Sometimes when we are communicating with others, our message is misinterpreted. Keeping the lines of communication open and reassuring the other party of our intentions is very important. This is often very a demanding task when engaging strong personalites or authoritive figures. The following paragraph is an example of the above statements. Before modern technology conceived advancements such as radar or sonar, ships relied on the stars, eyes and hears of it's crew while traveling the vast sea in the mist of the lonely night. The battle cruiser forged ahead through the endless blinding fog. A half sleepy seaman spotted a tiny bit of light twinkling periodically amist the dense wall of fog (which seemed to reflect the light of the seaman's lantern back towards him). This made seeing the distant light ahead a task indeed. The seaman yelled to the first officer that something was dead ahead, but the object was unknown. The first officer sent out a radio message to the unknown vessel. The message stated for the unknown vessel to veer ten degree to the left. Then a reply came back to the first officer to veer ten degrees to the left himself. Now tention was increasing within the first officer's mind, as he was concerned that there might be a conflict between the two vessels. He woke up the ship's captain, and informed him of the situation. The captain did not hesitate to order the unknown vessel to veer ten degrees to the left. The response to the captain's message was to veer ten degrees to the left himself. Now the captain was getting agitated and a bit angry. The captain sent another message, " This is Captain James Morgan of the U.S. Talon. We are a fully capable battle cruiser, and I order you to veer ten degrees to the left. If you do not then we will be forced to take your presence as a hostile force. The unknown party responded with this message, " I am a lowly seaman and I order you to veer ten degrees to the left. We are not a hostile force. We are the lighthouse!