I do wish the story could give us more insight into Leia's thinking behind sending both Archex and Vi to Black Spire. I'd really like to know how much she leadership potential Vi has, and how much of it is simply not having anyone else to send.

Dilon and Ylena are who I was thinking of as the romance subplot, aye. It doesn't feel like they had a lot of screentime buildup? I get the feeling that if this was a tv series, we'd probably have had montages at the scrapyard or something similar to help set things up.