I also think Gorman was way too much by the book, and was picked by The Company because of his lack of experience so he would f**k up and put the rest of the teams life in jepoday, because he had rank over them. By doing that it makes a better chance of burk getting a specimen on board for the trip back by having the upper rank disposed of so the rest of the team f**ks up.
Well thats my idea.