"... I can, yeah," Yamato says, a little uncertainly.

He pauses for a moment, drumming his fingers on the table, then takes a slightly nervous sip of coffee.

"Taking this ship out for a test run is going to be the first time I've actually flown. Outside a sim, I mean," he says, a little awkwardly. "I've been using the sims back home and you-know-where for a decade now, so I guess I'm ready, it's just, er. A big step."