van Riebeeck said:
Obviously, a hit and run is something completely different from tech-use. A brilliant programming specialist who is able to make his servitors do handstands and feels the hum of a plasma reactor to perfection is not a tactical genius. Unless of course he has made work of it, represented by command skill.
Explorators can get Scholastic Lore (Tactica Imperialis) so tactical knowledge can indeed be covered. They can even get Command and related talents in the later ranks. No reply from FFG on my query so no reply to post up.
In real-life applications, the GM in the RT campaign I play in is completely fine with allowing tech-use to function identically to command when leading murder-servitors on hit and run attacks. We haven't been in ship combat since but it's nice for my Magos Militant to be able to do it. To do with with boarding would require a servitor crew, which I am not in favour of (too inflexible) but my character might be if the option presents itself.