fight vs. flee theme

Someone must decide, in a given confrontational situation, whether the better course of action is to stay and fight or to flee (perhaps to survive to fight another day).

11 total · 3 major · 8 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ent2x06 major Archer taught the colonists to stand and fight the Klingon bullies.
tftc1989e3x14 major It seems Martin was eternally wrestling with this dilemma and coming up with "flee" despite the betrayals it necessitated, and the social stigma it entailed.
voy7x23 major Talaxians about taking on miners
bbf5x04 minor Delenn contemplated
ds93x24 minor rebel farmers deliberated on where to fight their pursuers or continue to run and chose the former option
movie: Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) minor Haruo gave those under his command this choice to make: Board one of the escape vessels and flee Earth to the safety of the mothership or stay behind to battle Godzilla in an effort to reclaim the Earth for humanity. Nearly all of them decided to stay and fight Godzilla.
movie: Mad Max 2 (1981) minor The Humongous gave a group of settlers 24 hours to walk away from their compound, leaving their oil behind to him, or else he would attack them and take it.
tos1x08 minor unnamed Romulan commander of tos1x08 :: Romulan commander decided to destroy the Enterprise instead of returning to Romulus immediately
tos1x27 minor Sulu :: Sulu should protect the ship says Kirk
tos3x01 minor Kirk tried to flee the town