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You make first contact with a civilization called the Savii. The Savii have just reached the technology level necessary for the construction of warp-speed-capable vessels. They are an insectoid race connected through a hive mind, spreading information via a complex pheromone system.
Despite their relative technological sophistication, the Savii are slowly dying out due to a hereditary illness. The Savii have been unable to discover a cure, but it turns out that Starfleet Medical will be able to negate the sickness within a generation by performing minor genetic tweaks on a handful of Savii. The cure will spread through the pheromone network instantly, curing all and sundry.
The Savii, however, are a deeply religious people and they find these suggestions of genetic alterations invasive and highly offensive.
Starfleet defers to your judgment: Would you rather let the Savii die out gradually, respecting their religious rights, or do you insist on saving them from mass extinction?
