"Well, you'd have to fit in the cockpit anyway, since Valkyries aren't really designed to carry things long-distance. It'd interfere with any transformations."

Come to think of it, he didn't think he'd ever used the Lucifer to carry anything. Humans couldn't withstand the gravitational forces that the plane pulled off. A robot might be all right in that regard, depending on spec...

"But supposedly they're working on a way to get us all back home anyway."