John Leeson, who plays Pasco in this story, later appeared as Toise in Gambit (1979). He is also known as the voice of K9 in Doctor Who (1963).
This is the first episode in which the Federation plays no part in the action at all, merely being mentioned in a conversation between Blake and Kendall. Destiny is the first human colony seen which is not a Federation member.
Avon would later quote Cally's Auron proverb that "A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken" in Rescue (1981).