- Creator Provincialism: At a couple of points, the story claims that the Federation Charter was derived from the US Constitution, and that the founding values of the Federation were directly based on those of the United States specifically. While this is not necessarily a bad concept, it can come across as this trope to non-US readers.
- Nausea Fuel: The eventual fate of Graff.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: We never really learn much about The Mole's motivations or backstory. All their actions are really just a plot device with no substantive context.
- Values Dissonance: Much of the character tension derives from this in-story. Robert April sees the nascent Federation as a beacon of peace, liberty, and sentient rights; as such, he wants the starship programme to be used as a symbol of exploration and discovery. George Kirk tends to see the Federation more as a mutual defense pact first and foremost, and thinks the starships need to be acknowledged (and, if necessary, used) as weapons.
- T'Cael subsequently horrifies both of them when he ruthlessly suggests that the best way to prevent war is to invade Romulus and overthrow the govermnent – essentially, to kill thousands in order to save billions. This shocks both George and Robert into adjusting their own views towards the middle ground. T'Cael admits that his own cultural prejudices probably predisposed him to see this kind of solution as reasonable.
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