User blog comment:Owlfeathers0117/Prometheus Corp. Super Warship Durability Testing/@comment-18719783-20140706190528/@comment-11135771-20140706192912

On the Scylla, you mean? That's for two reasons. First, since they're elevated much higher than the rest of the ship, shells aimed at it won't actually hit the top of the engine tower. Additionally, the splash from hits to the hull won't affect them.

Secondly, because I have eight more concealed under the flight deck. What can I say, I like engine redundancy. I'd rather have enemies try to shoot the engine tower in hopes of making my ship stop moving (thereby meaning that because of the tower's elevation, the tower is the ONLY part they'll hit) than to have them hit the hull. If they shoot the tower, that's a good thing, because it doesn't hurt the ship's speed much at all, and every shot aimed at the tower is a shot that isn't hitting anything important. Basically, it's a decoy.