This would make a huge amount of sense there's only so much knowledge that can be stored in books or drives.
So having useful skills in the heads of people within the project makes a lot of sense.
Remind me of the Golgafrinchams in Hitchhikers who were wiped out by a loss of telephone cleaners and hairdressers.
Indeed in a cavalry based war having a project member who's a wizard at blacksmithing and another at making tack and saddles, could completely swing the war for the good guys.
And if one character was an amateur painless dentist their skills could be beyond value.
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