More biographical details of Chief O'Brien emerge: By this episode he has been in Starfleet for 22 years, has been in 235 combat situations, and has been decorated 15 times. Though these statistics are merely claimed by the Klingon advocate hostilely questioning O'Brien on the witness stand; they could be wrong and artificially inflated by the Advocate to bolster his argument.
Uses a classic film-noir plot device of showing a flashback for the witness's testimony and having their flashback selves address the camera as if they were third-party observers of the events.
This episode was directed by LeVar Burton, who played Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
Ron Canada (Ch'Pok) had previously played Martin Benbeck in TNG: "The Masterpiece Society", and later played Fesek in VOY: "Juggernaut".
The admiral who serves as judge uses the same type of bell (in lieu of a hammer and gavel) that was used by the judge in TNG: "The First Duty".