Fighting wars.After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
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Early Season 1 of TOS sort of went back and forth between "The Adventures of Captain Kirk" and a more ensemble vibe (Uhura notably got more to do in early Season 1 than later, Rand was fleshed out fairly well, etc.) Still, once Gene Coon took the reins, it became the recognizable Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic.
After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
Paperwork and red tape. It slows everything down.
Don't forget the Xindi crisis from 2153 to 2154, the babel crisis of 2154, the romulan war from 2156 to 2160, the Klingon War of 2256-2257, the Red Angel/Control conflict, The second Klingon War in 2266 (or was it '67?), the Cardassian war, the third Klingon War (pre-dominion war), the Dominion War, both borg incursions. so yeah in the 200 years the federation has been several conflicts that limited their exploration. If you think about it Voyager was actually the only ship that actually did any exploring per its mandate.
The Tzenkethi War. The Talarian War. All the accidental time travel. Rinse and repeat.
Well, if there are 100 billion stars in the milky way, that means there are 250 million per quadrant. Not all have life, or are even interesting, but if even a quarter are of interest, that still leaves 62 million stars of interest, and within distance of Earth, probably a million atleast.After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
Have they all atleast had a probe sent? maybe. Actual ship in system to chart? 15% is charitable.
People travel across quadrants on VACATION ("Bye, honey! Me and the boys are going fishing on Talos Four!")
Picard would've been someone akin to Nero Wolfe (he would've have had the entire galaxy showing up at his estate and asking his advice on solving intractable problems).
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Space is big. HUGE.After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
You forget the conflict with the Tholians mentioned in TNG season 2 by Will Riker's father.
So did the writers after that. 
Impossible! Everyone knows that TNG was perfection personified and no mistakes were made! In fact, it was a proverbial paradise, designed for only the elitist of the elite to partake in. No plebes allowed.So did the writers after that.
Not with those jumpsuit uniforms and the skants it wasn't. 
Only an unevolved 21st century hu-mon would say such things...*Not with those jumpsuit uniforms and the skants it wasn't.
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After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
Getting trapped in wacky space anomalies.
After 200 years and dozens of Starships, it's only 15% explored?
What have they been doing all this time?
It’s been said, but space is huge. To have explored 15% of a quadrant means that a massive amount of ‘ground’ has been covered by TNG times… and there’s still more to explore.
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