Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (1993–1999) watch online HD

Although the storyline addresses the ongoing war with the Dominion, it is the last stand-alone story of the DS9 series. Every episode until the finale is one long story arc.

The USS Bellerophon seen here is an Intrepid class starship, the same kind as the USS Voyager. The producers used stock footage from Star Trek: Voyager (1995), as well as some of the same sets for the scenes aboard and off ship.

The only episode of Deep Space Nine to feature the current-style white dress uniforms, which were first used in Star Trek 9: Vzpoura (1998).

The phrase "Inter arma enim silent leges" is Latin for "For among [times of] arms, the laws fall mute," although it is more popularly rendered as "In times of war, the law falls silent" (Just as Dr. Bashir explained it to Admiral Ross). This maxim was first written by Cicero in his published oration Pro Milone, although Cicero's actual wording was "Silent enim leges inter arma." At the time when Cicero used this phrase, mob violence was common. Armed gangs led by thuggish partisan leaders controlled the streets of Rome. Such leaders were nevertheless elected to high offices.

All the scenes aboard the Bellerophon were filmed on Star Trek: Voyager sets, specifically, Voyager's mess hall, lower-ranking crewmen's quarters, and conference room (with the bridge seen past the doors).

When confronting Admiral Ross at the end of the episode, Bashir asks, "Is that what we have become? A 24th-century Rome?" His question has several layers of meaning: on the surface, it questions Ross's use of the Cicero quotation to justify his actions, yet it also draws attention to the fact that the political institutions of the Romulan Empire all take their names (and, vaguely, structure) from those of the Roman Empire; Bashir could be, in effect, asking whether the Federation is willing to become the next Romulan Empire.

Adrienne Barbeau was considered for the role of the mythic being Ardra in the episode Star Trek: The Next Generation: Devil's Due (1991) before Marta DuBois was cast.

The U.S.S. Bellerophon is a reference to the Greek hero, and also to The Forbidden Planet starship which was destroyed.

As they had done with the gray uniforms first seen in Star Trek: First Contact, the producers decided to hold back the white dress uniforms until after Insurrection was in movie theaters.

Tuvan is the name of a real life ethnic group of the Russian province of Tuva or Tyva, in Siberia on the Mongolian border.

The Mess Hall of Intrepid class ships were originally shown to have a wall of replicators. This wall, along with the Captain's dining room, was converted into a galley by Neelix on the Voyager. The galley is present on the USS Bellerophon. This is because sets from Star Trek: Voyager were used for the interior of the USS Bellerophon.

This is the first time in Star Trek that a Federation starship (the Bellerophon) is shown to visit Romulus, although not the first time Starfleet officers are shown on the Romulan home world (see Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification I (1991) and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II (1991)).

The role of Senator Cretak was originally played by Megan Cole in "Image in the Sand" and "Shadows and Symbols". She was unavailable to reprise the role for this episode so the producers chose Adrienne Barbeau instead.

The Romulan ale, mentioned to be illegal and unattainable since Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is finally legal in this episode, in the context of the Federation Alliance. However in Star Trek Nemesis, it is again mentioned to be illegal. Its legality had been suggested a few episodes earlier in "Covenant", when Bashir ordered a glass of it at Quark's.

This episode was spawned by "Inquisition", particularly Sisko's instruction to Bashir at the end of that episode that if he meets Sloan again, he is to pretend to join Sloan's cause.

Sloan references the group of genetically-engineered Humans from the episode "Statistical Probabilities".

This is the first of only four times that Romulus is seen from orbit. The planet is not seen again until Star Trek Nemesis and later again in Star Trek: Enterprise's fourth season.

The episode is closely similar in story and theme to John le Carre's classic spy novel, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

Praetor Neral was previously seen as a proconsul in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification I (1991) and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II (1991), where he was played by Norman Large.

The nineteenth-century poem Sloan refers to (but does not identify, completely) as the source of the phrase "never say die" is "The Merchant of Venice: A Legend of Italy" by Richard Harris Barham, writing under the pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby.

Koval asks Bashir about the Teplan blight (which he calls "the Quickening"). This is a reference to the episode "The Quickening". Neral and Bashir both state that the Quickening occurred on Boranis III, though this contradicts the earlier episode, in which Boranis III is mentioned as a planet where Bashir had previously cured a plague before he tackled, or had even heard of, the Teplan blight.

Elim Garak's life as a gardener on Romulus was first mentioned in "Broken Link".

John Fleck (Koval) also played Taibak in TNG "The Mind's Eye", a Cardassian Overseer in DS9 "The Homecoming", Ornithar in DS9 "The Search part 1", and Abaddon in Voyager "Alice". He also played Silik in seven episodes of Enterprise.

This episode was shot prior to "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang", but aired following.

Sub-Commander Velal (mentioned by Cretak) later appears (played by Stephen Yoakam) in the episodes "When It Rains..." and "The Dogs of War".

This takes place in 2375.

This is one of nine "Star Trek" episodes with a Latin title. The others are Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dramatis Personae (1993), Star Trek: The Next Generation: Sub Rosa (1994), Star Trek: Voyager: Ex Post Facto (1995), Star Trek: Voyager: Non Sequitur (1995), Star Trek: Voyager: Alter Ego (1997), Enterprise: Terra Nova (2001), Enterprise: Vox Sola (2002) and Star Trek: Discovery: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2017).

This is the only appearance, outside Star Trek: Voyager, of an Intrepid-class starship. However, an image of an Intrepid-class starship appears in the Enterprise episode "Future Tense".

This is the last episode of the series to be directed by David Livingston.

Armin Shimerman (Quark) and Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) do not appear in this episode. Nicole de Boer (Ezri Dax) appears for a total of six seconds.

Initially, the plan was for Bashir to fool Sloan and to expose him, but early in the writing process, Ron Moore took the script in an entirely other direction; rather than Bashir duping Sloan, Bashir thinks he's duping Sloan, but in reality, Sloan is duping him.