As stated in DIS: âMirrorsâ, an erigah is a Breen blood bounty.
The ship holding Moll and Lâakâs shuttle in a tractor beam is the USS Locherer (NCC-325062), a Merian-class starship first seen in DIS: âJinaalâ and named after the late J.P. Locherer, who was a cinematographer on the show.
Burnham identifies subspace frequency Epsilon 19 as a courier channel and that âspecial offerâ is a courier distress code. With her is Commander Nhan, a Barzan who journeyed with Discovery from the 23rd Century but subsequently transferred to Federation Security in the 32nd. She was last seen in DIS: âRubiconâ.
Nhan refers to what happened between her and Book at their last encounter, when she argued for destroying his ship to prevent him using the isolytic weapon she mentioned. So thereâs a bit of awkward history there.
A sa-te kru cat is a Vulcan species, a large predator similar to the le-matya. It was mentioned in the novel Vulcanâs Forge, but this is its first on-screen mention.
Given the Breen first appeared in DS9, there are plenty of back references to the series.
Culber says that thereâs some evidence Breen are capable of âsomatic cellâ regeneration in extreme cold. This tracks with reports that the Breen homeworld had a freezing climate (DS9: âTil Death Do Us Partâ) and that they wore refrigeration suits (DS9: âThe Changing Face of Evilâ). Iâm not sure why Culber needs to distinguish âsomatic cellâ, since that is really any other cell in the body aside from sperm and egg cells, but I guess it sounds medically cool.
Breen Dreadnoughts (Rezeth Destroyers) are ships from Star Trek Online. As we see later, the 32nd Century version is much bigger.
The Breen used to be a Confederacy in the 24th Century (DS9: âStrange Bedfellowsâ) but somewhere along the way itâs become an Imperium. There are six primarchs vying for the throne in the wake of the emperorâs death.
Rayner talks about the last time the Breen entered Federation space. With Vance saying that Starfleet was caught flat-footed, this is probably referring to the Breen sneak attack on Earth during the Dominion War which heavily damaged Starfleet Headquarters and San Francisco (âThe Changing Face of Evilâ). Tillyâs later remark about the Breen âdestroying an entire cityâ may also refer to this.
Using thoron emitters and duranium shadows to fool enemy sensors is a reference to DS9: âEmissaryâ, when the station used such a tactic to block sensors and make themselves appear better armed than they were. In DS9: âThe Way of the Warriorâ, the Changeling Martok believed the station was pulling the same trick, but that time he proved to be wrong. The Romulan saying âNever turn your back on a Breenâ is from DS9: âBy Infernoâs Lightâ.
The yellow alert symbols are the same design as the âAlert: Condition Redâ indicators dating back to ST II, albeit in yellow. The USS Mitchell (NCC-325027), another Merian-class starship, is named after the late Kenneth Mitchell, who played Kol, Kol-sha and Aurellio in DIS. She was last mentioned in DIS: âComing Homeâ.
Lâak is Primarch Ruhnâs nephew and carries within him the genetic code of the Yod-Thot, âthey who ruleâ. He is also a direct descendant of the emperor and Ruhn cannot claim the throne without him.
One of Renoâs former jobs was as a bartender - the closed captioning says âAshalon IVâ, but it might be a misspelling of â Aschelan IVâ. Aschelan V was a planet which housed a Cardassian fuel depot (DS9: âDreadnoughtâ). She refers to a cocktail named âSeven of Limesâ, which is an obvious pun on Seven of Nine, although Reno may not know the nameâs provenance given that she left for the future about a century before Annika Hansen was assimilated.
A âCode One Alphaâ is probably related to or the same as the 23rd-24th Century âCode One Alpha Zeroâ which is an emergency condition ordered when there is an attack (ST 2009) or a distress call (TNG: âRelicsâ).
Kellerun was, for a time, used as a Breen forward base by Primarch Tahal. Since Rayner was there, it must have been relatively recent, although to be fair we donât know how long Kellerun live.
Reno remarks that the hunt âsounds like something out of a holodeck adventure for the littles.â She may be referring to The Littles, a series of childrenâs adventure novels featuring a family of tiny humanoids with mice-like faces and tails that were written between 1967 and 2003 by John Peterson. There was also an animated series that ran for 3 seasons between 1983 and 1985. Or Iâm overthinking and sheâs just talking about kids in general.
Rayner says Tahal named her ship the Tau Ceti after a lethal viper with a slow acting venom. Tau Ceti, is of course, the name of a star 12 light years away from Earth and has been mentioned many times in Star Trek.
Bopak III was an uninhabited planet (at least in 2372) in the Gamma Quadrant and the location for the events of DS9: âHippocratic Oathâ.
Tricordrazine is a stimulant apparently derived from cordrazine (TOS: âThe City on the Edge of Foreverâ) and appeared in several TNG episodes, including TNG: âEthicsâ and âShades of Greyâ.
The Badlands is an area of space in proximity to Cardassia and Bajor (and DS9), known for its violent plasma storms (DS9: âThe Maquisâ). Both the Bajoran Resistance and the Maquis used it as a staging area to hide from enemy patrols during their respective conflicts. In 2371, while pursuing a Maquis ship there, the USS Voyager was hurled across the galaxy to the Delta Quadrant by an alien force (VOY: âCaretakerâ).
I donât think Reno was referencing The Littles, as she referred to the treasure hunt as sounding like something out of a holonovel âfor the littlesâ. Unless thereâs something specific in Petersonâs stories relating directly to this, Iâm pretty sure it was just a cutesy way of saying âfor little kidsâ.
Thanks for making these posts every week. I come here after every episode to see what references I missed.
You may be right - but it was the way she said it that brought the name to mind.