Just as the mech pilots fighting for Herzog Kadan had discovered, Carmine mechs generally functioned a lot better if they had solid direction.
This was why Ves designed the Jacket Commander to accompany the Yellow Jackets back in the Red Ocean.
While not everyone took the Jacket Commander model seriously, those that did saw great value in using them to keep the undertrained and poorly disciplined Carmine mech pilots in line.
Unless the pilots assigned to the Yellow Jacket mechs were former veterans who had been forced to retire due to age or injury, the ones that just started out were not soldier material in the slightest!
Whether it was their piloting skills or their ability to understand what to do on the battlefield, they were largely rookies despite whatever gaming skills they possessed!