Tallneck (Horizon Zero Dawn)

The Tallneck is a machine in Horizon Zero Dawn. A Communications Class machine, the Tallneck is the only known machine of this class at present. Tallnecks were designed to help enable long range communications for the machines of the terraforming project in a world where precious little of the Old World's technological infrastructure remained. It is not hostile to humans, is by far the largest known contemporary machine, and is one of only two known machines that are equipped with a protective energy shield. A human with the necessary technology can override a Tallneck upon climbing to the top of its head to reveal details and locations of structures, machine site, human settlements and other points of interest over a vast area.