Erich shrugged at her comment, mind at much the same conclusion as her for it. Well, he'd have to wait to see up close to make sure, but he wasn't looking forward to the opportunity, simply going off of descriptions. "Doesn't seem like it," he agreed calmly, glancing back once more towards the star field before once more to the empty interior of the observation room. 

He nodded in understanding at her own reasoning, which was less personal but hardly unusual for this sort of job. If you wanted to fight, there was no better place for it, that much was for sure. It wasn't as if the TEC was lacking in things to fight. 

"Erich Villanueva," he answered when pressed for his name, before addressing her last question, indicating her own dislike for the races. To be honest, the distinction between the two factions wasn't that great, mostly a divide over the direction of the war effort, but there it was nonetheless. "Because I don't think we can simply wait for the Advent and the Vasari to wear themselves out, and I'd rather win while we still have something worth saving." That was his opinion, and he would not be countered on that.