45 Amazing Star Trek Easter Eggs In Picard’s Daystrom Station

Star Trek: Picard season 3's Daystrom Station contains dozens of incredible Easter eggs spanning the Star Trek franchise.

Taylor CunninghamJune 7, 2023

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Star Trek: Picard season 3’s Daystrom Station also contains a multitude of amazing Star Trek Easter eggs. The highly classified Starfleet facility is home to experimental weapons and technology stockpiled by Section 31 in the top secret black site. In Picard season 3, Captain Worf (Michael Dorn), Commander Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), and Captain William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) explored the facility and saw just a fraction of the wonders held in Daystrom Station.

Star Trek: Picard season 3’s production designer Dave Blass shared (via Twitter) some of the other artifacts, and production in-jokes, designed for use on the Daystrom set. Blass and his team assembled a plethora of callbacks to multiple aspects of Star Trek’s TV shows, movies, and even production in-jokes. Here’s every Star Trek Easter egg that can be found inside Star Trek: Picard season 3’s Daystrom Station.

18. 3 Star Trek: TNG Weapons Stored In Picard’s Daystrom Station

The Thalaron generator, as seen in Star Trek: Nemesis, is the deadly weapon used by Shinzon (Tom Hardy) to overthrow the Romulan Star Empire. Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) gave his life to destroy the Thalaron generator, but it appears that Starfleet confiscated another at some point after Nemesis, or was perhaps working on their own version. Other weapons from the Star Trek: The Next Generation era include a Koinonian explosive device similar to the one that killed Lt. Marla Aster in the episode “The Bonding”, and the Ferengi thought maker used against Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in “The Battle”.

17. Captain James T. Kirk’s Corpse & Dr. Tolian Soran’s Trilithium

Star Trek: Picard season 3, episode 6 also reveals that Daystrom Station is the final resting place of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). Kirk was buried by Captain Picard on a Veridian III mountaintop after he died fighting Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell). Given the amount of time Kirk spent living in the Nexus, it’s likely that his body was of great scientific interest, hence why it is stored in Daystrom Station. A trilithium crystal, the unstable mineral which Soran used in his Star Trek Generations weapon, is also stored in the Daystrom collection.

16. 2 Star Trek: Enterprise Artifacts In Daystrom Station

Kemocite was the unstable mineral used in the Xindi’s weaponry in Star Trek: Enterprise. The weapon was designed to destroy Earth because the Xindi perceived Humanity to be a threat to their future. The war against the Xindi was a hugely important historical event in early Starfleet history, so it makes sense for the Kemocite Device to be included in the collection. Another device stored at Daystrom is the Augment embryo incubator module, used to create Dr. Arik Soong’s (Brent Spiner) Augments in Enterprise season 4.

15. The Kataan Probe & D’Arsay Archive From TNG

Appropriately for Star Trek: Picard season 3’s story of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard becoming a father, the production team designed a plaque for the Kataan probe in “The Inner Light”. Picard’s encounter with the probe allowed him to experience 40 years in the life of father and grandfather, Kamin, whose memories were stored inside. Another alien race whose cultural heritage is stored at Daystrom Station is the D’Arsay archive, responsible for Data’s infamous Star Trek mask.

14. 3 DS9 Artifacts In Star Trek: Picard’s Daystrom Station

The inclusion of the self-sealing stem bolt is something of an in-joke, as Chief Engineer Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney) wasn’t even aware of how the surprisingly valuable commodity apparently worked. The needy pup probe discovered by O’Brien is also apparently stored in the collection, though again, this is likely a joke as the docile probe isn’t a threat to anyone. Another Daystrom item of interest to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans was the Probability Device, a game that would guarantee its player good or bad luck depending on their result.

13. 4 Star Trek Evil Computers Stored In Daystrom Station

After his surprise reappearance in Star Trek: Lower Decks, the evil computer Landru was presumably shipped off to Daystrom Station by the crew of the USS Cerritos. Landru joins the serpentine self-aware computer Vaal from “The Apple”. Also stored at Daystrom Station is TOS‘ titular Ultimate Computer, M-5 – invented by Star Trek‘s Dr. Richard Daystrom (William Marshall). Another evil computer is the Echo Papa 607 weapons system from Star Trek: The Next Generation, represented in Daystrom by one of the system’s deadly drones.

12. 5 Star Trek Viruses Held By Starfleet Intelligence

Dave Blass revealed plaques for multiple Star Trek viruses, which could surely only be used as weapons. As well as Section 31’s controversial morphogenic virus from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, there’s the Aphasia virus from the early DS9 episode “Babel”, and the life prolongation virus that wiped out the adult population of a planet in the Star Trek: The Original Series

episode “Miri”. The Harvester virus which nearly killed Chief O’Brien in DS9‘s “Armageddon Game”, also gets a plaque. Finally, the memory virus contracted by Star Trek: Voyager‘s Tuvok (Tim Russ) is also stored at Daystrom.

11. The Genesis Device

The Genesis Device, first seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, is housed at Daystrom Station. It’s referred to as the Genesis II Device, as the original Genesis Device was detonated by Khan Noonien-Singh (Ricardo Montalban). Presumably, Federation scientists had continued to work on the theoretical work done by Dr. Carol Marcus (Bibi Besch) and Captain Kirk’s son David Marcus (Merritt Butrick) in the decades that followed the theft of the original Genesis Device.

10. The Attack Tribble

Worf is faced with the Klingons’ greatest enemy when he discovers a genetically modified Attack Tribble in one of the storage cases at Daystrom. The Klingon Empire ordered the obliteration of the Tribble home world because they were deemed to be an ecological menace. However, at least one of the Tribbles clearly found its way into the hands of Section 31, who have modified the furry creature into a horrific killing machine.

9. Daystrom Station’s 4 Star Trek: TOS Artifacts

In the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Return to Tomorrow”, three lone Arretans stored their consciousness from their energy receptacles for transfer into their new android bodies. Another TOS android artifact is the Exo III android replicator, used by the planets’ Old Ones to create their new mechanical society. Finally, the life-energy transfer device that allowed Dr. Janice Lester (Sandra Smith) to swap bodies with Captain Kirk in the final episode of TOS, “Turnabout Intruder,” is also included in Daystrom’s collection.

8. Borg Vinculum

Unsurprisingly, Daystrom Station contains at least one Borg artifact, a Borg Vinculum, the processing device at the heart of all Borg vessels. The Vinculum purges all individuality from each Borg drone and provides the Collective with important information. The Borg Vinculum is such an integral part of all Borg ships that there are multiple safeguards in place to respond to any attacks or attempts at removal. It’s most likely that this particular Vinculum was removed from Star Trek: Picard season 1’s Borg Artifact.

7. 5 Star Trek Aliens Stored In Picard’s Daystrom Station

Plaques for various Star Trek life forms were designed by Dave Blass and his team for use at Daystrom Station. The life forms were the theatrical Excaliban, Yarnek from Star Trek: The Original Series

, and Species 8472 from Star Trek: Voyager. Also included are the remains of another life form encountered by the USS Voyager, the sporocystian Nacene, responsible for stranding the starship in the Delta Quadrant. An extra-galactic parasite, responsible for infiltrating Starfleet in the TNG episode “Conspiracy”, and a Blastoneuron parasite responsible for the death of Kirk’s brother, George Samuel Kirk (William Shatner), is also included in Blass’ rundown.

6. The Raven

The holographic raven that Raffi, Worf, and Riker encounter at Daystrom Station is another Star Trek Easter egg, referencing the dreams experienced by Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 16, “Birthright, Part 1”. In his dreams, Data was visited by his creator Dr. Noonian Soong who revealed that the raven in his dreams was a metaphor for Data himself. As an evolved version of Data is revealed to be the sentient AI protecting Daystom, the raven is one of many clues to indicate to Riker that his old friend is reaching out to him.

5. Professor Moriarty

Teased as one of Star Trek: Picard season 3’s villains, Professor James Moriarty (Daniel Davis) is actually another of Daystrom’s Star Trek Easter eggs. Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Professor Moriarty is another layer of the Daystrom A.I’s security response to Captain Riker’s presence. Challenging the “pathetic old warriors” to solve the riddle of the familiar tune, Moriarty finally leads Riker and Worf to a very old friend.

4. Riker And Data In Encounter At Farpoint

The tune that Riker has to complete is “Pop Goes the Weasel”, a traditional song that he and Data used to communicate in the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint”. This is emphasized by both Moriarty’s copying of Data’s response of “marvelous” and the use of footage from the TNG pilot episode. It’s the use of “Pop Goes the Weasel” that confirms to Riker that Data is still alive, in some form, inside Daystrom Station.

3. B-4’s Head, Data, Lore, Laal, And Soong

B4 is the prototype Soong-type android discovered on Kolarus III in Star Trek: Nemesis. After Data died in Star Trek: Nemesis, the imperfect android created the possibility of his resurrection in a new body. Decades later, this resurrection has taken place. Data’s new positronic brain is essentially a basket of Soong family Easter eggs, containing multiple aspects of his creations and their descendants including his flesh and blood brother Dr. Altan Inigo Soong, and evil android brother Lore. The resurrected Data also includes aspects of Lal (Hallie Todd), the tragic daughter that Data created in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 16, “The Offspring”.

2. Jean-Luc Picard’s Corpse

As Jean-Luc Picard’s flesh and blood remains are revealed to be the weapon that was stolen from Daystrom Station by the Changelings, it makes it the grisliest of the Daystrom Easter eggs. Jean-Luc’s death in Star Trek: Picard season 1 was strangely forgettable given how monumental an event it was. This was largely due to Picard’s android body, which allowed Jean-Luc to carry on as if he had never died. Picard discovers the Changelings heisted his corpse to harvest the organic Borg DNA in his brain, which was misdiagnosed as terminal Irumodic Syndrome.

1. 2 Star Trek Props & 1 In Joke At Picard’s Daystrom Station

The Oscillation Overthruster from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a big Star Trek production in-joke, as the prop has been featured in multiple episodes and movies across the franchise. Most notably, the Oscillation Overthruster appears aboard the Phoenix during Star Trek: First Contact‘s historic warp flight. Also, the Promellian memory device featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Booby Trap” is another prop that reappeared in various guises. Finally, the Drexler organism is Star Trek: Picard‘s tribute to VFX legend, Doug Drexler.