Mercurian Aegis contractors - is this remotely plausible?

[callen]

@Tellus

callen usually assumes that the Aegis does not need to penetrate as I recall, and has argued for this elsewhere on this board.
Do not simply assume as a given that it must. Not without word from On High.

Actually, mostly the other way around. Primarily, I generally assume it will vary by troupe. Second, those with whom I play in person generally require it to penetrate, and I like it that way. Here's my carefully thought-out stance:

@callen

It is not stated whether or not the Aegis itself needs to penetrate like wards do for this effect. By default it would seem like the Aegis should have to penetrate for this effect, however, far more players play without the Aegis needing to penetrate than play with it needing to penetrate.

Chris