Tatehan stared at the jumble of connectors, ports, and exposed wiring beneath the mounting plate, confused.
He'd never seen anything this mechanically complex before in his life. Back on Earth as Gavin, the most complicated thing he'd ever dealt with was maybe changing a car battery or replacing a broken phone screen — simple, straightforward tasks with clear instructions.
This was different. This was advanced alien technology, or at least technology far beyond anything he'd encountered. Multiple connection points, color-coded systems he didn't understand, components whose functions were completely mysterious to him.
If the AI hadn't been guiding him step by step, he would have had absolutely no idea where to even begin.
[Now take a new emitter from the replacement kit,] the AI continued. [You'll need to connect the power coupling—the blue connector, and the data link, the red connector, before mounting it.]
