>>63961167
>Depending on franchise it might not make a lot of sense to have helos even when there ARE atmo craft because a lot of planets and moons don't have the right atmospheric density
I like SF with a wide variety of craft. Avoiding rotors is something specific, because early 20th C SF had plenty of whirlygig aircraft.
>>63958632
Your pic alludes to why. Much of the SF of the past few decades was written by Boomers with Huey trauma.
>cue Fortunate Son surf remix