Designing a Squad Insertion, Command And Support Aiborne Vehicle (SICASAV)

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Originally Posted by Phoenix_Dragon

That's another good reason to have a small collection of purpose-built vehicles rather than a single monolithic one. An absolutely massive cutting-edge VTOL that pushes the boundaries of engineering is probably going to require substantially more maintenance personnel than four or so much simpler vehicles.

A small collection of purpose build vehicles requires a large group of pilots. Engineers are easier to find than people with magical power who can directly interface their minds with vehicles to take an already cutting edge design past beyond it's theoretical limits, and are trained into being ace pilots to boot.