User blog comment:Zolnir/Volume 2 Episode 4: Short Review, and Future Predictions/@comment-25091485-20140815083655/@comment-3387274-20140815102904

It wasn't up against a pack of clever beowolves either. It's been apparent for a long while that Aura and possibly Semblance usage is what makes humanity strong. The Paladin doesen't really have that advantage unless the pilot can somehow imbue it with theirs, which clearly Roman either did not or could not. This kinda throws the matter with Penny and Ironwood's speach about a human touch still being needed on the battlefield into perspective for me.