The Troika Family

The Troika Family are a small technologically advanced tribe living on a remote island, somewhere off the coast of southern Remnant. Their expansive knowledge of drone technology and defenses make them a truly difficult opponent to defeat.

History
The Troika Family was once a small mainland tribe that found themselves in a Dust rich land but with a heavy Grimm infestation. They were known for hunkering down in the case of a serious attack but the lack of resources and the remoteness of their village forced them to leave and move to the nearest island.

Their new home offered them much protection against the wildlife and the resources available on site allowed them to flourish. What was also beneficial was that the island was sitting on top of a massive Dust reservior that lurked beneath the waves. The Troikas wasted no time beginning mining operations and formed three houses to ensure order within their growing family. They flourished and began trading with new partners in exchange for foreign materials and technology, most of which given the Troika treatment. Their more purely mined Dust was of a better quality than the ones offered by the Schnee company and also gave them access to superior technology than their rivals Atlas.
 * The House of Order: The line of heirarchs and royal family members belonged to this group. They would oversee the other two houses and order within their home. They also have better trained guards to protect the members.
 * The House of Preservation: Hard working members of this house kept to the general maintenance of their home; Cleaning, farming and repairing Troika equipment ensures that the family are always at their peak condition when it comes to defending their home from hostiles.
 * The House of Conservation: This house worked in a similar manner to the Perservationists but instead were assigned duties of research and military applications. They build the arsenal of defenses and form the bulk of Troika Sentinels who would prowl the battlements of their home. They are also good at standing their ground and the art of defensive warfare. Their research are kept well hidden, only other Conversationists can partake in their activites underground.

But when scores of criminals begin sneaking into their premises, the Troikas grew insecure about the dangerous of the outside world and built a large secure castle on top of their mines. They shut off al trade routes and started a life living in a secure home. The looters got deseperate and went into every discreet means to break into their castle. Only this made them even more serious about the integrity of their security and devised new automated defense systems including the feared 'AGD-45 Titan' Heavy Assault droid.

The Dawn of Anti-Aura Technology.
Ever since criminals tried their best to bypass the many security systems of the Troika citadel, the inhabitants would capture those who didn't manage to escape the wrath of their defenses and dragged them down into the bowels of their labatories.

They first began creating a strong bacterium, known as Yellow Blood. A adrenaline substance that boosted Troika biology, hardened to their DNA, it also had the unfortunate side effect of scorching the internals of foreigners.

Then, after the witness of Auras bypassing their technological advantage, the Troikas worked on a way to directly intercept the potential power of a human, or faunus, Aura. Because of how they radiated from one soul, the Troikas exploited the wavelengths it had broadcasted in and looked for minerals and materials capable of intercepting this.

The first non-lethal countermeasure was a project known as Icarus Sigil. A jammer which would flood the immediate air in so-called 'Icarus Sun' crystals that projected intense microwave radiation on the same frequency of a victim's Aura. Standing near the system would cause one's Aura to shrink and react uncontrolliably against the wavelengths, stopping his/her ability to manifest their Semblence without having to endure agony and pain.

The system proved to be a short lived idea as the power requirements for field use would be catastrophic on their power grid.

After the failed project, which was scrapped, the Conservationists continued their sinister work on finding new ways to brutally utilise the power of Technology to overwhelm the Semblence radiance of one's soul.