All five hundred war chariot team leads met the standard, not because their skills were universally excellent, but as a result of collaboration. Many of the team leads who went to recruit from surrounding towns brought back far more than nine team members, prioritizing supplementing those squads that hadn't met the standard. Some even drew from their own squads, even if it meant their own teams weren't fully staffed.
This is both camaraderie and an excellent opportunity to win hearts, after all, the war chariot team leads are just the foundational structure. There are positions like squad leader, war company leader, and even the war chariot legion commander's seat still vacant.
And this is precisely what Gaven wanted to see. After all, people have different strengths and weaknesses; it's impossible for everyone to be a prodigy. A legion is a whole entity meant to complement and collaborate.
