The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth -- and that means the whole truth -- whether it's scientific truth, or historical truth, or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! If you can't find it within yourself to come forward and tell the whole story of what happened, then you don't deserve to wear that uniform! I'm going to make it very simple for you, Mister Crusher. Either you tell Admiral Brand the true cause of Josh Albert's death, or I will!
...Then it's a no-win situation, like the Kobayashi Maru. Whatever I do, or even if I do nothing, the result is the same. All four of us get --
(sharply cutting him off) DISMISSED!
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