====== Mech Cockpit ======

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Here's a mech cockpit. The forward seat is for the pilot, who drives the mech and handles main weapons. The rear seat is for the squire, who maintains the mech's systems and sometimes handles secondary weapons. The paw keyers may have gyroscopes and accelerometers to allow for a degree of motion control, although not to the extent afforded by paw gauntlets, which aren't used because there's a lot more going on with a full-sized mech compared to a micro mech.



Full sized mechs aren't piloted remotely because there's input lag and a loss of situational awareness that comes with remote sensor feeds. In or out of combat, you need to be on top of things when controlling a multi-ton machine.



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