Before anyone asks in the comments the map is called Heavy Metal......
For those of you who heard the sound of crickets after reading that worry not for that joke was meant for my own amusement.
Good news, my joystick works. Bad news, apparently there is something more annoying then commander spam.
The joystick is the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro. Same one I used back when I regularly played Battlefield 2. ( Apparently Logitech feels it doesn't need to be changed or improved, whatever, it's cheap and works well and I've never had to install drivers )