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Como el indicador está inestable, el submarino aborta la misión.

Como el indicador está inestable, el submarino aborta la misión.
As the indicator is unstable, the submarine aborts the mission.
From Lesson 224:Initial causes (como)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Como el indicador está inestable, el submarino aborta la misión.

Why does this sentence start with Como instead of Porque?
In Spanish, when you want to start a sentence with a reason (meaning "Because" or "As"), you almost always use Como. Starting a statement with Porque is generally avoided unless you are directly answering a "Why?" question.
Does Como as a causal clause always use the indicative mood, like está here?
Yes! When como means "since," "as," or "because," it is declaring a known fact, so it takes the indicative mood. You will eventually see como used with the subjunctive mood, but that only happens when it means "if" or "however" (for example, "however you want").
Why do we use está inestable instead of es inestable?
We use the verb estar here because being unstable is a current, temporary condition of the indicator at this specific moment. If you used ser (es inestable), you would be implying that the indicator is a fundamentally broken or permanently unstable device by nature.
I noticed misión is feminine (la misión). Are most words ending in "-ión" feminine?
Exactly! Words ending in -ión (like misión, canción, and acción) are almost always feminine. As a bonus, they are very often easy cognates, meaning they share the same root and meaning as English words ending in "-ion".

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