[ WP ] You are the commander of a military space ship who is about to nuke the entire human world .

“ Has it really come to this? ” 
 “ You ’ ve seen the chaos ” the council elder replied sternly. “ And you know that if they get off world, it will spread. ” 
 “ But what gives us the authority to make the decision to end all life on Earth? ” 
 “ Our ending it is merely speeding up the seed which nature has sewn. We show mercy to those left alive by ending their lives before the insanity sets in. ” 
 “ But we could leave them be! We could find a cure! Anything! Please, not this. ” 
 “ You have received the direction of the council. You must either act, or the council will remove you. ” 
 “ Very well. ” 
 
 I left the meeting disheartened. The council would not be able to live this down with the civilian population. Everyone still has family members, loved ones, friends that are still on earth. Although the civilian population is very small, as we could not risk any who had even a single spore in their blood. The problem began when an asteroid that crashed into the Earth opened up. Some type of extraterrestrial fungus was calling the rock home. This fungus had a nasty reaction when it came into contact with carbon based life. It would cause insanity and rage in anyone it infected. It was very contagious, spread by air, water; essentially any way a disease can spread. Once infected, mortality was guaranteed. Needless to say, this caused immense chaos. We spread out, with one goal in mind: save the human race. 
 “ Now, I have a task at hand ” I thought to myself. 
 “ Anderson, get a pod ready for me. I will be descending tomorrow. ” 
 “ Are you serious? ” he questioned. 
 “ The council has reached a decision that I must abide by. Thermonuclear destruction of Earth is to commence at 0400 hours tomorrow. I will be down there, with the people I condemn to this fate. ” 
 “ Captain, why? ” 
 “ Killing 42 billion humans is a horrible thing to do. I could stay, but stay to what. Sleepless nights await me if I stay. If I go share the same fate as the rest, I will at least have my dignity. I will be with my family one last time. ”
