The Kradin aircraft are Harrier Jump Jets modified with CGI.
This episode is the only one without Seven of Nine after her character's introduction.
This is the third episode in a row wherein a Voyager shuttle craft is lost. In The Gift (1997), a shuttle is lost when Kes evolves; in Day of Honor (1997), the Cochrane is destroyed by the Caatati; and here, Chakotay loses a third.
The title Nemesis was later considered for the Star Trek movie which became Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and finally used in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).