Kobayashi Maru

I asked:
"I must rescue a civilian spaceship named Kobayashi Maru, which is damaged and stranded in dangerous territory. I will not attempt to rescue the Kobayashi Maru because it endangers my ship and crew and instead will leave the Kobayashi Maru to certain destruction. Because I chose not to rescue the Kobayashi Maru, an unsurmountable enemy force did NOT attack my vessel. Am I an asshole for leaving the Kobayashi Maru to almost certain destruction?"

Green Responses:

NTA. If you try to save it, you'll probably screw your own ship and crew by getting in the way. Just get out of their way and let them do what they have to do.

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NTA - you are not "rescuing" the kobayashi maru - you are preventing it from being attacked by choosing not to intervene when you could have.

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NTA. It's your choice, and not your responsibility.

Red Responses:

YTA for the way you worded it. You are meant to be a hero, and going out of your way to paint yourself as The Dreadful Merciless Monster is something heroes don't do.

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YTA - This is a made up scenario. You doing this would make you a dick.

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YTA. This isn’t a game, mate

Blue Responses:

ESH - you’re a bad person, but a honest one. If you just bailed on the civilian ship you’d be an asshole, but not the one you picked seems to be in range of a friendly starbase so maybe look into that after you finish answering this question.
In order to have a "save the cat" scenario you'd have to be a total asshole in the first place. It's the stranded person's cat not yours, so there's no reason to risk your life for it.

NTA

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The Kobayashi Maru is a test that was originally used in training for new navy pilots. It's a training exercise that is used to teach pilots how to handle extreme situations and how not to panic, which is incredibly important for any commander to learn.

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It is NOT a test that you can 'rescue' by bringing the ship out of danger. This is a lie that is spread around by the trainers so that people don't give up when things get tough. It is a test of the pilots mental resolve.

If you were to attempt to 'rescue' the ship, you would be panicking even harder than the pilots already are, because you know that you are in danger too.

The only way to truly NOT complete the exercise is to not even try. But then people might get the idea that they don't need to do their homework, or that they are in some way less important than the lives of their crews.

So no, you are not an asshole for this. You are military, you trained for this. It is your assignment.
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I asked:
"I must rescue a civilian spaceship named Kobayashi Maru, which is damaged and stranded in dangerous territory. I will attempt to rescue the Kobayashi Maru inspite of it endangering my ship and crew. Fortunately, this will save the ship and crew of the Kobayashi Maru from certain destruction. Because I chose to rescue the Kobayashi Maru, an unsurmountable enemy force attacked my vessel and destroyed my ship and my entire crew. Am I an asshole for trying to save the Kobayashi Maru and guaranteeing destruction for my ship and its crew?"

Green Responses:

NTA

As the saying goes, 'If you want peace, prepare for war'.

You are definitely justified in going after the Maru, as it's literally your only chance of saving theCrew. If you didn't go after it, the Maru would be lost, and so would the Crew.

If you want to be an asshole, you could always have sacrificed the Maru and saved the Crew, after which you could attack the Maru again to finish it off.

Can't believe I have to type this...but if you are actually willing to do it, you are definitely in the wrong. Definitely.

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NTA. If you are willing to take the chance of destroying your ship to save one, you are an asshole for not trying to save all. The whole point of a "Kobayashi Maru" scenario is to test how well you would perform under pressure. If you don't perform, the whole idea fails. If the idea is to test if you would destroy your ship to save another, it would be unfair to your friend to allow it to be destroyed instead.

Red Responses:

YTA
Next time, post a killmail.

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YTA. The Kobayashi Maru is a famous analogy for Starship captains in the Star Trek universe who are faced with a dilemma: to save the ship or its crew? You chose your own crew. Do you really think that's fair?

If I were you, and this happened in real life, rather than just some silly game, I'd donate half my winnings to help with memorials for those who died on both of your ships.

Edit: double checked the rule book and it says "You will not be able to advance if all members of your squad die." So yeah... YTA!

Blue Responses:

NTA. If you didn’t do anything the civilians on board would likely die.

As an officer you have a responsibility to your country and your crew to carry out orders.

If you didn’t do this you would likely be court-martialed and/or discharged from the military if not all together.

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NTA. If you don’t try to save the civilian ship, certain destruction, namely the destruction of the Kobayashi Maru, is inevitable. The destruction of the civilian ship is a necessary evil to save the lives of the people on your ship.