Personal Log - 65022.9: Part 3

Posted on 02 Nov 2017 @ 2:31pm by Commander Aren Ban
Edited on 15 Nov 2017 @ 5:26pm

445 words; about a 2 minute read

Previously
Aren watched what she was doing, jotting down a couple of observations as she worked. When she had run into a dead end, Aren knew what she had done wrong. "You did very well, but I know where you went wrong. It was when you are connecting the signal booster for long range scans. You are connecting it to ever to third connection, which is correct, but," Aren moved some of the connections to point to the small pin connector, "you can create a sort of "make up" connection here, to compensate for the fact that we used a 20 wire instead of a 24 wire connector for the main power interface. Where you started to connect the mass/gravity sensor, there is enough connectors and power here." Aren pointed to where she connected the astrometrics feed.

Continued

=== Ban's Office - 1800 ===

She sighed, and shuffled back to the astrometics feed, and the power core. unplugging the feed, and everything after, she then started again, using one of the indicated connectors to free up wires so she had the right number left. She plugged them all back again, and this time they fit. She gave a soul deep sigh. "Why didn't I see it?" she sounded despairing.

Aren looked at her work for a moment before responding. "I think you are going to fast, and not looking ahead. Sometimes the situation or the problem you are looking at is only a problem because it is viewed in a certain way. I think you are looking at it from one angle. Even when you only have a few moments fix something, where ever second counts, pausing for a second can help." He said hoping that he was making sense. "

"More haste, less speed." Neaera agreed, staring at the wire bundle, trying to commit it to memory. "How long did it take you to figure this out, when you were a cadet I mean?"

Aren smiled. "That isn't a fair question to ask. Computers were, are my specialty. It was something that I can honestly say I had a natural affinity towards." He said answering truthfully. "But that doesn't mean that I, know everything. There are times that cadets, like your self, help me approach a lecture, or a problem differently. Just because I am very proficient doesn't mean that sometimes I don't make errors myself. And there are other subjects that I really struggled with, and really had to work at in order to understand them. Part of being an officer is knowing your own weakness's and strengths, as well as those under your command and implementing them efficiently."

To be Continued

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