diff --git a/code/game/machinery/computer/dropship_weapons.dm b/code/game/machinery/computer/dropship_weapons.dm
index ab77f35d26..b5022b4a75 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/computer/dropship_weapons.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/computer/dropship_weapons.dm
@@ -694,10 +694,10 @@
 				if(CEILING_GLASS)
 					is_outside = TRUE
 		if(!is_outside && !cavebreaker) //cavebreaker doesn't care
-			to_chat(weapon_operator, SPAN_WARNING("INVALID TARGET: target must be visible from high altitude."))
+			to_chat(weapon_operator, SPAN_WARNING("WARNING: Target obstructed by terrain features."))
 			return FALSE
 		if (protected_by_pylon(TURF_PROTECTION_CAS, TU))
-			to_chat(weapon_operator, SPAN_WARNING("INVALID TARGET: biological-pattern interference with signal."))
+			to_chat(weapon_operator, SPAN_WARNING("WARNING: Signal garbled, launch aborted."))
 			return FALSE
 		if(!DEW.ammo_equipped.can_fire_at(TU, weapon_operator))
 			return FALSE
@@ -807,10 +807,10 @@
 	if (!istype(dropship))
 		return FALSE
 	if (!dropship.in_flyby || dropship.mode != SHUTTLE_CALL)
-		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Has to be in Fly By mode"))
+		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You must be making a flyby!"))
 		return FALSE
 	if (dropship.timer && dropship.timeLeft(1) < firemission_envelope.flyoff_period)
-		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Not enough time to complete the Fire Mission"))
+		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Not enough time on station to complete the firemission."))
 		return FALSE
 	var/datum/cas_signal/recorded_loc = firemission_envelope.recorded_loc
 	var/obj/source = recorded_loc.signal_loc
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@
 		return
 	if(firemission_envelope.recorded_loc.obstructed_signal())
 		if(firemission_envelope.user_is_guided(user))
-			to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Signal Obstructed. You have to go in blind."))
+			to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Signal obstructed. You have to go in blind."))
 		return
 	var/sx = 0
 	var/sy = 0
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@
 	var/area/laser_area = get_area(shootloc)
 	if(!istype(laser_area) || CEILING_IS_PROTECTED(laser_area.ceiling, CEILING_PROTECTION_TIER_1))
 		if(firemission_envelope.user_is_guided(user))
-			to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Vision Obstructed. You have to go in blind."))
+			to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("Vision obstructed. You have to go in blind."))
 		firemission_envelope.change_current_loc()
 	else
 		firemission_envelope.change_current_loc(shootloc)
diff --git a/code/modules/shuttle/computers/dropship_computer.dm b/code/modules/shuttle/computers/dropship_computer.dm
index 0024958c8e..ccc7c891e5 100644
--- a/code/modules/shuttle/computers/dropship_computer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/shuttle/computers/dropship_computer.dm
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@
 	hijack.fire()
 	GLOB.alt_ctrl_disabled = TRUE
 
-	marine_announcement("Unscheduled dropship departure detected from operational area. Hijack likely. Shutting down autopilot.", "Dropship Alert", 'sound/AI/hijack.ogg', logging = ARES_LOG_SECURITY)
-	log_ares_flight("Unknown", "Unscheduled dropship departure detected from operational area. Hijack likely. Shutting down autopilot.")
+	marine_announcement("Unknown fault in remote flight control. Resolving as possible hijack. Marking dropship as possibly hostile and disconnecting from sensor matrix.", "Dropship Alert", 'sound/misc/notice2.ogg', logging = ARES_LOG_SECURITY)
+	log_ares_flight("Unknown", "Unknown fault in remote flight control. Resolving as possible hijack. Marking dropship as possibly hostile and disconnecting from sensor matrix.")
 
 	var/mob/living/carbon/xenomorph/xeno = user
 	var/hivenumber = XENO_HIVE_NORMAL
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 		.["target_destination"] = shuttle.in_flyby? "Flyby" : shuttle.destination.name
 
 	.["door_status"] = is_remote ? list() : shuttle.get_door_data()
-	.["has_flyby_skill"] = skillcheck(user, SKILL_PILOT, SKILL_PILOT_EXPERT)
+	.["has_flyby_skill"] = skillcheck(user, SKILL_PILOT, SKILL_PILOT_TRAINED)
 
 	// Launch Alarm Variables
 	.["playing_launch_announcement_alarm"] = shuttle.playing_launch_announcement_alarm
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 
 			var/dock_id = params["target"]
 			if(dock_id == DROPSHIP_FLYBY_ID)
-				if(!skillcheck(user, SKILL_PILOT, SKILL_PILOT_EXPERT))
+				if(!skillcheck(user, SKILL_PILOT, SKILL_PILOT_TRAINED))
 					to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You don't have the skill to perform a flyby."))
 					return FALSE
 				update_equipment(is_optimised, TRUE)
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
 				shuttle.setTimer(DROPSHIP_WARMUP_TIME)
 		if("play_launch_announcement_alarm")
 			if (shuttle.mode != SHUTTLE_IDLE && shuttle.mode != SHUTTLE_RECHARGING)
-				to_chat(usr, SPAN_WARNING("The Launch Announcement Alarm is designed to tell people that you're going to take off soon."))
+				to_chat(usr, SPAN_WARNING("The launch warning alarm is only for alerting people to a takeoff."))
 				return
 			shuttle.alarm_sound_loop.start()
 			shuttle.playing_launch_announcement_alarm = TRUE
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
 
 /obj/structure/machinery/computer/shuttle/dropship/flight/toc
 	name = "dropship control screen"
-	desc = "A screen on the TOC computer for controlling the dropship linked to it."
+	desc = "A screen on the TOC computer for controlling the dropship linked to it. Has an abbreviated version of the flight controls and data."
 	icon = 'icons/obj/structures/machinery/computer.dmi'
 	icon_state = "toc_shuttle"
 	shuttleId = DROPSHIP_MIDWAY