The difference is that in your scenario i disobeyed orders due to lack of understanding, in my analogy you followed instructions perfectly but did something to keep yourself entertained because you werent told you couldnt.
Only by a weird definition of "follow orders" that relies on door placement and your initial position to fulfill. You followed orders as far as "don't get too far away," but not as far as "stay near me" or "do things related to what I'm doing."
A better analogy might be if somebody asks you to come to the store with them, so you agree, arrive at the store, and immediately wander off into a different section. By a certain definition, yes, you are "with them." But it's not a very useful definition, and it doesn't look like you were trying very hard to understand their orders in the first place.
((Yay, lets all electrocute the guy with +3 aux while hes trying to open a door so all you dipshits can gain entry to the ship proper and get on with the mission despite having full knowledge that last time he got electroccuted without reason he tried shooting the offender and blew up a shipyard.
Brilliant fucking plan right there.))
Also, I think I'm getting a hint as to why everyone's so touchy about you messing with sensitive electronics in the first place. Would
you want an angry Xan on point? Even assuming it was a complete fuckup on their part and you followed orders perfectly, your immediate response to being shocked out of those orders was to swear at everyone, imply you were going to shoot someone, and lawyer your way into everyone else being at fault.
Those are not great qualities for an independent operative in a sensitive operation.