This episode takes place on April 5, 2385.
This is the first "Star Trek" episode to be set in the 24th Century since These Are the Voyages... (2005) almost 15 years earlier.
Peter Gabriel's cover of the David Bowie song "Heroes" is heard throughout the episode. Bowie was the husband of Iman, who played Martia in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
This short is included as a special feature on the Season One Blu-ray release of Star Trek: Picard (2020).