History ShoutOut / StarTrekOnline

* The 2015 Risian Lohlunaut Festival pets, the Lunarian Carucal, look remarkably like either a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Eevee]] or [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Stitch]]. There's also the Klingon Targ Hog Superior Mini-Powerboard, which seems to resemble [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII a certain Bulldog Hoverboard]].

* During the intro quests for a Discovery-era Starfleet character, three of the cadets on the bridge - two of whom you meet at the Academy beforehand - are named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(band) Peart, Lifeson and Lee]].

* Some players have drawn comparisons between Hassan the Undying and Kingpin of SpiderMan fame; both being [[BaldOfEvil bald]], [[LargeAndInCharge heavyset]] antagonists in charge of powerful criminal organizations.

* One of the open missions on Kobali Prime is called [[Music/TheBuggles "Kobali Killed The Vaadwaur Comm"]].

* "The 2800" storyline happens to reflect upon another [[Series/{{The 4400}} story involving people vanishing and reappearing decades later.]] Also the final mission is named "Boldly They Rode", hearkening back to Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir quoting from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" before engaging the Dominion in [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine [=DS9=]]]: [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS06E06SacrificeOfAngels "Sacrifice of Angels"]].

* The mission "Quark's Lucky Seven" is an apparent parody of ''Film/OceansEleven''.

* The final act of "Vorgon Conclusions" has you fight your way through a Starfleet Intelligence cache full of many of the [[Wiki/SCPFoundation anomalous artifacts and technology they've found over the centuries]]. The objects in question range from dangerous alien devices like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle Bok's thought-maker]], to [[Film/StarTrek the black box from the USS ''Kelvin'']], to... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a bottle of]] [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family Chateau Picard]].

* The rogue hologram in 'What Lies Beneath' is named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein Gein]].

* The destruction of the USS ''Indianapolis'' in "The New Link" is likely a reference to the real-life sinking of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35) American cruiser of the same name]] during WWII. Complete with awarding the "Sharks in the Water" accolade for rescuing the surviving crew from the True Way.

* For Halloween 2017, the rewards for completing the special mission "Hearts and Minds" was an emote called "Zombie Dance" that had the player-character start dancing to Music/MichaelJackson's ''Thriller''.

* Some of the 29th century timeships introduced with the Temporal Lockboxes have the ability to "[[Series/SevenDays Backstep]]", rewinding time by [[GalaxyQuest 13 seconds]].

* In one of the Breen Featured Episodes, [[spoiler: the player must interrogate several Breen prisoners to find a way to remove a Breen neural implant that is driving one of the Deferi mad.]] One of them happens to be a Breen Combat Medic named [[DrTran Tran]].

* In the Na'kuhl red alert mission, the player has to rescue a number of civilian freighters that are under attack. You're NPC contact for the mission start is the captain of the freighter [[TabletopGame/{{Traveller}} Beowolf]].

* One of the accolades Fed players can earn in the mission "Rapier" is called "[[Film/TopGun Negative Ghostrider, the Pattern Is Full]]". Players earn it by buzzing [=DS9=] after exiting the wormhole.

* In the Na'kuhl red alert mission, the player has to rescue a number of civilian freighters that are under attack. You're NPC contact for the mission start is the captain of the freighter [[TabletopGame/Traveller Beowolf]].

* In the Na'kuhl red alert mission, the player has to rescue a number of civilian freighters that are under attack. You're NPC contact for the mission start is the captain of the freighter [[RolePlayingGame/Traveller Beowolf]].

* In the Na'kuhl red alert mission, the player has to rescue a number of civilian freighters that are under attack. You're NPC contact for the mission start is the captain of the freighter [[TabletopGame/Traveler Beowolf]].

* In the Na'kuhl red alert mission, the player has to rescue a number of civilian freighters that are under attack. You're NPC contact for the mission start is the captain of the freighter [[TabletopGame/Traveller Beowolf]].

* The sub-mission ''The Unmitigated Gaul'' has a dilemma where the player must choose a single group of civilians to save. This is a reference to an [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E11LatentImage episode]] where the Doctor ended up [[HeroicBSOD emotionally paralyzed]] for weeks over having to choose between two patients to save. The Doctor's commentary is eerily similar to that episode.

* The final act of "Vorgon Conclusions" has you fight your way through a Starfleet Intelligence cache full of many of the [[Wiki/SCPFoundation anomalous artifacts and technology they've found over the centuries]]. The objects in question range from dangerous alien devices like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle Bok's thought-maker]], to [[Film/StarTrek the black box from the USS ''Kelvin'']], to... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a bottle of]] [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family Chateau Picard]].

* The final act of "Vorgon Conclusions" has you fight your way through a Starfleet Intelligence cache full of many of the [[Wiki/SCPFoundation Sound familiar anomalous artifacts and technology they've found over the centuries]]. The objects in question range from dangerous alien devices like [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E8TheBattle Bok's thought-maker]], to [[Film/StarTrek the black box from the USS ''Kelvin'']], to... [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers a bottle of]] [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E2Family Chateau Picard]].

* The Assimilated Snowmen in [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Q's Winter Wonderland]] will occasionally declare "[[ShoutoutToShakespeare This is the Winter]] [[Theatre/RichardIII of your discontent!]]"

* The prototype anti-proton assault rifle looks like a modified neutrona wand from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', and even the same visual effects when using the alt-fire mode. Given that it's found when fighting the Devidians, there's not much of a surprise there... Combine it with the right Engineer kit (the one with a backpack that looks suspiciously similar to a proton pack) and you can roleplay as a Ghostbuster!

* In "A Step Between Stars", when you try to convince Dr. Cooper to join you and Tuvok in the spacesuits, you can tell him you can leave him with the Voth. When he starts to freak out, you reply [[Franchise/TheTerminator "Then, you can come with us if you want to live."]]

* Starfleet Captains wearing the Oddessy uniform are entitled to have white shoulders on their uniform, much like the [[Literature/HonorHarrington Royal Manticoran Navy's]] White Berets

* The Elachi look like [[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial ET]]. But instead of phoning home, they like to bomb yours. And their [[spoiler:method of reproduction as seen in "Devil's Choice"]] is highly reminiscent of the Reapers from ''Franchise/MassEffect'', while their habit of kidnapping colonies reminds one of the Collectors.

** Rhi Aerial Assault is also an Empire Strikes Back shout out, with small one man fighters going up against [[HumongousMecha Elachi Walkers]] while protecting a colony!

* The Season 11 premier episode "Sunrise" had quite a few references to [[Series/DoctorWho another sci-fi franchise]], particularly the part where the player beams aboard Kal Dano's timeship.

* "The Breach" has you leading a small fleet of ships into the [[BigDumbObject Voth Fortress Ship]], destroying the reactor, and then outrunning the explosion as you escape the hull. [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Sound familiar]]?

* Shon quotes from ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_%28poem%29 The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' right before the ''Enterprise''-F makes its final stand against the Iconians in "Midnight". Also serves as a CallBack to ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "Sacrifice of Angels", in which Miles O'Brien did the same thing.