I'll be writing the circumstances of that recruitment soon, but for now, yes, he is here, he is attached to DoSAT as a pilot and mechanic type. I figured he could be useful, as lots of us work in sci-fi continua but not many of us can pilot spaceships by ourselves.

And also Joss Whedon is a horrible murderer and he needed to be rescued. I cite Project Phoenix as precedent :)

Don't worry, I don't have a clue about the continuum either; Pads had to hold my hand the entire way, as you no doubt gathered.