Chakotay's dream was to rejoin Starfleet and teach Anthropology at the Academy.
It's not a crime just to be a Maquis. Especially when Voyager got lost. Admiral Nechayev didn't send Sisko to arrest the Maquis. She send him to talk with them and reason with them.
Later, when Sisko was hunting Eddington, he called another ship to help him catch a "Maquis ship." The other captain was like "So?! What do I care?" to which Sisko replies "Eddddiinnngggtonn." and the other guy says "ah, everyone's favorite traitor. Okay, what do you want?"
SF wanted the Maquis to stop attacking the Cardies, so they DID arrest them when they were caught in the act, like Tom Paris. After the Federation went to war with the Dominion, there's no longer any reason to hold Maquis. They were probably drafted or released.
It's not a crime just to be a Maquis. Especially when Voyager got lost. Admiral Nechayev didn't send Sisko to arrest the Maquis. She send him to talk with them and reason with them.
Later, when Sisko was hunting Eddington, he called another ship to help him catch a "Maquis ship." The other captain was like "So?! What do I care?" to which Sisko replies "Eddddiinnngggtonn." and the other guy says "ah, everyone's favorite traitor. Okay, what do you want?"
SF wanted the Maquis to stop attacking the Cardies, so they DID arrest them when they were caught in the act, like Tom Paris. After the Federation went to war with the Dominion, there's no longer any reason to hold Maquis. They were probably drafted or released.
