If nobody died they would have gotten a slap on the wrist. Like, an official reprimand in their file.
The First Duty
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To confuse things even more, in Thine Own Self, Riker tells Troi his 1st duty is to the ship, a notion Picard himself supports, when he chooses to conceal the truth in order to save the ship in Clues, while also upholding the Prime Directive by concealing the existence of the xenophobes. However, he surely wouldn't treat the Prime Directive as his 1st duty in Justice.
So I just can't reconcile any of the 3 being a concrete #1 rule of conduct. Certainly there'd be times when noninterference had to take a back seat to the ship & crew's safety, & certainly there'd be times when exposing the truth would have to be put aside for the ship & crew's safety as well.
For example, if in The Pegasus, had there been several Romulan ships in the vicinity, & the Enterprise would face certain destruction, by Picard exposing Pressman's secret phasing cloak research the way he did, he'd obviously want to not do that, then & there, potentially risking it getting censured in the aftermath.
So the truth just can't be your 1st duty in every circumstance, nor can the ship, nor can the noninterference clause. Life is not so black & white, I'm afraid.
Prior to the fatal accident in the 2260s, was it considered too risky except for the most elite? How long had it existed? Did Kirk originate it? 
What was it about the 2260s exhibition that made it become banned? All five dying doesn't seem like enough to get it outright banned - require more flight hours, better training, tweaks to training ships before doing it again, (investigate what went wrong and fix it) maybe, but banned? Was one cadet the kid of somebody important?
What was it about the 2260s exhibition that made it become banned? All five dying doesn't seem like enough to get it outright banned - require more flight hours, better training, tweaks to training ships before doing it again, (investigate what went wrong and fix it) maybe, but banned? Was one cadet the kid of somebody important?
Banned because it's not safe.Prior to the fatal accident in the 2260s, was it considered too risky except for the most elite? How long had it existed? Did Kirk originate it?
What was it about the 2260s exhibition that made it become banned? All five dying doesn't seem like enough to get it outright banned - require more flight hours, better training, tweaks to training ships before doing it again, (investigate what went wrong and fix it) maybe, but banned? Was one cadet the kid of somebody important?
It's a school. They are allowed to make rules.
I'll bet they don't allow smoking cigarettes in the classrooms either.
"You never once stopped to think that drama requires at least one fatality? What a lame-ass display. This will reflect quite badly on your future careers. Dism... Oh, and your wrists, please."
Timo Saloniemi
No that was an illegal practise exercise that would have been the official demonstraiton for the academy had it worked properly.
say again? If it was illegal there would be know way the Academy would display it as a good thing
In David A. Goodman's The Autobiography of James T. Kirk:Prior to the fatal accident in the 2260s, was it considered too risky except for the most elite? How long had it existed? Did Kirk originate it?
Cadet Kirk barely escapes with his life when five other cadets try the Kolvoord Starburst Maneuver and all die in the attempt. Gary Mitchell saves Kirk's life, and that's what initially cements Jim and Gary's friendship. 
Almost every TNG episode has a ridiculous or flawed premise. I think the episode is a top ten episode even with the flaws that are mentioned. It is the only Wesley episode that I can actually watch, mainly because he wasn't perfect in it. And the guest stars are top notch.
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