Referenced Rules of Acquisition: #9 ("Opportunity plus instinct equals profit")
The exterior shots of the village are reused from the Birthright, Part I (1993) and Birthright, Part II (1993), where the model was used for a Romulan prison camp on Carraya IV.
This was the first episode to show the beginnings of friendship between Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien.
Buck Bokai, the 21st Century London Kings baseball player who broke Joe DiMaggio's record 56 game hitting streak in 2026, is mentioned by name for the first time in this episode. He was first alluded to in The Big Goodbye (1988).
Several of the Bajorans in the Sirah's village have the forehead ridge that was seen on Ro Laren in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and several earlier Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episodes.