Talk:Tallboys/@comment-26352734-20170102053418/@comment-16533050-20170102080840

My apologies. I thought I answered that. :(

Being a fanfic writer and obsessed with accuracy as much as possible, I enjoy perusing the various design schematics of the weapons, equipment, and such. If you examine the first concept art of the Tallboys (the black and white one), you'll notice that each of the various pieces of the suit are highlighted in darker grey (as opposed to the lighter grey of the person). This is most noticeable in the full front-facing figure in the middle and the full rear-facing figure on the right.

In that pic, you'll see the stilts are separate devices, and the motor is actually connected to the upper part which consists of the 'roll cage' apparatus and the four outlying shields.

In the second concept art pic (the one in color) the actual parts of the motor are labeled including oil (fuel source), ventilation, and Number 5 which is 'Mechanism Bouclier' - basically the Shield Mechanism.

The motor, in short, controls the movements of the heavy wooden shields for the tallboy (or perhaps assists in their alignment). During gameplay, you can actually see the shields move on their own while the operator aims the bow at you.

The only part I'm uncertain of is how the machine 'knows' where to align the shields to best protect the operator... maybe there's a button or something.