I think I just noticed something new - remember our first glimpe of the jockey chair in the first trailer. Take a closer look:
See that part on the top - that's
not part of the 'classic' chair design (newest image inserted in right top corner)?
Doens't that look like the top part of the jockey helmet including the eye socket (minus a couple of details, but we've seen the suit adapts in realtime) just turned upwards, like a 'visor'?
Now I do think that
that exact suit could indeed be part of the chair itself and the engineer becomes essentially part of the ship when sitting in the chair.
What do you guys think - am I seeing things?