Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-14138255-20140507222719

Basilisk Centauri wrote: Arkan421 wrote: Basilisk Centauri wrote: or maybe robots like that have unpredictable effects on certain types of dust. All those exposed motors/servos/metal/whatever could make contact and spark, which would be very dangerous in the mines where simply sneezing can cause explosions Well it can't be metal due to fact that the train in the Black trailer was carrying containers of Dust with robots guarding them, and that's not even mentioning the fact that Adam and Blake were completely tearing apart the robots in combat while Dust containers were there. Yes but that stuff was actually in containers, much like the bottles Ruby knocked over when she met ol' Frosty Weiss. I believe the Dust in the quarries/mines/whever it comes from is likely to be in a more unconstrained and volatile form, and as such prone to sparks and sneezes and flare-cane shots.

Regarding the Spiderdroid and Adam's super-slashy-slashy thing, I think the containers were well armoured in preperation of a raid happening. It's no use defending a shipment from attack if you own weapon destroys what you're trying to protect.

Or there's always the option of the CEO's a dick

Mining during the Grimm Conflict must have been very hit or miss. Either you struck it and PRAYED that it didn't kill you or Dust might have a natural stage where the crystals break off into smaller ones where it is too large. Then as the RWBY Industrial Revolution takes hold, demand is increased and they develop new techniques to mine Dust safer