Wallenberg, as in Wallenberg-class transports used to ferry Romulan refugees, is named after Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary during the Holocaust from German Nazis and Hungarian Fascists during the later stages of World War II.
The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special.
Picard reads 'The Three Musketeers' to Elnor in 2385. Santiago Cabrera (Cristobal Rios) played Aramis in The Musketeers (2014).
Fenris, as in the Fenris Rangers, refers to a wolf in Norse or Viking Legends.
Qowat Milat religious order are similar to other warrior-monks/nuns on Earth:
- In Western Europe, they were referred to us Paladins or Templars
- In China, these monks are referred to us Shaolin and are closely associated with the martial arts
- Also, Wing Chun was (in legend) named after a nun, Yim Wing-Chun, who had learned martial arts from a Shaolin nun and abbess, Ng Mui.