She describes her life after Starfleet as "one long slide into humiliation and rage," plus some snakeleaf-induced paranoia.

As the result of a black flag directive to kill two "first contacts", Starfleet erased the existence of the ibn Majid from official records.

The crew's journey to Freecloud takes a detour when Picard orders a stop at the planet Vashti, where he and Raffi relocated Romulan refugees fourteen years earlier. Upon arrival, Picard reunites with Elnor, a young Romulan he befriended during the relocation.

During a visit to Vashti, Picard brought Elnore a copy of The Three Musketeers and gave him fencing lessons. In fact, it was during a fencing lesson with the boy that Picard was informed of the rogue synths' attack on Mars.

When Agnes Jurati asks why Rios' holo-programs only include Klingon opera, he says it's a long story.

Prior to the Qiris sector's descent into chaos, which created a power vacuum that attracted smugglers and petty warlords, this sector was within the territory of the Fenris Rangers, who helped the settlers of the planet Vashti with the installation of their planetary defense system.

Before the ship crashes into Vashti's planetary shield, the La Sirena locks onto the unknown pilot and beams her aboard. Seven of Nine materializes on the bridge, exhausted and sporting an injury to her forehead, tells Picard that he owes her a new ship and collapses on the deck.

Bjayzl was known for brutalizing former Borg drones, extracting their implants, and selling them on the black market.

As the La Sirena enters orbit, the crew is bombarded by holographic advertisements. For Rios, it is the Red Bolian, offering to increase the ship's power efficiency; for Picard, an invitation for "afternoon high tea" at the Freecloud Grand Hotel; for Jurati, a boxing robot from the Freecloud Institute of Entertainment Robotics; and for Raffi, an offer to "pick her poison" at Feely's Venom Garden. Elnor expresses disappointment that he did not get an advertisement.

Rios orders a Temtibi Lagoon with two umbrellas.