duty vs. self-preservation theme
Someone is forced to choose between following their duty, and saving their own skin.
16 total · 4 choice · 8 major · 4 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent1x23 | choice | Archer about whether to turn over the ambassador to the Mazarites or risk losing the Enterprise with all hands. |
| movie: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | choice | Joan was pressured to forswear her divine mission in order to save her life but she refused |
| voy5x26 | choice | Equinox crew abandoned the Prime Directive in order to return to the Alpha Quadrant |
| voy7x25/26 | choice | Janeway about bringing crew home or destroying the Borg's capacity to assimilate Alpha Quadrant aliens |
| movie: Battleship Potemkin (1925) | major | the men finally choose to mutiny and revolt rather than eat rotten meat and get summarily executed |
| movie: Goodfellas (1990) | major | there were various cases where people deliberated whether to betray their cronies in order to save their own skin - in the end Henry ratted on everyone to save his own skin |
| tng1x07 | major | should the drew relieve Picard of duty or not |
| tng4x14 | major | Data :: Data defied his duty to Picard to save the Enterprise from destruction |
| tos2x14 | major | R.M. Merik :: Merik violates the Prime Directive to save his skin |
| tos2x25 | major | Ron Tracy :: Tracy had when attacked |