"Don't you think it would be a lot simpler and time-efficient to have the 'Copy Special' menu do what it says, move the RT entirely in it's RT status and current iteration?"

I agree it would be much simpler, and that is how I feel this should evolve, to be in line with basic operation concept. I think 99% of users who do not visit forum would agree with your statement above smile

DFT, I see you have joined recently, and I thank you for voicing your concern / wish! Utility Tracks had/are probably my main wish for BIAB. Some big changes to these were done since last year. But I sincerely hope that they will be developed further, having full features of legacy tracks. Simple Copying / Duplicating tracks in their state is a big piece of the puzzle that needs to be filled. There is a lot of creative potential in that, especially when we have 24(!) available tracks.