Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-188.178.171.78-20151029014220

I've seen ideas similar to what I'm gonna suggest here floating around on rwby realated forums before, so know that I'm certainly not trying to take credit anyone else's ideas- I just wanted to add my own input :) Anyway, here goes:

What if that virus she planted is in fact designed to hack all the Atlesian Knight androids providing security at the festival? This idea has been suggested by some people a few times- here's what I think Cinder and her group might use such power for: by hacking the Knights and potentially making them her own, she would remove a major obstacle to her white fang forces- but more importantly, I think she might use it to discredit the Atlesians.

Say she and allies were to attack the festival- with the Knights providing most of the security, it would be vulnerable should they suddenly join her (or at least deactivate). This may also be why her group wants to know who's fighthing in the next round of the tournament- with key opponents either figthing or being exhausted from doing so, she would have an easier time acheiving her immediate goal, which seems to be panic and chaos (something the Grimm being led through the tunnels from Mountain Glenn were originally supposed to provide).

What if her target was the Amity Collosseum itself? If she and her team could deactivate whatever dust tech is keeping it afloat during the chaos, she might send thousands of innocents plummeting to their deaths. With so many dead, and Vale and Atlas having some serious explanation problems regarding security afterwards, she could well accomplish what I think is the ultimate goal of her plan: distrust and disunity between the kingdoms.

What do you think? 