In truth, he had never been comfortable assuming command, no matter how short the duration. He did not like sitting and watching while others performed their assigned duties, waiting for those same fellow crewmates to report to him as circumstances required. Instead, he preferred to preside over the vessel’s inner workings from the welcoming environs of the engineering decks or, if circumstances warranted, the network of crawlways and Jefferies tubes that gave him unfettered access to the ship’s most sensitive systems. There, he could put his hands directly on the source of a problem and solve it through the measured application of knowledge, experience, and—in some rare instances—even blunt force if the situation called for such action. It was there that Scott was in his element. Here and now, however? He never failed to feel as though he were casting about, searching for the proper solutions to problems better addressed by those more competent than he. Whereas training and experience had taught him how to lead the engineers and technical specialists he oversaw as part of his primary duties, such skill was not a natural aspect of his character.
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