Last Resort

The term Last Resort usually refers to an action that is used only when no other option remains.

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An action of last resort can be

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• Using Weapons of Mass Destruction
• A Collision Course
• Initiating Self Destruct
• Scuttling a ship
• Final Surrender or, conversely, launching a suicide attack
• Going to war and, at the farthest extreme, initiating Nuclear War (because it is internecine)

Fictional examples may refer to

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• Initiating Interstellar War
• Activating a reactor or warpcore overload