References

Characters

• "Frasier the Crane", from the Blog review program The Crane's Critique, is a reference to the fictional character Dr. Frasier Crane from the television sitcoms Cheers and Frasier.

Items

• Gift of Morpheus may be a reference to Morpheus from the Matrix franchise.
• K.E.V.I.N's M'Killister is a reference to Kevin McCallister. See mission "Drone Alone: An Emberfest Caper" above.
• Nakatomi Plasma is a reference to Nakatomi Plaza, a fictional building from the Die Hard franchise. See Fly Hard: An Emberfest Tale's notes for more information.
• The rusted sculputre is a reference to a pre-Cat monument.

Missions

• Cyrano, a ship mentioned in several missions including The Brinkmanship is named after the French play Cyrano de Bergerac. Other ships are named The Sauvignon, The Hercule, and The Bergerac, a reference to the full name of the main character "Hercule Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac".
• Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Die is a reference to the novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by British author John le Carré.
• K.E.V.I.N from Drone Alone An Emberfest Caper is named after Kevin McCallister, the main character from the Home Alone movies franchise. One of the rewards is a weapon named K.E.V.I.N's M'Killister.
• Drone Alone An Emberfest Caper also features a technician might say "Hello IT, have you tried turning it off and on again?", which is the catch phrase of Roy Trenneman from TV Series The IT Crowd.
• Fly Hard: An Emberfest Tale contains numerous references to the Die Hard franchise.

NPC

• Clark Gable is a reference to the film actor Clark Gable.
• Gunther Sentraperk is a reference to Gunther, the manager of the Central Perk coffee house in TV sitcom Friends.
• lunt is a reference to the Firefly character named Lund.

Stations

• Heinlein Stronghold Station is named after Robert Anson Heinlein, an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. His works serve as inspiration for many of the stories (official tweet; blog post).