Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-25555436-20141217225638

Which explains why Ironwood and the Atlasian Military seem to consist almost completely of technology, even going so far as to use Combat Robots and Penny.

Which does minimize casualties, although 2 of their 4 "weapons" shown so far have to be controlled by a human, so it's not so perfect apparently (for the moment).

Until an Aiden Pierce-wannabe comes along. If someone got to hack the Atlasian military in general, Ironwood is doomed, his reputation is doomed, and many people will die. And for someone to actually do that, as proven by recent years (heck, this year), wouldn't be too difficult for a good enough hacker.

This means, whoever hacked it, let's say Cinder, gains control of an entire army of Robots and Mechs, which can be controlled at a distance using only a computer, leaving whoever's inside them completely helpless. And stuff like that has already happened in RL. I found a story about how 2 engineers once hacked a car, leaving the person inside it trapped and unable to do anything for about 1 hour (It was a test), while they were able to complete manipulate almost everything in the car at complete will.

Which is what would happen should someone hack the Paladins, though more dangerous. Probably the same with the jet fighters.