. Which will take her to Mistral. Vacuo and Mistral are on opposite sides of the map. And world communications got shut down when Beacon fell.