The name "Pilot" mainly comes from Titan, meaning directly "Titan's Driver."
However, in the Titanfall world, the earliest Titans were certainly scarce, and merchants, particularly a super military-industrial conglomerate like IMC, were certainly not fools.
To promote this special combat unit, their drivers had to be the most formidable soldiers on the battlefield, the best drivers paired with the strongest combat units—
Even without Titans, Pilots had to be the most lethal soldiers on the battlefield.
[Jack: I can help you establish Pilot trial standards, but your technology level is really too backward, and your people might not even be familiar with firearms...]
Halfway through, Jack suddenly felt something was off:
Is Latovia's technological level backward? Indeed, it is backward, with most people's scientific and engineering skills at a medieval rural level.