Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 7, Episode 16 - "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode, "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges," a trip to Romulus to give a talk is not at all what it seems when Dr. Bashir is recruited to do some spy work for Section 31. When nobody around him can be trusted, he gains the confidence of a Senator which endangers both of them.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 1:05.6 | Mission Log, a Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, episode 427, Inter-Arma Anem-Cilendlegs. a name, Aberry Star Trek podcast. I'm John Champion. |
| 1:07.1 | And I'm Norman Lau. |
| 1:08.4 | Each week on Mission Log, we take a look at each and every moment to Star Trek. from the series to the movies and see if they |
| 1:14.8 | withstand the test of time and try to find the morals, meanings, and messages contained |
| 1:20.1 | therein. |
| 1:21.1 | This week, Inter-Arma Anem's Silent Legus, the one where the title says it all, as long as you can actually |
| 1:28.3 | say the title. |
| 1:29.7 | And we'll be right back with trivia, but first here is how all of you can stay in touch |
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| 2:06.4 | And now here is John Champion with this week's trivia. |
| 2:10.3 | All right. |
| 2:11.3 | Today's episode was written by Ronald D. Moore, heavy influence here from Ira |
| 2:15.2 | Stephen Bear, but what's fun is that Ron really got to pick up the plot from Inquisition, |
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