why would Picard need Seven's advice about the Romulans?
Dunno, that's why I said "some matter".

I was thinking it might have been some Borg tech being used to counteract the Reman weapon.
Kruge... must have staffed their ships with relatives.
Torg and Maltz have very different bumps to Kruge. I studied them all very carefully once, when making a Maltz headpiece.