“A Worker may, as a daily action costing 2 Quota, activate two Machines and - if neither Machine is Shrouded, and if one has a Gerund name and the other has a Noun name - establish a Power Link from the first to the second.”

“First” doesn’t apply to the one with the Gerund name, it applies to the first machine you navigated to. It all still works.

Hm, I read it as first corresponds to the one that has a Gerund name, and second to the one with a Noun name. Ok, but still disregarding orientation will be faster.

Faster but maybe less interesting.

I read it as quirck did.

anyway