James' Group

James' Group, are a group that appears in the Tales of RWBY series created by Monty Oum and Kōsuke Fujishima. It is an Atlesian group consisting of both General Ironwood and his most trusted allies. He created it in response to Ozpin's Group after the Fall of Beacon.

The goal of the group is to protect Atlas and the world from the Inner Circle, with the intention of using Amity Colosseum to replace the Cross Continental Transmit System, then to tell the people of first Atlas, then all of Remnant of Heldalf and Salem's existence.

"Did you really think you were the only one who got to work on a new plan after Beacon? With Ozpin gone, I needed my own team of people I could trust."
 * —James Ironwood.

Background
Following the Fall of Beacon, General Ironwood contemplated his mistakes when his technology was hacked. Without Ozpin to guide him, James had to trust his own judgement on how to stop Salem, and decided to use a new approach to fight her.

With this in mind, Ironwood informed Penny and Winter, as well as the Ace-Ops, about the Inner Circle, planning to restore global communications by replacing the CCTS by using Amity Colosseum as a satellite and tell the world about the greatest evils as well as to protect the Relics. Additionally, the group decided to make it so that Winter would replace Fria as the next Winter Maiden.