A giant, extremely massive moon is headed straight for an inhabited planet. The Enterprise has decided to "tractor beam" the moon out of the planet's path. Capt. Picard orders the tractor beam on at maximum strength, (but forgets to ALSO order their impulse engines to be turned on) What happens?
BLUE: The moon is tractored out of the planet's path, slowly but surely, and the Enterprise saves the day once again.
YELLOW: The Enterprise accelerates rapidly towards the moon and crashes into it, killing all aboard and ending the series
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