Erich nodded as Rikke explained what being around a black hole was like, impressed to say the least. He'd heard that it was the closest one could get to hell on a ship, if only factoring in the gravity and not relativity or the like. Call it a nightmare to find yourself stuck while everyone else moved at real time around you. Which hadn't happened in some time, but there were always stories of that sort of thing. 

He shifted as she did, turning his attention away form the window and to her, though he did rest against it with his elbow serving as a prop at the same time. A moment was given to consider her question, before he provided an answer to it, foot tapping idly in the process. "Neutron stars are interesting. They can look great, but you still have all that radiation to deal with. You have to turn off all unnecessary electronics and basically run silent when around one, so your computer systems don't get fried. But yes, they produce light." 

The next question took him by surprise, but he was in a good mood and willing to entertain it. It couldn't hurt, right? Everyone had their reasons to be in the military, especially in the Rebel faction. "I lost my family during the Entrenchment phase. After that, it seemed like the natural thing to do," he explained with a shrug, having put some distance between himself and that event. "What about yourself?" Fair was only fair after all.