But that was Voyager at it's fanwankiest. Rather than write a story about working around and with the prime directive and coping with the afternote that they're all bad people for bending, nigh snapping General Order Number One in two... Voyager's writers once more show that they are more mighty than any definition of respect for what had come before. Bah humbug.
True, but it opened the door to some great Hidden Frontier storylines, so s'all good.