TenTonHammer recently spoke to Tabula Rasa Producer Starr Long in an interview about Personal Armor Units, and more. Personal Armor Units are kind of like the AFS Mech's seen in the game, only smaller. They are bigger than humans but not as big as the actual mechs, five have been shown so far. Starr also talks about Command Opportunities and Flashpoints. Command Opportunities are a Level 50 ability which allows you to call in a squad of NPCs for support. You can issue these pets commands as well. Finally, we have Flashpoints and these are basically instances that are tougher than usual instances found in the game and are designed for groups to tackle. I suppose you could say these are similar to 'raids.'

The Shiva was the most vehicle-like of all the PAUs. Oriented more like some sort of deep sea exploration device, the Shiva definitely had a unique appearance. With a "cockpit" type area towards the front of the machine, it seems to be apparent that this PAU will function in a different capacity to the Spectre or the Ghoul. Two appendages came out of the sides of the machine and extended upwards before hitting a joint and moving back down. Although probably an inaccurate description, the appendages reminded me of Praying Mantis pinchers. I don't remember seeing wheels on the Shiva, and I assume that the machine runs on some sort of hover device.

For the full interview click here.