the best mech media should engage with this; i like how brigador deals with it: yes, they're obvious and ungainly targets with huge profiles and many failure points, they're also absolutely terrifying and with sufficient air and ground support can get the job done
a bad taste in your mouth
give it that moment where she figures out "oh fuck, command lied to me and i'm a six story target for any conscript with a mass-produced portable rocket launcher".
