Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-10390252-20140523184212

Arkan421 wrote:

That could also create a growth of Mercenaries (Oh, I mean PMCs). Technically, they aren't standing armies, they are "Private Security" Contractors which are completely different and may be a way to subvert the law. I'm pretty sure that's what the SDC's robot armies are. They're "security systems" used to "protect SDC assets from criminals". Because they're thus not controlled by the laws controlling military forces, (indeed, being robots, probably not even properly controlled by criminal laws limiting the actions of security forces) they can and are used to oppress Faunus.

This also makes me wonder if Penny is an attempt to take this one step further: To create a human-like and highly adaptable robot that can do everything a Hunter can but have the criminal responsibility of an autonomous robot gun turret.