Kobayashi Maru Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The Kobayashi Maru is a fictional fuel carrier-ship in the fictional Star Trek universe which serves as the basis of a scenario for cadet training at Starfleet Academy.

In the 2280's Kobayashi Maru scenario, the Kobayashi Maru strikes a mine in the Organian Neutral Zone. The captain of another starship is then faced with the dilemma of:

• Rescuing the Maru, which would provoke the Klingons into the declaration of all out war, and result in the destruction of the rescuing starship - or
• Abandoning the Maru, preventing war, but leaving its occupants to die.

Regardless of the option taken, a cloaked Klingon ship attacks and destroys the would-be rescue ship. The purpose of the scenario is to evaluate the cadet's behavior and thought process in a no-win situation. As a consequence, the term Kobayashi Maru problem has entered common parlance to describe a test designed solely to determine some usually non-tangible human thought process. See also: Fermi problem

The only cadet to ever win that version of the scenario is James T. Kirk, who reprogrammed the simulation. He justified it by arguing that a no-win situation was cheating, and so he had to cheat in return.

By the era shown in , the Federation had reached an alliance with the Klingons, and thus the previous format for the Kobayashi Maru scenario was no longer suitable. In his Star Trek: New Frontier novels, Peter David suggested that future versions of the scenario would involve the Romulans.

External links

• Kobayashi Maru at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek WikiWiki
• Details on the dilemma (one page)

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