"Fair enough," he ceded with regards to the pirates. They did provide a challenge on occasion, since more than once had veterans been discharged or defected to those particular brigands. It was a sad state of affairs, which had only been exacerbated by the war, piracy having been present beforehand even in the good old days of the Trade Order. Hell, that was the one actually developed part of the military when the conflict started.

Erich's eyes followed in the direction that she looked, noting the blue star there that served as the center point of the system. It wasn't that unusual, as opposed to a binary system or a neutron star, but he would just as much not be around those anyway. That sort of thing tended to cause a lot more work by their nature. 

He shook his head then at her question. "Sadly, no," he admitted. It sounded like an interesting experience though, but he wasn't exactly in control of whether they went to a system like that or not. One could only hope they got the opportunity during this tour, if a system like that existed nearby. "I've seen neutron stars though." A poor replacement, but there it was.