Poll: MORAL CHOICE TIME... WOOHOO!

[Phlakes]

Drop a crane down there, pull it in the airlock. Done.

EDIT: Someone'll say that's against the rules, but really, if we can travel to a distant planet, we should be able to pick things up while inside the ship. But if I had to, the robot, because it's not alive.

 

[C95J]

Robot or Alien goes out, you can rebuild robots and who cares about aliens

 

[Naheal]

The robot. Even as an AI, he can be saved via backups and such.

 

[Madara XIII]

If I'm in charge, whoever I hate the most/is the most annoying. Otherwise, the robot.

LOL I can agree with this. Whoever is the one that makes you want to nibble your own ears off is probably the one I'd send out there, but then again the Robot is more efficient....

No emotional attachment here! NOW GTFO ROBOT!!!

 

[supagama]

Your poll is broken and I have no idea what you are asking us to decide on.

Edit: never mind just didn't read close enough

I would send the the robot out so it can bring the foliage closer to the ship before it rusts and the send one of the other people to get it from the robot. That why no one dies because they won't be exposed to the air of the planet for nearly as long.

the robot would be sufficient enough

 

[archvile93]

Is the robot self aware? If not I send the robot. If it is, then I send a guy in a space suit which has its own independent air suply so ha!

 

[supagama]

I'm assuming unless informed otherwise that the robot is not intelligent and therefore there is no moral problems in sending it out to rust.

right, did i mention he is the claptrap of your group?

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

The robot. After saving it's memory on an external source of course.

 

[shadow741]

The robot because I'm not an asshole or a complete retard.

Although I agree with sending the robot, what do you mean?

Do you have something against robots?

No, it's just that it's the most logical solution, and the only bad consequences are a bit of rust.

 

[Del-Toro]

If you don't need the robot, send it out. I mean, presumably you're the pilot, they kind of need you. The scientist is probably there to work on the specified flora, you need him. If you need the robot too, then send out the hottie or the minority. Have then draw straws or fight over it. Or, have the scientist whip up a better spacesuit (if applicable).

 

[supagama]

Is the robot self aware? If not I and the robot. If it is, then I send a guy in a space suit which has its own independent air suply so ha!

the air enters the suit or dissolves it, the robot is self aware

 

[Not-here-anymore]

There's no choice, the robot has to go! If I don't make it, the 3 laws will! It would stop anyone else from going out and sacrifice itself no matter what I do, so why stop it?
(Obviously, this assumes Asimov's laws are in place)

Also, if this is a oblique reference to some inner tendency to sacrifice the slaves first, none of the information you've provided suggests that the robot is alive in any way. So ethically, it's the only answer. If you really want, you could back all of its files up, kick it out the airlock, get the plane, and then bring the thing back to life!
Robots are a bad example...

 

[archvile93]

Is the robot self aware? If not I and the robot. If it is, then I send a guy in a space suit which has its own independent air suply so ha!

the air enters the suit or dissolves it, the robot is self aware

If the atmoshpere is that corrosive I don't think anything I have would reach the plant in time to extract it. I also doubt this planet would have any plant life either.

 

[supagama]

The robot because I'm not an asshole or a complete retard.

Although I agree with sending the robot, what do you mean?

Do you have something against robots?

No, it's just that it's the most logical solution, and the only bad consequences are a bit of rust.

On that topic, who the hell would make a robot out of iron?

Iron is so outdated. Assuming it is the future and we have an abundance of resources, I would say that Titanium or Aluminium would be the best option. But eh, whatever.

the air is acid-y

 

[Lilani]

right, did i mention he is the claptrap of your group?

I don't think that word means what you think it means, as if the robot is the claptrap of the group, that's just makes getting rid of him even more desirable. If that is what you meant, then I fail to see what difference it would make.

 

[Crystalite]

Uhm, I think you would have to take the robot out of this, because it is to simple. Why would anyone kill a human, when there is a machine for the job?
You did not say that the robot is supposed to have any kind of personality, but even if it had, it would still not be alive.

But I would have everyone put their heads together first to come up with a solution that would not kill anyone. What are we doing on a spaceship without spacesuites anyway?

 

[archvile93]

Sigh, why does this site do this?

 

[Simalacrum]

Robot of course. They can be fixed.

 

[CitySquirrel]

why can't the "minority" instead be "random person who no special skills"... I ask because you have that minority defined only as minority (therefore can't be scientist, hot, etc.). I would suggest that, while maybe not racist, you seem to already have placed a racial assumption in this.

You read way too much into that, it is more likely that you have the occasional racist thought, and in your guilt have decided (maybe subconsciously) that you have to check that everything mentioning race in any form what so ever isn't even tangibly, indirectly, infinitesimally minutely racist in any way, shape or form.

I like how you shut down my criticism there by in no way demonstrating how it isn't racist, but by telling me that my argument isn't legitimate because you say so. After all, there is no racism and no one has unexamined racist assumptions. There is no reason to ever wonder why "minority" is even a choice (which doesn't even have to do with race, except that the author explicitly stated s/he was thinking of race with his/her "no racist" disclaimer) despite the fact that it defines a person purely on one characteristic that sets that person apart from others. See, nothing is divorced from the real world and there are real world implications to this.

I also like how you assumed that I must be feeling some kind of guilt as opposed to being a minority who is upset that I am listed in there as simply "the useless one that you only keep alive so you don't get accused of being prejudiced". Good show all around.