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Out of universe, the reasoning is because I want to deconstruct this trope, and also because I feel like an impulsive royal being brought down to Earth is an interesting concept among a group where everyone else is a mook.

In universe...well, like I said, Princess Solph is somewhat impulsive, cares about her people, and doesn't see the value in politics, so when the fight over Xrak came up, she thought that she should join the army. After all, most of what they do is piloting vehicles (see my post on Similite culture), so it can't be that hard, right?

Yeah, no amount of simulations could've prepared her for an actual firefight, and she gets shot down due to a combination of inexperience and disobeying direct orders (she's a reserve fighter because she hasn't gone out in an actual firefight; someone is blown to smithereens, she goes in despite the commander calling for someone different).