This ship- [He motions around him] -occasionally and purposefully overrides my commands because she's aware of disastrous occurrences in history where intervention is required. Not precisely mine. Frequently I have company on my voyages, and she'll place us in difficult situations to correct the matter.

The Barge itself has similar capacities, and it's purpose is people directed rather than history directed.

Oh yes, I think its "accidents" are meant to teach some of us a lesson. [He doesn't sound too happy about it.] And it happens more often than my ship tends to by far.