“It was decided by the captain, maybe with some consideration of the input of the rest of the elites among the crew.”
Apparently there was some regulation that specified the ensign in the red shirt always had to take the risk. They may not even have had to make a decision....
“Apparently there was some regulation that specified the ensign in the red shirt always had to take the risk. “
Good point! Actually, those guys seem to drop like flies and there were no special ceremonies etc. for them, but when someone ‘important’ died it was a big deal. So much for equality.