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The poem that O'Brien and Bashir quote is 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

This is the first Star Trek episode where CGI is used exclusively in battle sequences.

This episode contains the largest battle ever seen in Star Trek, topping "The Way of the Warrior", which itself had topped "The Die is Cast".

Dukat's strategy, deliberately opening a hole in the Dominion-Cardassian lines, hoping to draw the enemy in and then envelop them, is similar to the successful strategy used by Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae on Earth in the third century BC. It is interesting that Bashir is the one to point out the trap; Alexander Siddig later portrayed Hannibal in a made-for-TV film.

The Prophets' description of Sisko's life as "the game" is a reference back to the series premiere. There, Sisko explains linear existence to the Prophets using a baseball game as a metaphor. They also referred to 'the game' when explaining to Quark why they had taken away Zek's greed in the third season episode "Prophet Motive", because he wanted to know the outcome of the game before it was over.

In Star Trek Online, the missing Dominion fleet plays a critical role in the Featured Episode series, "The 2800", where it is returned to the Alpha Quadrant 34 years after the war ended, and proceeds to capture Deep Space 9.

The story document for this episode was distributed around Paramount with a typo on the cover, instead of being entitled "Sacrifice of Angels", it was entitled "Sacrifice of Angles". Ira Steven Behr has jokingly said that he prefers the 'Angles' title.

"The Charge of the Light Brigade" details the events of the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War in 1854. Britain and France were at war with the Russian Empire, and that battle was one of the bloodiest of the war. 600 British light infantry were sent to secure guns and artillery abandoned by the Russians, but a miscommunication caused the commander of the brigade to believe their orders were to attack an artillery group that wasn't yet abandoned, which was a suicide mission for a group of light infantry (kind of like the Defiant single-handedly taking on a fleet of Dominion ships 2,400 strong). Accounts from the survivors say that most of the men knew it would be a suicide mission, and when they pointed this out to the commander he stated that their duty as soldiers was to obey orders, even if those orders meant certain death. The commander's response is referred to in what is probably the best known line from the poem: "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die", which is often misquoted as "ours is not to question why, ours is but to do and die." The brigade attacked, but it wasn't long before the commander was killed and the men retreated. They suffered heavy casualties, 101 members of the brigade were wounded, 160 were killed in action. The other lines best known from the poem are the lines quoted by O'Brian and Bashir: "Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them volley'd & thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot & shell, boldly they rode & well, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell rode the six hundred."

When Sisko says to the Prophets, "You once told me you were of Bajor", he is referring to the fourth season episode "Accession". After "Emissary" and "Accession", this episode represents Sisko's third visit to the Prophets.

This takes place in 2374.

Quark's amusingly contradictory orders to the Jem'Hadar during the holding cell breakout are reminiscent of a bank heist scene involving John Goodman in the 1987 Coen Brothers film Raising Arizona.

This episode concludes a highly serialized six-episode arc. DS9 would then return to more episodic storytelling until the final nine episodes of the series.

Jeffery Combs has the distinction of portraying eight different characters on Star Trek series. He has played the roles of Brunt, Weyoun, Shran, Tiron, Kevin Mulkahey, Penk, Krem, and a holosuite guest. He is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the Star Trek franchise, the others being Randy Oglesby, J.G. Hertzler, Vaughn Armstrong and Thomas Kopache. Coincidentally, Combs has appeared on Star Trek with all four of those actors.

Casey Biggs (Damar/Prophet) is the ex-husband of Roxann Dawson who played B'Elana Torres in Star Trek Voyager.

Considered to be the Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards (2011) (TV Episode) of the series. Sisko and the Federation fight to retake DS9 from the Dominion.

Salome Jens (Female Changeling) previously appeared as the ancient humanoid in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Chase" in 1993.

Casey Biggs (Damar/Prophet) is a member of the Enterprise Blues Band, which writes and performs songs about Star Trek. The other members are Vaughn Armstrong, Richard Herd, Steve Rankin, William Jones, and Ronald B. Moore. Biggs plays the rhythm guitar, and sings some of the back-up vocals.

Final appearance of Ziyal.

The footage of Federation starships docked and flying around Deep Space 9 after it has been successfully recaptured was previously used in "The Way of the Warrior" and "Doctor Bashir, I Presume".

This episode marks the death of Ziyal, Gul Dukat's half cardassian, half bajoran daughter.

47 reference: During their evacuation, Dominion personnel are ordered to proceed to air locks 4, 7 and 12.