I've been curious of something. How much of the delta quadrant has voyager explored? I am of the opinion that voyager barely scratched the surface of the
delta quadrant.
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Delta Quadrant
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I would say very little of it, the delta quadrent is one fourth of a galaxy.
Well, I got a bit confused the other day. The map in my Star Trek encyclopedia says that Earth is near snug up against the galactic barrier, but Monty Python was telling me just recently that Earth is only 30 thousand light years from the Great barrier... Where am I? Where is my home? I don't know where I live. 
They'd trekked through the Delta Quadrant 40 thousand lightyears if you don't count all the backwards and forwards in Hope and Fear or when they took Neelix back to Tallaxian space because Jetrel lied about Neelix Dying, or when they went back to get the Captain in resolutions after flying away from her for about a month.
They'd trekked through the Delta Quadrant 40 thousand lightyears if you don't count all the backwards and forwards in Hope and Fear or when they took Neelix back to Tallaxian space because Jetrel lied about Neelix Dying, or when they went back to get the Captain in resolutions after flying away from her for about a month.
Voyager barely scratched the Delta Quadrant. However, they most likely came across starcharts and information of sectors, etc that they didn't actually visit. They might have traveled through several large regions controlled by one or a collective of alien races where they managed to learn about a good chunk of those parts of the quadrant. So they probably know more about the Delta Quadrant than they actually explored.
Well, I got a bit confused the other day. The map in my Star Trek encyclopedia says that Earth is near snug up against the galactic barrier, but Monty Python was telling me just recently that Earth is only 30 thousand light years from the Great barrier... Where am I? Where is my home? I don't know where I live.
Here ya go.
So, at least in passing, the maps of the MW used in Star Trek are accurate seeing as how the Sol System is located about half way from the galactic core and the galatic rim.
Here's a map of the Trek Milky Way, with Voyager's course. If you consider how Voyager's sensors extended an average of a just few light years in any direction and how the galaxy is "an hundred thousand lightyears side-to-side" Voyager didn't do much on her own.
what is it that the borg requires to assimilate other species.
Probably not even one percent of the DQ was explored by Voyager.
Explored or charted?
They bought charts when necessary and Seven arrived with a lot of information. In the swarm they were able to chart a years journey to circumnavigate the Swarmie Empire, and goodness knows what they glommed from the hirogen communication network and somehow they figured out that it would take them 10 years to cross Borg Space...
Thier journey may have been a ribbon bisecting a 1/4 of the galaxy, but they could see further than they could touch and hunt.
They bought charts when necessary and Seven arrived with a lot of information. In the swarm they were able to chart a years journey to circumnavigate the Swarmie Empire, and goodness knows what they glommed from the hirogen communication network and somehow they figured out that it would take them 10 years to cross Borg Space...
Thier journey may have been a ribbon bisecting a 1/4 of the galaxy, but they could see further than they could touch and hunt.
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I would think they spent most of the time hauling ass at warp speed trying to get home. Does a man lost in the desert do much exploring or just try to get the hell out of there?
I think I would to, but dont forget Janeway is a scientist. I think it would get dull travleing for years to get home without checking out a few things humans have never seen before along the way.
I was really excited when I heard that Janeway was a former Science Officer, it opened a the possibility of a world with out stupid questions (If O'Brien was in charge of DS9 do you really think he could be bothered describing every nuance of the science issues attacking them each week to his subordinates?), but after Janeway and B'Elanna brainstormed to get out of that temporal ballsup in Parallax, it's like she turned off the lights and put sheets over the furniture in that area of her brain.
Though I do recall from Worst Case Scenario that HoloChakotay said that he was sick of making pointless detours in the name of scientific exploration, which is a promise Janeway made to her crew during that speech at the end of Caretaker afterall, and who can forget Kathy trying to obscure her second job as a Coyote to Kashak as scientific curiosity of a stellar phenomena?
Though I do recall from Worst Case Scenario that HoloChakotay said that he was sick of making pointless detours in the name of scientific exploration, which is a promise Janeway made to her crew during that speech at the end of Caretaker afterall, and who can forget Kathy trying to obscure her second job as a Coyote to Kashak as scientific curiosity of a stellar phenomena?
You know ... I really wish that the writers used Janeway more in a capacity for scientific research and all.
The DQ provided excellent opportunity for Janeway to work with the crew on science research in a more intimate capacity (nothing romantic or sexual).
They could have created a sub plot revolving around genuine scientific research and technological development.
It would have been a perfect setup for seeing how they were building the enhanced version of Slipstream, or even had proto ideas for the anti-Borg weapons or various species overall.
I know they did that off-screen, but it would have been interesting to see them brainstorming around various ideas on a regular basis together with various crewmen and show there are others beyond the main cast.
The DQ provided excellent opportunity for Janeway to work with the crew on science research in a more intimate capacity (nothing romantic or sexual).
They could have created a sub plot revolving around genuine scientific research and technological development.
It would have been a perfect setup for seeing how they were building the enhanced version of Slipstream, or even had proto ideas for the anti-Borg weapons or various species overall.
I know they did that off-screen, but it would have been interesting to see them brainstorming around various ideas on a regular basis together with various crewmen and show there are others beyond the main cast.
Part of the reason for the exploration was to look for singularities and technologies that would shorten their trip. Passing up an opportunity to explore would mean passing up the potential for knowledge that would help their journey in the long run.
Oh, yes I agree.
But in the case with Kashyk that I cited, you have to remember, that she was lying. There was no intellectual curiosity. They were looking for a wormhole that they knew to be near and real. It was all a question of survival more than science for sciences sake, but fortunately the lie was utterly credible.
But in the case with Kashyk that I cited, you have to remember, that she was lying. There was no intellectual curiosity. They were looking for a wormhole that they knew to be near and real. It was all a question of survival more than science for sciences sake, but fortunately the lie was utterly credible.
Janeway may not have trusted Kashyk as far as she could throw him but that doesn't mean she there wasn't curiosity about the phenomenon.
I'm not sure what you guys/gals are looking for. Real science is tedious and boring so we would be left with CSI Miami type "science". And remember 'Threshold' is a good example of them doing scientific research/experiments and we all know how good that episode was. 
what usually happens. They try to do their fake science and then some goes terribly wrong. Or they mention that they've spent 6 months scanning for gaseous anamolies i n the beginning of the episode and then at the end another ship entirely thinks that they were scanning for gaseous anomalies and jury rigs a torpedo to track down a clocked bird of prey...
Or like in timeless.
the discovered/explored/uncovered and combined several different technologies to create a working slipstream drive. that's what I loved about Stargate. After 5 years of scavenging the universe for tech... man started building their own star fighters and destroers and... From the events in the episode where they "invented" the Delta Flier, it seemed like there had been nothing stopping them from building that vessel from the day they were stuck out there except the will.
Or like in timeless.
the discovered/explored/uncovered and combined several different technologies to create a working slipstream drive. that's what I loved about Stargate. After 5 years of scavenging the universe for tech... man started building their own star fighters and destroers and... From the events in the episode where they "invented" the Delta Flier, it seemed like there had been nothing stopping them from building that vessel from the day they were stuck out there except the will.
True, but the characters were limited due to the writers in charge of the show.
The novels (while not canon) depict the characters in a way on how they were imagined to begin with, so the on-screen version comes out rushed out, while the novels do have a tendency of fleshing out the story better while giving everyone their share.
The novels (while not canon) depict the characters in a way on how they were imagined to begin with, so the on-screen version comes out rushed out, while the novels do have a tendency of fleshing out the story better while giving everyone their share.
If you're talking about Christie Golden I find her writing to be half dimensional porn. She just unfurrels skreels of love letters to Janeway and Seven at the expense of every other characters intellect and ego. It's just painful.
Voyager the TV shows 70 plus authors I will agree had inconsistent continuity, but week by week they had a consistent quality in entertaining me.Stuff happened and it was good, no matter how little resonance one episode might ever have to what happened before and after as long as I suspended belief a little.
Voyager the TV shows 70 plus authors I will agree had inconsistent continuity, but week by week they had a consistent quality in entertaining me.Stuff happened and it was good, no matter how little resonance one episode might ever have to what happened before and after as long as I suspended belief a little.
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