The hard shell Krill backpack Ed uses is a Boblbee brand backpack from Sweden.
Exteriors of the unnamed alien world were filmed at Walt Disney Studio's Golden Oak Ranch. The same location was used for the interior of the generation ship in If the Stars Should Appear (2017).
First episode to show the new ship's profession badges that don't appear as flat and all the same silver/gray colors.
Kelly tells Bortus that the new, permanent security chief will arrive "next week." Jessica Szohr as Lt. Talla Keyali was added to the cast one week later in All the World Is Birthday Cake (2019).