Self preservation is a small percentage of the overall programming, the safekeeping of sensitive tactical information and of the general non-combatant population is of higher priority. Which is already a complicated task as I can't uplink and download the necessary information of the security system in place upon this vessel.

[It's, well it's one answer to it all, but telling you, even though you are a doctor, the full reasoning behind all of this would be idiotic and begging for someone to use it against him.]

Functioning on little to barely any resupply of energy is not an uncommon factor. Rationing is also a habit to keep as well as the boon of a surplus of supplies does not last long.

[The paranoia doesn't help either, but hey he doesn't see anything wrong with that. It's everyone else that sees it as a problem.]