"Yeah, it's definitely unique. Too bad he never really let me work on it until now that he's in a bind." Ian laughs, but of course he's happy to help. That doesn't mean he's not taking mental pictures of the inner workings of Samus' ship (but mostly out of his insatiable curiosity and desire to work on something actually relevant to his skill set).

"It's the same as what he'd had back in the Federation too. Guess all those years--," and a whole alternate universe, "--didn't change his taste in color schemes."