Ariklego
Raptor Medium Mech
Shown here, MSI pilot Rya Auburne stands next to her mech.
For reasons of practicality based on each one's physical and mental capabilities, the Imperium's military leaders tend to designate each gender to specific roles. Ground vehicle pilots in the Imperial military are almost exclusively female, while men and non-humans typically get assigned to infantry roles or to pilot the much smaller hardsuits. This is for a variety of reasons, but most notably their ability to multi-task better, an extremely necessary skill for Mech pilots to have during combat and otherwise.
Mech pilots are trained to be able to perform basic maintenance and repairs in the field, and to know exactly how their vehicle will perform in any given situation so that they can fight effectively, and as such the pilot must be intimately familiar with all components and systems. This requires extensive amounts of training, which means a fully-trained pilot is almost never transferred to any other vehicle, even after the current one becomes obsolete and has to be relegated to garrison duty.
Raptor Medium Mech
Shown here, MSI pilot Rya Auburne stands next to her mech.
For reasons of practicality based on each one's physical and mental capabilities, the Imperium's military leaders tend to designate each gender to specific roles. Ground vehicle pilots in the Imperial military are almost exclusively female, while men and non-humans typically get assigned to infantry roles or to pilot the much smaller hardsuits. This is for a variety of reasons, but most notably their ability to multi-task better, an extremely necessary skill for Mech pilots to have during combat and otherwise.
Mech pilots are trained to be able to perform basic maintenance and repairs in the field, and to know exactly how their vehicle will perform in any given situation so that they can fight effectively, and as such the pilot must be intimately familiar with all components and systems. This requires extensive amounts of training, which means a fully-trained pilot is almost never transferred to any other vehicle, even after the current one becomes obsolete and has to be relegated to garrison duty.