Jonathan_S wrote:cthia wrote:These are well trained people. Let them do their jobs. I agree with the speed computers can react. Preventing power surges and cascades should be under computer control with audible warnings. But shutting down grasers because they are running too hot should not be a computer's decision. Again, we are disagreeing on what is actually black&white. The following dialogue should never occur ...
"The grasers are offline Captain because they are running hot and the computer is trying to save them."
"I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU ME AND THE SHIP GET THEM BACK ONLINE NOW!"
Which is why I speculate that those kind of situations the computers would alert the human operators and grant them the decision; but also have fallback decision making authority if the situation worsens and nobody has provided human input.
In this graser scenario, if nobody in the on-mount crews, the damage control, tactical, or general engineering has been able to say whether it's critical to keep the failing graser in operation then things are so messed up that cutting power to it is the least of the ship's problems (but letting it fail in some catastrophic manner might still make things much worse)
Absolutely Jonathan. That is how it is now and how it will always be. It is how it has to be. It is how it is in the HV. Again, consider how serious the situation was aboard Fearless when the core needed to be ejected. The computer was aware of it and was giving a countdown. It didn't just do it. I need to reread that passage. But even so, the computer will try and consult first, because it may not be aware of all of the necessary variables. It is not as critical, but that is how software works now and it is the default. My computer doesn't automatically shut down because the battery is running low. Don't you dare! Heck, we all hate it when it decides on its own to update software.
Speaking of the famous pilot Sully, the computer aboard planes won't even alter altitude when you are flying too low. "Pull up! Pull up!"
You may be intentionally flying low to avoid radar or a flock of geese or ...