Ace Operatives (Team)

Ace Operatives (エース・オペレーティブス, Ēsu Operētibusu), pronounced "Ace-Ops" (エース・オプス, Ēsu Opusu), is a team group in the Tales of RWBY series created by Monty Oum and Kōsuke Fujishima. They are the most elite group of Huntsmen and Huntresses from Atlas Academy, which is comprised of Clover Ebi, Vine Zeki, Elm Ederne, Harriet Bree, and Marrow Amin.

After learning that greater forces were coming to Atlas in "Gravity" and that they were lied to by Ruby's Group, they serve as antagonists against them..

"Special Operatives division, the most elite group of Huntsmen and Huntresses in all of Remnant."
 * —About Ace-Ops.

Members

 * Clover Ebi: the leader of Ace-Ops, Deceased.
 * Vine Zeki
 * Elm Ederne
 * Harriet Bree
 * Marrow Amin

Past
The Ace Operatives were graduates from Atlas Academy who were at the top of their class. After graduating they joined the Atlas Military and eventually worked their way up to elite group known as the Ace Operatives.

In the following two years after the Fall of Beacon, the Ace-Ops were informed about the existence of Salem, the Relics and the Maidens. Together with Winter Schnee and a rebuilt Penny Polendina, they formed James' Group to supplement the fracturing of Ozpin's Group.

Notes & Trivia

 * Eddy Rivas came up with the name Ace-Ops for the team.
 * The Ace-Ops are based on Aesop's Fables. "Ace-Ops" is a homophone of "Aesop's" and every member of the team is based on one of the fables:
 * Clover is based on A Fisherman's Good Luck.
 * Vine and Elm are based on The Elm and The Vine.
 * Harriet is based on the Hare from The Tortoise and the Hare.
 * Marrow is based on The Dog and Its Reflection.
 * The Ace Operatives lacking a team color and ignoring the standard four-man squad convention was an intentional choice, made to show that James Ironwood does not care about Ozpin's rules and his view of priotizing efficiency.
 * When Team RWBY got to Atlas, Miles Luna wanted it to feel like the days they spent at Beacon Academy and came up with the idea that some Atlas Academy professors would teach them how to be Huntsmen. This concept later evolved into mentors for Ruby's Group which eventually became the Ace-Ops.
 * The Ace-Ops are not only fun characters, but also foils to some of the main characters to help move their stories along.