I'm guessing you mean pilots? I'd prefer people play them. If nothing else, it seems kind of strange to me for someone to be interested in a mecha game and not want to pilot a mech. Most of the action will be space - based this time, so a helicopter won't be an option, but if you desperately must not play a pilot, I suppose you could play a mechanic or something. I'm really wanting to keep the focus tightly on a small group of pilots though.