...and yes, these tutorials in SF are fubar. I got stuck in the ditch. I shot the gunnery targets to pieces but did not get the "mission complete" notification... They do nothing to explain all of the icons on the screen, and basic things like gunnery techniques, how to use each station, etc. The only tutorial I have been able to finish was the commander tutorial, and even that one I was mostly just a passenger while the rest of my squad railed on the enemy...
I have now read the manual cover-to-cover and have a little better understanding of the game... but even that was tough, what a dodgy translation!
Guess i'll just dive into some missions and learn by dying...