Jenny wrote:
Oh, he does act stupid. There's a lot of Gan's actions which are put down by a lot of people (including the crew) to his being stupid-- not checking to see if Jenna was behind him on Cephlon, or tearing out the computer banks in "Breakdown."
The latter is proof that Gan was a computer genius. A minute earlier, Avon tells Blake he can't get control of the systems. After Gan tears a couple of sections out, Avon has it sorted in no time. Gan cut the Gordian knot for him.