Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160117163823/@comment-14909251-20160122224830

Well, I think the chain failure may not have been a design flaw but intended exactly for what Ozpin said about them. Basically, if you can cut off only one Kingdom's communications with the other Kingdoms you can also make it easier to carry out aggression against that Kingdom. Given that Atlas provided the technology it could be meant as a fail-safe to protect themselves or to insure they had control over the others. Since Atlas created the CCT, they could theoretically get their own to work without anyone's help, but every other Kingdom would need their assistance as they designed it.