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===Continuity===
*[[Cirroc Lofton]] ([[Jake Sisko]]) does not appear in this episode.
*Referenced [[Rules of Acquisition]]: #34 ("''War is good for business''") and #35 ("''Peace is good for business''")
*This episode makes reference to the [[Bajoran-Cardassian Treaty]] established in {{e|Life Support}}.
*Yamok sauce was first seen in the first season episode, {{e|Progress}}, and was created by former series Producer [[Peter Allan Fields]]. Behr said of its inclusion in this episode: "''Two of the things [Fields] gave us were yamok sauce and [[self-sealing stem bolt]]s. They're silly names and I like silly names, so every now and then we just like to bring them back.''" (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion]]'', p. 211)
*The ''Defiant''{{'}}s [[Type 18 shuttlepod]] first appeared in the two-part episode {{e|The Search, Part I}} and {{e|The Search, Part II}}. This episode marks its last appearance on the series.
*[[Trakor]]'s [[Trakor's Fourth Prophecy|Fourth Prophecy]], which begins "''The Emissary will face a fiery trial, and he will be forced to choose&hellip;''", may refer to the events in the series finale, {{e|What You Leave Behind}}. However, there are a number of other events, both immediately before and during the Dominion War, to which the prophecy could also apply.
*[[Benjamin Sisko|Sisko]]'s behavior in this episode, and his attitude to his role as Emissary, contrast sharply with how he would ultimately feel about being a religious icon. Throughout the [[DS9 Season 4|fourth]], [[DS9 Season 5|fifth]], [[DS9 Season 6|sixth]] and [[DS9 Season 7|seventh seasons]], Sisko would become more and more comfortable with his position in the eyes the [[Bajoran]] people, a process which is played out over the course of the [[DS9 Season 4|fourth season]] episode {{e|Accession}} (where he is forced to fight for his right to be Emissary) and the [[DS9 Season 5|fifth season]] episode {{e|Rapture}} (where he receives visions of the future from the [[Prophet]]s), as well as in his interactions with the Prophets in episodes like {{e|Sacrifice of Angels}}, {{e|Image in the Sand}}, {{e|Shadows and Symbols}}, and the series finale {{e|What You Leave Behind}}.