2026.10.06
*captain kirk voice* people's refusal to accept the trolley problem and attempt to transform it into a question of logistics is actually a consequence of the nobler impulses of human nature, which demand that we find actual solutions to preventing catastrophe or, if catastrophe cannot be prevented, that we nevertheless fight tooth and nail to be sure that there was no further help coming, no unseen alternative, no recourse, up until the very last moment, and it is the duty of those in command to dismantle every possible fault that led up to such a situation so to answer your question, admiral, perhaps there are some trolleys that simply cannot be stopped, but no starfleet captain should accept this scenario without first doing everything in his power to derail it.