AIs, Honesty, Murder and Trolleys

[Lamech]

Originally Posted by Flyndaran

That conflict would "break" the character regardless of the choice it made. Play that up heavily. Morally justified or not, that character killed innocent people, and only a cold blooded sociopath could handle that easily.

I really don't think so. See: WWII bombings.

Anyway as of current law, killing someone to save many is illegal. If you shoot down a nuclear missile headed for NY with a baby on board? Illegal. However it CAN mitigate it in some jurisdictions, which might bring it out of murder territory. That said, I doubt THS has the same laws. If they did anti-missile systems would be pretty trivial to circumvent or they would need to be AI free. Neither is really an acceptable option.

Ultimately this is a question for the GM. Hire a lawyer, do a research roll or land a Law roll and you can get answer.