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Don’t worry too much about the sailors’ seeing you get a little worried sometimes, one of his chief petty officers had told Geary when he was a lieutenant. That just tells them you’re smart enough to know when to worry. Don’t look too worried, or they’ll think you don’t know what to do. And, for the love of your ancestors, never look like you’re never worried. That’ll make the crew think you’re either an idiot or a fool. They know officers are human, and no human with half a brain is never worried. But as long as you seem to know what you’re doing, they’ll follow you.
Fast and stupid is still stupid. It just gets to stupid a lot quicker than humans could on their own. Which, I admit, is an accomplishment,” she added, “because we’re pretty damn good at stupid.”
Geary turned to Desjani. “Captain Smythe thinks the creatures here are all born engineers.” “Oh, great,” Desjani said. “Just what we need. Another species lacking in social skills.”
Security is not a license for people in authority to hide tactics they would never openly admit to using.
There are few things more dangerous to a ship, to a crew, to a fleet, than a commanding officer who wants to be a hero.”
