The episode marked Annie Wersching's last before her death on January 29, 2023. Her first on-screen role was also with Star Trek, in the Enterprise episode Oasis (2002).
Elnor hides from Borg soldiers, choosing a weapon to fight them. The weapon selection process ends with Elnor finding and using a sword. This part of the scene; the weapon selection process, is an homage to Bruce Willis' character 'Butch' from Pulp Fiction (1994) selecting a weapon in the pawn shop where he was trapped with Marsellus Wallace. 'Butch' ended up choosing and using a katana/daito (a Samurai sword).