Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25555436-20150805173109/@comment-25555436-20150806140606

....Lol, you don't need mind control for that. Hell, I don't see how you arrived at that conclusion, especially since mind control is unrelated completely to transhumanism. Plus, "mind implants" does not mean anything like that bullshit Vedran. Someone may just use a mind implant to, say, improve his reactions, use more of her brain, be able to memorize more things. Mind control, like you imply heavily, has nothing to do with it, and thinking it does is just ignorant and paranoiac.

I mean, what, no more training facilities for soldiers? Those replaceable robots can serve as good training for them, you know. Both to test the upgrades, get used to them, and become better soldiers. No need to "force them to become better soldiers". Although, let's be honest. Many governments today force their soldiers to become better, not just physically but even psychologically. The USA is an example. And, the kingdoms here do have a reason: the Grimm.

Heck, we know Ozpin does it. He throws his future students off a cliff with a catapult into an infested-with-Grimm forest with no guaranteed chance of survival, neither at landing nor after that. And even if they survive, don't really expect his school's staff to help you out if you are, say, being bullied. His speech practically says this as well. Hunters are forced to become better, in either strength, skill, or smarts, or they will die.

As for the 4-kingdoms thing, there could be other explanations:

-The other kingdoms are more wary of becoming cyborgs or androids.

-They don't feel it's necesary, for some reason (considering Vale got rid of a breach in less than 12 minutes.....).

-The Hunters are already fine with just Aura in the other kingdoms (it does already make you more than just a man. Which arguably means they can already reach transhumanism in some way).

-They don't trust Atlas enough; by selling robots these can easily be hacked and reprogrammed in case Atlas does something to them for some weird purpose (let's assume someone is paranoid about them, alright?). But with implants or augmentations, that's more personal (would you mind buying a robot? maybe. Would you mind letting your girlfriend become half robot? Now that one is harder to answer).