Talk:Mantis/@comment-1416567-20151025110510/@comment-5166008-20151028225418

The Liset docks onto the orbiter though, everything above the ramp is part of the liset, everything down the ramp is the orbiter. When docked, it would appear that the Liset functions as the orbiter's cockpit.

And as already mentioned, the liset interior found in the "Main Menu" simply can NOT fit within the hull of the mantis. Expecting them to look the same is like expecting a fighter jet cockpit and a jet liner cockpit to look the same, or a news helicopter and an attack helicopter, the narrower hulls simply do not have space for the pilot and copilot to be side-by-side. Likewise, the mantis does not have space for the layout of the main menu, nor does the curved shape make sense for the boxy mantis hull.

That said however, in order to have these drop ships and be able to swap them out, the orbiter must have the capacity to hold both craft in some way. Thus, it is not entirely nonsensical for the liset cockpit to be used when the mantis is the active landing craft. However, it would make more sense for the active landing craft to be used as the orbiter cockpit to allow for faster deployment by the tenno.