The first teaching class of the day was ship navigation and piloting which was to be held jointly with the students of the regular class.
While it was true that most spaceships would have an onboard AI to handle all the calculations and maneuvering required to travel safely through the universe there was still a need to learn how to fly manually.
The main problem was that these artificial intelligence systems were vulnerable to hacks or data breaches during enemy attacks.
It may seem obvious now but during the initial founding days of the Earth Federation, most of the personnel on spaceships did not know how to fly their vessels.
The higher ups relied more on AI and robots to handle the basic tasks while the soldiers of the imperial army were the main fighters.
This all changed when the army met a race of mechanical lifeforms known as the Azarens who could control artificial life.
