What it meant to see someone who looked like me in command of the Prospero.
-- Darien (Part One: Look to the Stars)

Importance: Prince Carmindor was originally played by an African American actor. Darien found him very inspiring as a young child watching television and seeing mostly white actors.

My entire childhood home feels like a stranger now, just like the Federation Prince felt after being rescued from the Nox. Familiar, but foreign. No longer how I remembered. No more tabletop games in the living room. No more swords and shields above the mantel. When Dad marred Catherine he boxed it all away, and when Dad died she donated everything. Erased the last bit of history that belonged to me. Or tried to. You can’t erase a house, or the stories in the walls. But Catherine found a way around that, I guess. You can sell it instead.
-- Elle (Part One: Look to the Stars)

Importance: Elle clings onto the house because she thinks it...