Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Civil Defense"

"Civil Defense." Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 28 Jan. 1995. Reza Badiyi, dir. Mike Krohn, script.

While searching through a remote ore processing station on DS9, Sisko, Jake[,] and O'Brien accidentally trigger an automated Cardassian security program. Dax and Kira work to shut off the computer program, but only succeed in triggering more automated security measures." Listed in "3rd Season Guide: DS9," 95, 98, source for this entry and quoted. Cf. and contrast F. Saberhagen's beserker story "Sign of the Wolf"[1] and motif in near-future thrillers of protagonists' being trapped inside security systems (e.g., X-Files "Ghost in the Machine" episode).[2]