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Originally Posted by Mustang
The creatures were reported to be few in number by the natives that introduced them to the Equinox's crew. He was well awhere it was exterminating the species. The only time he gave it a second thought is when they started attacking his crew in defense. The voyager and Equinox fought over this, it was immorale perhaps strategic but immoral. If you took an oath, pledged your life to the service of something and your crew took that same oath they are obligated to uphold that oath. It is unethical to attempt to justify murder for self-preservation is admirable.
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If you look at Ransom's face when that first life form is killed he shows remorse. The population of the life forms is never disscussed. Also he sacrifices him self and his ship when he loses the ability to return home and knows Voyager is the best places for the remainder of his crew. A Captain has a duty to his crew that transcends any oath he took.
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You should rewatch the episode, the enterprise broke free of the computer and kirk broke free of his holding cell. Though a violation of the prime directive, his actions didn't murder helpless people. They stopped it from happening in the form of mass suicide.
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I haven't seem that episode in a while maybe the Enterprise did escape. If the ship didn't escape he would be breaking the Prime Directive to save it.
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If I remember the Equinox was a threat in Voyager, the two ships battled and Voyager was at a disadvantage.
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That was because Ransom found a way to penetrate their shields, otherwise the Equinox didn't stand a chance. Ransom also had their force field emitter so Voyager was vulnerable to the life forms and Equinox was not.