Erich, for his part, had taken the ride to the sim building with quiet aplomb, and, unlike the rookies who Ranna had to ride herd on, the big man had taken the advantage of rank, and not being required in the sims, and had set off to the command room, partly for a mug of coffee, partly so he could watch the simulated battle and see how the rookies did, and partoy to talk with Ranna. Before he had headed off, however, he had taken a moment to talk to the three veteran clansmembers, out of earshot from the rookies.<br/><br/>The conversation was short and to the point; he had selected three 'mechs from the database, all 3025 spec, and wanted the three to match against one another three times; once in each type of 'mech to see who was best-suited for each, which seemed to take the sting of his earlier growling out of the trio, as they were basically being allowed to have nonlethal aptitude testing before being forced into unfamiliar designs in a battle where they would be outnumbered.<br/><br/>Leaving the trio to their own devices, Erich headed up to the control room, half-speculating if Lei beat him to the large-windowed room that overlooked the simulator pods.