Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-98.180.227.229-20160814045042/@comment-4010415-20160814094924

Remember, in the vault, when Ozpin's group was telling Pyrrha about the Maidens and why they needed her right then instead of waiting for her to graduate? Pyrrha said "You're not talking about... war?" and Ironwood said "Not a war between nations."

Not a war between nations.

Who, then? Mankind vs Salem and her Grimm.

When Penny said it'd be her job to save the world, it's possible that the meaning behind that is that Ironwood wanted to create an army of robots to be the front lines in a war against Salem's forces, so that way, they wouldn't have to sacrifice Humans and Faunus for that war.

The thing is... Penny seemed pretty sentient. And she said she could produce Aura. How could she produce Aura? Did she have a soul? If so, that's still as bad as sacrificing Humans and Faunus for war. But Ironwood doesn't seem to be as emotional over ethics as a lot of people are. This is evidenced by the difference in how Pyrrha and Ironwood completed Pyrrha's sentence:

Pyrrha: But that's...

Ironwood: Classified.

Pyrrha: Wrong!

"That's classified" "That's wrong!" Ironwood seemed to see no problem with the Aura transfer machine, but Pyrrha felt it was morally wrong. Glynda agreed with Pyrrha but was desperate enough to side with Ironwood on using it.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure there was only one Penny. She was the prototype, and they were testing her to see if it was worth making more, or if they needed to make any adjustments to the design.