This is an idea for how the mechs are piloted, with neural interfaces in these pods the soldiers nicknamed "coffins". 'Cuz you may never leave one if you're mech's destroyed in battle.
Yeah, its an idea I've not abandoned but has lead into other more interesting ideas in rejuvenative medicine. The concept of a "Sarcophagus" is to act as a vessel to the next life. The idea I had is one of two things to either have you rejuvenated and augmented into a synthetic organic being, or to have to pilot a mech as if its your own body similar to surrogates. Interesting no?