User blog comment:Max the paranoid android/RWBY Alternate universe/@comment-26130256-20151106161136/@comment-25887569-20151106162313

My image of the war was that some projects with steam powered tech were already being developed, but were shelved for the time being when they didn't have immediant results. Labs and factories were often attacked by the Grimm, as many of their workforce were disgruntled and stressed. This made it hard for anyone to make any major breakthroughs.