Star Trek Picard: Every Easter Egg & Hidden Reference From 'Nepenthe'
11. The Romulan Empire Strikes Back
In space, the La Sirena is being tailed by Narek in what Rios describes as a little Snakehead Romulan scout ship with "double subthrusters" and "massive firepower for the size".
This is a new design, distinct from the winged Romulan scout ships we saw in "Remembrance", but looks a bit like the Federation mission scout from Star Trek: Insurrection and a Cylon Raider from the classic Battlestar Galactica.
Rios tries to out maneuver the Snakehead and Agnes says she wants to be fun and suggest they hide in a comet "and it turns out to be a giant gormagander or something". This is not only a reference to a Star Wars movie, Agnes is also namedropping the space whale that appeared in Star Trek: Discovery, in the episode "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad".
Just a reminder: Tilly accidentally eats gorgmagander in the episode "Will You Take My Hand?"