You can only save one— who do you choose? - Doug MacKay

You are the captain of the Mallory 7, an interstellar cargo transport.

On your way to the New Lindley spaceport, you receive a distress call.

There’s been an explosion on the Telic 12

and its passengers are running out of oxygen.

As you set a course to intercept, you check the Telic 12′s manifest.

It’s currently transporting 30 middle-aged individuals

from some of Earth’s poorest districts to the labor center on New Lindley,

where they'll be assigned jobs on the spaceport.

But as you approach the Telic 12, you receive a second distress call.

A luxury space cruiser called the Pareto has lost a thruster,

sending them careening towards an asteroid belt.

Without your help, the 20 college students headed for vacation

aboard the Pareto are all doomed.

So with only enough time to save one ship, which one should you choose?