Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-28522425-20170324163731

Like a said, Cinder wanted to plant the virus. She also probably wanted to find Amber's location, and determine which girls could be candidates for the Maiden's powers.

Iroonwood probably wanted to test her against the next generation of Huntsmen or something like that. Give her some real experience in a controlled environment. The problem is not that Ironwood built an android, the problem is that he had it enter an important tournament disguised as an innocent little girl. We still don't know why exactly Penny was built, or why was she disguised as a human (personally, I think that making her s little girl was her father's decision).