@Ryomi 4999 doesn't have a favorite pizza, 4999 shared in the dying person's favorite pizza that she loved to share with her late lover. 4999 was comforting her with a beloved food.
Personally I would not take part in the event, just getting a recruit who just starting learning and dropping them in the proverbial deep end isn't what I would call a good idea. Even if he had more than himself and one other crew member it still wouldn't be a great idea, this is real life now...