User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative Author - RWBY Relativity/@comment-25396609-20160225025456/@comment-25396609-20160225050656

Actually I built the theory BECAUSE it will likely never be explained.

See, an explanation does exist, but the odds of it ever being delved into are slim to none. I wasn't really comfortable not havign answers to such a fundamental question, so i determined the most likely scientific explanation to it.

The CCT is based on principles that exist in our world, it isn't something that needs explaining in-universe because the answer is right in front of us. RF communication.

Hell, they even said it "do you know the wi-fi password"

That tells us everything we need to know to go looking for answers.

The system unique issues were explained about as well as can be done in the short time allowed of the episode, with one tower going down crippling the network. It's the same as if 1/4 of the servers hosting our own internet were to crash simultaneously, the rest of the network couldn't handle the load.

Unrelated note, on the subject of people turning into animals; not sold on that being Qrow's semblance. Considering a crow was present at the battle with Winter (same exact model, may or may not be the same crow, asset reuse is a thing so hard to say for certain.) personally I feel druid style mind-meld is more likely, timed with Qrow jumping off screen at the same time as the bird coming on-screen.

The more likely thing is probably shapeshifting, but the alternative would be more interesting in my book.

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Back on topic, my initial post was actually primarily contesting your mention of grimm (and Salem's involvement), expanding into my own theory on how they might tie together.