Atlas was the main target of the attacks due to its links with the Schnee Dust Company. As the viciousness of the attacks increased, Ironwood deemed Atlas too dangerous for the newly created Penny. She needed a place to develop her abilities and skills without the risk of being damaged or worse, captured and turned. Penny was sent to Beacon with her father, so they could keep developing her under the watchful eye of Ozpin.







Having spent most of her life stuck inside labs with no freedom to go outside, she was very naive and inquisitive about the world, often wanting to go out exploring. Without much contact with humans, Penny hadn't built up her insecurities of being an android, an issue that Ozpin decided to prevent by assigning her to a team in his school.