How would other characters have handled the Kobyashi Maru test?

[Shawnster]

It seems the test does assume that the cadet is going to violate the Neutral Zone to save the Kobyashi Maru. It'd be somewhat amusing to have a very officious, cautious cadet (perhaps non-human) who says, "I'm sorry. Under no circumstances will I violate the Neutral Zone," and just decides to move on, the stranded ship and its crew be damned.

This is brought up in the TOS novel "Kobayashi Maru," in which members of the Enterprise senior staff (Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, and Kirk) discuss how they each handled the test.
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Specifically, in the above stated novel, Sulu chhose to not violate the Neutral Zone.

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

Well, I wasn't gonna spoil it. But it's an old book so I guess it's okay.

Sulu's story was very well written, I thought. Of course, it wasn't quite as good as Scotty's...

 

[sonak]

It seems the test does assume that the cadet is going to violate the Neutral Zone to save the Kobyashi Maru. It'd be somewhat amusing to have a very officious, cautious cadet (perhaps non-human) who says, "I'm sorry. Under no circumstances will I violate the Neutral Zone," and just decides to move on, the stranded ship and its crew be damned.

This is brought up in the TOS novel "Kobayashi Maru," in which members of the Enterprise senior staff (Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, and Kirk) discuss how they each handled the test.
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Specifically, in the above stated novel, Sulu chhose to not violate the Neutral Zone.

yup. And I liked his "solution" the best. If I'm looking at the situation objectively, it smells like a trap. And even if it's not, the benefit of rescuing a small crew doesn't outweigh the cost of risking your ship or even worse, starting a war.

 

[Silvercrest]

But if he had to do it all over again... he would.

But only after erasing the log entry where he confessed to killing everyone.

Because he can live with it.

This is brought up in the TOS novel "Kobayashi Maru," in which members of the Enterprise senior staff (Scotty, Sulu, Chekov, and Kirk) discuss how they each handled the test.

I bet Chekov screamed.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Well, I wasn't gonna spoil it. But it's an old book so I guess it's okay.

Sulu's story was very well written, I thought. Of course, it wasn't quite as good as Scotty's...

Scotty's was my favourite, too. IIRC, Simon Pegg referenced it in his Scotty biography he posted on his site a while back.