Someone please make this scene make sense. What do they think āautoā is short for?
IIRC, wasnāt it because they couldnāt use autopilot due to it being locked out without Siskoās authorization?
Ok, but then Jake tears out a chip, the ship says autopilot is disabled, they cheer, and then ask the ship to plot a course, apparently surprised it would need autopilot to perform this. They are not 8 years old, and they speak English, or at least hear a translation of it.
I do think itās weird they can use the computer to plot a course for them, but only under manual control. But also, theyāre about to be boarded or blown up by JemāHadar and they are still just teenagers; people tend to make dumb mistakes when they are panicked.
This.
For those following along, itās the season two finale, not the season three premiere.
JAKE: Maybe weād better go back to the station for help.
NOG: Good idea. Computer, fly us back to the station.
COMPUTER: Please restate command.
JAKE: Computer, disengage autopilot and lay in a course back to the wormhole.
COMPUTER: Enter authorisation code.
Itās clunky, but it sounds like the āautopilotā is whatās keeping them locked in orbit of the planet, and theyāre trying to break out of that pattern.
I think the point of the Jake and Nog characters, at least at first, was to show the innocence of youth. Yeah sure they are smart and mostly try to do the right thing, but they are also dumb kids. They do the dumbest shit which they even acknowledge themselves is pretty dumb. Itās typical teenage behavior, acting first and then thinking about it.
