TREKCORE > VOY > EPISODES > NEMESIS > Behind the Scenes

	Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) does not appear in this episode. It is the only episode after she joined the cast in which she does not appear.
	The makeup of the Kradin is very similar to that of Klingon devil, Fek'lhr (from TNG's fourth season episode "Devil's Due") and the Nausicaans (first seen in TNG's sixth season installment, "Tapestry"), as well as the aliens from the Predator movies, giving the Kradin an untrustworthy appearance despite their good intentions. Clockwise from top left: Nausicaans, Fek'lhr, Kradin, Predator movie aliens.
	This episode's title (along with TNG's "First Contact") would later serve as the title of one of the Next Generation motion pictures.
	There seem to be many parallels between the Vietnamese conflict of the 1960s and 70s and the Vori conflict with the Kradin.
	The PADD that Karya gave to Chakotay, with a letter for her brother, Daryo, is a re-use of a PADD containing schematics for the Etanian Order starship from "Rise".
	Booth Colman, who plays Penno, is well-known in TV and film e.g. as Prof. Hector Jerrold in "General Hospital" (c.1953), and as Zaius in "Planet of the Apes" (c.1974) and "Back to the Planet of the Apes" (c.1981).