Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
...Genetically we are hired wired to work together, except for this strange mutation called "pilot."
If we could get unified we would be chasing wooly mammoths off cliffs in no time.
Possibly.
However, with the exception of our large brains which have allowed us to adapt to our surroundings without going through the evolutionary process for physical adaptation, humans aren't much different than other mammalian herd grazers or pack predator species. If you give them enough space, food, and females to fornicate for propagating the species, they aren't going to move an inch or lift a finger (claw, hoof, etc.) except to take a c##p.
Pilots are about comfort and survival. There are pilots who are comfortable and there are those who are not. The center of the herd is comfortable. The very old, weak, very young and periphery individuals are not and have a greater chance of getting picked off.
Unity is a great "rally" word. However, even if the herd is "unified," a number of "edge" individuals are going to get eaten.