The location of Raffi's house is the Vasquez Rocks, a state park north of Los Angeles. This is an iconic location in the Star Trek franchise, and has been used to portray many alien worlds, including Vulcan in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and the asteroid where Captain Kirk battled the Gorn in Arena (1967). This episode marks the first time the cliffs depict a location on Earth.
There is a sign in the Borg cube that reads: "This facility has gone 5843 days without an assimilation", a parody of signs "X days without an accident" commonly put up at workplaces to promote safety awareness.
The synthetic that begins the Mars rebellion is F8, or Fate. This follows Data's copy B4, or Before.
When Picard rings at Admiral Clancy's office, the door chime is the same heard on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She responds with "Come", which was Picard's trademark reply to the door chime.
The prop used for the Martian Replicators is a Flashforge Dreamer 3D Printer.