User blog comment:FortunePayback/Penny's Faction/@comment-3146930-20140611200731/@comment-3146930-20140612034216

I got that it was a reference to Star Wars, but I couldn't tell if you actually thought that there was a company out there making clone troops. I was confused when you called him Professor because it really came out of left field with no buildup at all. I also think that the red/blue guy are below the others because of how everyone is standing. The two people and Penny are right there with the head guy, while the red/blue guy are behind them and the white-bots are even further back.

I also agree that this could be another company that has a rivalry with the SDC, but I'm sticking with that because of reasons I stated before; mainly because the head guy has the same color outfit as Weiss, but also the SDC is the only major company we know of and they seem to market everything from Dust to toothpaste. Why not weapons too?

As far as a prejudice against Hunters, I don't really see it. From what we have seen, anyone with enough skill (or access to fake transcripts apparently) can enter Beacon or other schools like it. There are even combat school allowing people to make weapons and learn the basics. I don't think people can blame Hunters for being skilled fighters just because they themselves aren't trained fights. That is like me being prejudice against a quarterback for being better then me, despite the fact that I have never trained to be a quarterback. However based on the opening lyrics, I do think that there will be some trust issues involving the Hunters, but not from the people; more likely from the students.

I also like the idea of a company manufacturing Hunter-level people to compete on even terms, which is what I think Penny and those two other people are; the first in a line of future soldiers (Brought to you by the Schnee Dust Company, get yours today!).

But hey, we could both be horribly wrong on everything, lol.