contracted can be telescopically extended including the release of energy from spring 134 in order to separate fiber optic wet mate connectors 146 and fiber optic wet mate connectors 316 the outer portions of the anchor assembly must be shifted relative to the inner portions of the anchor assembly the rate of the axial shifting is again controlled by the metering rate of fluid through transfer piston 212 after the outer portions of the anchor assembly have been shifted relative to the inner portions of the anchor assembly extension 150 no longer supports locking key 232 in profile 330 as this point the entire anchor assembly may be retrieved to the surface referring now to fig6 9 including fig6 a 6c 7 a 7 c 8 a 8 c and 9 a 9 c therein is depicted successive axial section of an apparatus for controlling the connection speed of downhole connectors that is generally designated 400 it is noted that fig6 a 6c and 7 a 7 c are multiple views of the same apparatus turned 90 degrees relative to one another with the downhole part of completion 42 being removed in fig6 a 6c likewise fig8 a 8c and 9 a 9 c are multiple views of the same apparatus turned 90 degrees relative to one another as described above apparatus 400 is formed from certain components.