Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-9090085-20140815155023

I think the deal with the Paladin becomes a little more clear if you bear in min the ideal behind these robots: the Knights are intended to replace solders, and Penny is intended to replace hunters; so what do I see the Paladin as? A stop-gap, a battlesuit that gives an "ordinary person" the firepower and durability of a hunter. I imagine that while Penny is "combat ready", she's still a few decades away from being ready for mass-production.

As for why it's so big... I actually don't think it was designed with urban combat in mind - or even for fighting people, really; I think it was indented to fight the large Creatures of Grimm in huge, open warfare; it's big so it can stand on "even footing" with giant monsters.

Whether or not any of these machines actually work in their intended role is a whole 'nother matter, the AK-200s and the APs are basically untested. That's what I think, anyways.