Shout Out / Terra Invicta

• Aliens: One of the pause screen quotes is a quote from Ripley:
  "You know, Burke, I'm not sure which species is worse. You don't see them f—-ing each other over for a goddamn percentage."
• The Bible: Several pause screen quotes are taken from the Bible.
• Remembrance of Earth's Past: One pause screen quote comes from the Cosmic Horror Reveal from The Dark Forest.
  Luo Ji: The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is an armed hunter stalking through the trees like a ghost, gently pushing aside branches that block the path and trying to tread without sound. Even breathing is done with care.
• The Expanse: Colonizing Ceres will give you the "Beltalowda" achievement.
• Star Trek:
  • Top-tier laser weapons are called "phasers" as an in-universe nod.
  • The achievement for winning as Project Exodus is named "To Boldly Go".
• Star Wars: The alien Motherships bear a distinct resemblance to the Trade Federation's Lucrehulk-class battleships, albeit without the Used Future aesthetic.
• Warhammer 40,000: The Flavor Text quote for the "Genies" Bio-Augmentation technology is a reference to the setting's iconic Space Marines:
  Colonel Hanse Castillo: We need men who know no fear. We need men who don't let wounds slow them down. We need men who don't need sleep. Most of all, we need men who don't ask questions.
• One of the organizations you can hire is The Templin Institute.
  • Another is YouTuber Perun.
• Real life:
  • The pause screen contains quotes from Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and Ronald Reagan, and Martin Luther King Jr., among others.