Exo-Armor

Exo-Armor is a Matoran version of the Exo-Toa armor, built for defensive purposes.

Design
The Exo-Armor is designed to be a miniaturized version of the Exo-Toa armor, similar to that of the Boxer. The design of the suit is supposed to be more humanoid and to be more mobile, able to walk properly, like an actual being as opposed to chugging along or sliding. Suits utilize Lava-Gems as a self-contained energy source, using the heat and pressure given off by the gems to power the internal systems. Suits are always immensely heavy, making transport difficult.

Weapons
The Exo-Armor can use any types of weaponry on hand. From blades to projectiles. The weight of the weapon can determine what sort of model it will be used on due to the difference in model strengths. The most common use of weaponry is wrist or arm mounted, rather than held weaponry.

Pilots
Matoran pilots use it in order to increase their strength and overall range of capabilities. The armor raises them to nearly the size of a Toa, but is bulkier in some cases depending upon the specific model of Exo-Armor. The Matoran who use the suits are usually on islands where Toa don't exist, so as to defend in their place, allowing Matoran to fend for themselves.

Learning to pilot a suit takes years to learn, and longer to master. The skills required range from timing the controls to memorization of what does what, and learning how the machine actually works, allowing for field repairs.

Models
Various models of the armor exists. Ranging from ground to water to air to heat or subterranean models, the suit depends on the job. Suits are made with one objective in mind, and usually can only do that objective. If a model is made for land, it can only be used on land. It can't be modified later for water use, etc. All models are very costly and resource-intensive to build, but they are typically worth creating.

Trivia
This machine was created by BZPower and C.I.R.C.L.E. member Koji.