Joker is piloting a shuttle to Arcturus Station with General Invectus on board. He attempts some small talk with the general, asking him if he is going for the Normandy's test flight and disparaging the Alliance's choice of pilot (the job for which he had himself applied). Invectus cuts him off with a curt, "Just drive." As they arrive in the station, Joker introduces himself to the general, and tells him that if he needs to get anywhere while visiting the station, he was his man. Invectus replies, saying that never in a million years would a cripple have control over the fleet's most sophisticated starship.