Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-71.1.235.131-20171022191243/@comment-4010415-20171023182512

Salvince wrote: I have to disagree, they could completely do a shield like that. They mastered tech to the point where they can produce an aura from an android, I am 1000000% certain they can learn to deflect Aura semblances. Everyone is saying it cant be done, but if you look at what their tech has already accomplished, the argument kind of speaks for itself. I heard what you said and took what you thought into consideration, but to assume they couldn't block it seems rather far fetched than they could in my thoughts. Actually, I think you're looking at Penny in the wrong light.

A soul is what produces an Aura, as Aura is energy from the soul. Though, everyone keeps referring to the entire thing - the soul and the energy together - as "Aura", possibly because the part about the soul might be more of a religious thing with some truth to it. Anyway, when Ozpin's group was telling Pyrrha about their plan, Ironwood said they found a way to capture Aura, and Qrow said "Capture it and cram it into something else. Or, in your case..."

I don't think they built a robot that can simulate the production of Aura on its own. I think they transferred someone's Aura into Penny, and that's what Qrow meant by "something". To complete that last sentence, he was saying "Or, in your case, someone."

I assume a technology that blocks out Aura would need a certain material that doesn't let Aura through. They would have to find a way to apply that to the Dust-created barrier. Because, again, that barrier is just a Dust effect. It's no different than sticking fire Dust in a machine that causes the Dust to produce its fire and then shoots the fire in a specific direction. If you missed my posts about Weiss creating the same barrier on a smaller scale, you can scroll up, I even provided screenshots.