Frantically clicking through the displays and then still double-checking all my inputs to beat that timer was surprisingly quite fun. The second I understood the controls, the timer had already started. That added pressure was just what I needed. I reached a highscore of 1550, If I'd been just a teeny weeny bit faster I would've reached that next checkpoint!
Pretty solid result for your first jam!
PS: just encountered a little bug: I saw a ship with"P" in its vessel code. However you can't type P because P opens the pause menu