You’re discounting the morale destruction of leaving your teammates to die to save gas costs. > I assume hundreds of crew, and lost time in whatever they were

You’re discounting the morale destruction of leaving your teammates to die to save gas costs. > I assume hundreds of crew, and lost time in whatever they were supposed to be doing. They aren’t producing widgets. They are mostly idle or training for a real event anyway. This was a good training exercise at a minimum.