The analogy to ignored Vietnam veterans was to step up a gear with a "Rambo"-style storming of the capital by the soldiers, but both time and budget constraints reduced the episode down.
	First mention of the "Jefferies tubes", another homage to sixties classic Trek, although the sets for the crawl ways weren't seen until next season's "Galaxy's Child".
	James Cromwell later played an Yridian in "Birthright" and Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact.
	The brig seen here is the version most fans remember, after an earlier unsuccessful version in "Heart of Glory".

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