Lucky Thirteen is an adaptation of the Frontlines short stories by Marko Kloos
A freeze-frame of Lucky 13's data plate indicates that she is a Sikorski UH-80S manufactured in September of 2077 in Valencia, California, USA.
Whenever the view of the ship cameras are shown, the number 13 is always the first number of the clock in the bottom left.
Flags worn by the marines indicate that both the United States and Canada still exist and are allied when the episode takes place.
Lucky 13's tail code of "ML" and the VMM-764 lettering are used by the real-life U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 764. As of early 2019, this unit is based at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San Diego, CA, operates the MV-22B Osprey, and is named "Moonlight"; the squadron name seems to be reflected by the crescent-moon logos on Lucky 13's vertical fins.