Because you're on the ship. Powers don't work on the ship.

[Said in a bit of a 'duh' tone which wouldn't be present if it wasn't for the fact that the guy referenced having heard about waking up on the ship, which meant he should be familiar with how it worked. Except he apparently hadn't been informed of that, and apparently ended up here without waking up on the ship before.]

How'd you end up here before without waking up on the ship?