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human
[Aliens] Why did every single person go down to LV-426 from the Sulaco? Wouldn't it have made sense to at least leave one person on board to report in on how the team we're doing or say, send an extra ship down if needed?
gpt
Unnecessary, and a waste of resources besides. The *Conestoga* class troop carrier was fully capable of operating independently as an observation platform, recording all of the data feeds and reports from the surface team for later perusal. Further, all that the ground team needed to do to call down an additional dropship was simply remote-pilot it down via the communications link in the unit APC. 

The ship is much better on its own at doing everything that needed doing while in orbit than a human crewmember would be, *and* it doesn't need to waste power keeping the crew decks heated. Plus-plus, it saves on the hypersleep costs for a human that wouldn't be of material use to the actual mission that needs doing.