 It is revealed that "par'Mach" is the Klingon word for "love" with an aggressive connotation.Michael Dorn had originally proposed a story along the lines of "Cyrano de Bergerac".Writers were deliberately vague in their depiction of the technology used to help Quark defend himself; viewers are shown a transmitting device on Worf's head and a receiver concealed behind Quark's head, but given no indication of its workings.