Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-129.2.129.154-20140815152558

Flashfire212 wrote: A "human touch" doesn't need to be much taller than a human - seven or eight feet tall, human-shaped compartment for the operator to stand, voice controlled weaponry, and artifically enhanced muscles that move with the wearer. Basically, mechanized armor. Not a hulking mech, but specialized armor in the realms of a Space Marine or "Elemental" powered armor. It's in the same sort of tech range, so I don't see why Atlas couldn't have gone for something less bulky. Sometimes being smaller is better. It also makes your human commanders stick out like a sore thumb. Bad idea. In fact...usually the heavier hitters are the first things to get mechanized.

I get the distinct impression that Atlas' military (and Ironwood in particular) aren't the best strategists and don't employ the brightest engineers...