This should be a lively debate! I'm not sure the order can always be fixed. Case on point? The 1944 typhoon, where adherence to the mission was considered a cause of so much death and damage. Next, you may have to sacrifice some of the crew to save the ship (e.g., flooding a magazine), but in other cases, if fighting the ship is just a lost cause exercise in bravado, save the crew to fight another day.