I would quite happily have myself bodily transported by a small fleet of drones, of the average Maxi- variety, appropriately tethered into a space suit, with perhaps one or two Over-drones there, just in case something happens with the swarm and I splash into the ocean .. on the other hand, maybe the Over-drones would be carrying supplies and setting up the BBQ on the base island, who knows .

Point I wanna make is, hell yeah there have to be better flying things on the horizon. Gimme my drone-fleet and proper space-suits, yo!