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What happened after Voyager returned home?

Voyager novels explain what happened in fair enough detail.
That's not cannon though.

Although, if you are asking for individual opinions, not directly tied to the books or canon ... then in my personal opinion ...
Well, plenty.

Canonically, we do know Janeway becomes an Admiral in the 2 years between 'Endgame' episode and 'Nemesis' movie.

One would hope that SF would finally smarten up and use Voyager's experiences in the D.Q. and technologies (not necessarily the futuristic ones) it brought back to good use.

It's high time for technological innovations that would break the stalemate.
my guess is that the future decided to let the crew of voyager get away with admiral janeway's messing with the timeline, but some daniels popped up and seized all future and delta quadrant technologies. (q stated in 'death wish' that the federation had no business in the delta quadrant for another 100 years.) or some responsible admirals decided to mothball the technology for 20 years.

Mothballing the futuristic techs for 20 years would be an incredibly stupid move.
Outside the novels, the Borg still present a grave threat, and SF would be moronic to not do anything with future's technologies.
It would be quite irresponsible of SF not to study the technology and try to improve upon it even, so that they can bring it out as a defence when the Borg show up again.
Otherwise, it's going to be 'Destiny' novels all over again.

The DQ techs Voyager acquired were in no violation of anything.
Q's predictions are as valid as a me turning suddenly into a female 45 seconds from now, so he/she/it was obviously mistaken, and no one would be taking those away.

Responsible admiral?
Now that's 2 descriptive terms I have yet to see pulled off in Trek.
:D
 
Well, if we go by what Q said, he's obviously wrong, since Humans were in the DQ on Chakotay's ship, on Janeway's ship, on Ransom's ship, and more poignantly on The Raven... Magnus, Erin & Annika Hanson's ship.

As far as "responsible" Admirals, I think Kirk did a good job up to and including his actions which resulted in his demotion. ;-)
 
Janeway and Chakotay head for her ready room and have sex.

Yes, I've been reading a lot of fanfic lately...
 
OKAY.... My turn.

Ahem.

Captain Janeway beamed to Starfleet's BOQ... the Bachelor Officer's Quarters for visiting fleeters who don't have their own apartments on Earth. She looked around the barren living room before walking into the bedroom and throwing her rucksack onto the bed. The rain was still beating against the windows, but she lightened them anyway so she could watch the storm's lightning strikes flashing as it rolled over San Francisco bay. Granted, it was nothing like the plasma storms of the Badlands, or the thunder storms from her youth that plagued the plains of Indiana, but its pattern still intrigued her for several minutes before the comm set on her desk beeped.

"Sweetie, I'm just calling to say I love you, and to say 'Good Night'. I can't wait for tomorrow!"

The storied Captain of Voyager smiled to herself as she turned towards the comm set and saw the furrowed face of the woman who loved her more than anyone in the universe, including that upstart of a baby sister, Phoebe.

"Thanks Mom. And thank-you for letting me spend my first night home alone. Tomorrow will begin a media whirlwind, and I just need some time with my thoughts before it hits me."

"I was just so glad to finally be able to hold you in my arms this afternoon Darling and wish you 'Goodnight' in real time. After 7 years, I don't mind waiting another 24 hours before we finally get you home in Bloomington. Sleep tight. We love you."

Janeway stretched her hand out towards the viewscreen as she reassured her Mother that the feeling was mutual, and signed off.

After a long soak in the tub, Janeway finally allowed herself to crawl into the queen sized bed and turn the polarization of the windows down so the morning sun wouldn't wake her in the morning. She first curled on her right side, until the large empty expanse of bed bothered her and she flipped over to her left side where she quickly fell asleep.

The next morning, the sun shone brightly into her eyes, demanding she wake up and face the day. Refusing its insistent command, she merely flipped over to her right side, and noticed the bedsheets on the right side of the bed were thrown back, the pillow tossed carelessly to the floor. Looking across the room, she noted the bathroom door was open and steam was coming from the interior. She could hear the low humming of a baritone, and she smiled.

"Hey Lieutnenant." she called out from her comfortable positon in the bed. "Don't use up all the hot water!" Stretching as she smoothed out the wrinkles in the bed, she started to remember last night and she smiled.

"You won't believe what I dreamt last night. I was the Captain of a Starship, and we were lost across the galaxy for seven years, before I finally found a way to get us all home. Of course, I had to die to do it."

A bent, older man walked out of the bathroom, his rumpled bathrobe reminding his wife of the trenchcoat he wore for years on the police force. "What? You died before you got home? What kind of dream is that?" he asked incredulously as he sat down on the bed.

Reaching over to rub the small of his back she reassured him, "Oh, I got home, it was another self, a future self that ended up dying."

His face screwed up as he contemplated this paradox before she laughed aloud. "Lt Columbo, if you ever read anything besides those crime novels you are so fond of, you would know that time travel is a staple of science fiction!"

Catching her playful tone, he responded, "And Mrs. Columbo, if you ever read anything BESIDES Science Fiction, you would realize how very SILLY that statement actually sounds!"

The end.

;-)
 
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Actually no. But you won't read the one I did write, so I HAD to come up with something! (In fact, I just wrote it tonight.)
 
Actually no. But you won't read the one I did write, so I HAD to come up with something! (In fact, I just wrote it tonight.)

Uh oh, did the one you did write involve Janeway getting sucked into a borg wall or something like that!?
 
Janeway presents Starfleet Command with a very Kirk-like situation: they either have to promote her or send her to prison. Politically, sending the hero of Voyager to prison for her actions is disastrous, not to mention the PR blow that comes from revealing that a Starfleet crew trapped all alone did not live up to Starfleet's ideals, and in fact committed crimes. That all needs to be handled quietly.
Making Janeway an Admiral is the easiest way to put her where she cannot command a ship when the public believes she is a hero.

Chakotay may well leave Starfleet. Someone will make it clear to him that he's probably never going to have a ship of his own, and it will take a long period of good behavior before they'll even let him be someone's XO. He might get offered something like Sisko's old job (I mean the one at Utopia Planitia, not DS9). I actually see Chakotay being quite happy to resign from Starfleet again, and become a political leader on his home world.

Tuvok, ... Well, the Titan novels make him Riker's Tactical Officer, and that works well enough for me. Of course, that does make him seem kinda cursed, as the poor guy keeps getting assigned to ships that accidentally wind up decades from home.

Tom Paris was actually a bad fit for Starfleet to begin with, but I see him being a very happy (and good) stay-at-home dad. Maybe a successful writer, maybe nobody likes his holonovels but Harry. That doesn't matter, as the job where he finds his fulfillment is being a dad.

Torres is either working somewhere like the Advanced Starship Design Bureau, or is the Chief Engineer aboard a ship, doing the Scotty thing for some lucky Captain.

Harry Kim gets bumped to Full Lieutenant immediately, and is definitely on the "fast track": they expect great things of him, and put him where he has the chance to excel. A year aboard one ship and his heroic actions leading an away team get him made a LtCmdr and made somebody's XO. Within the year he's done something else amazingly heroic, and becomes a Commander and XO of a bigger ship. A couple of years there before they are offering him his own command.

Seven is going to be having a number of LONG conversations with Starfleet Security, and probably the Corps of Engineers and such. Eventually she finds some kind of work she find fulfilling, although it is something that surprises her as well as us. Perhaps she takes Boothby's job. ;)

The Doctor becomes a General Practitioner on a fairly developed colony world. He spends his spare time exploring his still growing sentience, and his days helping people stay healthy and helping their children grow up healthy and sane: in effect, the entire community is his family.

Icheb joins Starfleet Academy for real, and Captain Kim requests him for his crew when he graduates.

Neelix continues to work with Project Pathfinder, with the eventual goal of allowing worlds first contacted by Voyager to join the Federation if they so desire, and making travel between the Delta and Alpha Quadrants regular. They all know it might take more than their lifetimes, and they all think it is worth it.

Voyager itself goes in the Fleet Museum. Temporal Investigations removes all the high-tech doodads (and debates at length sending agents back in time to prevent the ship having used them in the first place, but eventually agrees that is too risky, and the contamination can be contained). It gets a birth of honor among the other vessels of great historical significance, like the Constitution Class USS Excalibur (last surviving pre-refit Connie), the Enterprise-A (last surviving post-refit Connie), and so on.
Soon, Starfleet gives the name Voyager to a new class of long-range explorers, and invites everyone who served aboard the Intrepid Class ship to the christening of her Class Vessel.
 
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Starfleet gives the name Voyager to a new class of long-range explorers, and invites everyone who served aboard the Intrepid Class ship to the christening of her Class Vessel.

Awesome!
 
I know I posted this ficlet in the fan fiction section about a year ago, but it really is how I see Voyager and her crew after "Endgame". This actually takes place after "Nemesis"

Hell of a Hull Breach

The Admiral watched as Enterprise E slipped into the priority berth in Starfleet's main shipyard at Utopia Planitia. She waited as the lattice work of girders and catwalks slinked around the wounded ship and the glare of the huge work lights were turned on. Force fields formed around the Enterprise and finally as if she relaxed the great starship descended into the grid that gently held her.

When the atmosphere levels had risen to Earth normal and the artificial gravity was activated Admiral Janeway entered the maintenance area heading for the ship's main exit. She met the captain as he came down the ramp.

"That's one hell of a hull breach, Jean Luc."

“Yes, I am afraid it is, Admiral Janeway. Are you my reception committee?”

“No, I’m afraid not,” she smiled.

I don’t know which one is worse, Lieutenant Commander Torres’ Klingon temper, or Lieutenant Commander Paris ‘condescending affability.”

“Oh, I’m afraid they are not the only ones this time, the Lieutenants are with them.”

Captain Picard tugged at his jacket and drew in a deep breath. “She is going to be running this facility in a year and probably the whole of Starfleet’s engine designers within five.”

Kathryn Janeway smiled, “Commander Torres is already designing quantum slipstream engines. They are within a few years of producing prototypes. She will make it work and her husband will design sleek beautiful ships around her engines.”

“Who would have thought that the future of Starfleet ship design would be shaped by an Academy dropout and a Fleet brat turned renegade,” he laughed. “But then, I see your people all over Starfleet command and the Academy.”

“What can I say, we have ties. Jean Luc these people have been through hell together, they’re family. I don’t think anything could break them apart now. Good luck with the reception committee,” and she turned heading back the way she had come.

Captain Picard watched her aide, Commander Michael Ayala, turn with her. As much a legend as anyone of her crew, he was one of the oldest people to graduate from the Academy. He did it top of his class along with a young Brunali named Icheb, and seventeen others, each one former Maquis.

Rumor had it that Mr. Ayala could have his choice of commands, yet he stayed with her, his loyalty unwavering. There were the twins who were remaking Starfleet’s cartography unit and a sentient hologram that practiced medicine. Voyager’s engineers were changing the way starships were built. He had no doubt that the 140 odd members of Voyager’s only crew would make their mark as surely as did the members of Kirk’s Enterprise a generation ago.

The passage slipped open just before she reached it and six people entered. Five he knew were looking for his answers but one, his dark hair flecked with grey and the lines of the tattoo on his forehead identifying him, was also a legend. He took her hand and turned walking away with her. He was the newly minted Admiral Chakotay, Commandant of Starfleet Academy and Admiral Janeway’s husband.

Yes, the legendary crew of the Starship Voyager were the bridge to a new generation. Untouched by the Dominion War, they would mold the new officers and led Starfleet into a new era.

The audible intake of breath behind him turned his attention to his inquisitors. He once again straightened his jacket and then stuck out his hand. “Good afternoon Commanders Torres, and Paris, I am sure you have many questions. Is there an empty conference room?” Then he turned, shaking the hands of the other three in turn, “Lieutenant Kim, Lieutenant Vorik, and you must be Lieutenant Commander Nicolette, I am glad to finally meet you.”

End

Brit
 
If you don't want to be spoiled, don't look at the images at the end until you are at least half way through. Oh, and trust me, the time travel isn't as consequential as the story. :-) Then again, I could be biased. ;-)
 
Hmm. Since others are doing it ... I'll self-promote, too. :shifty:

I currently have a Very Long Fanfic of my own going about what I think might have happened to Icheb later on. It's here on the fanfic forum, and it's also here at Ad Astra.

As for everyone else ... this is a post I wrote on this exact subject when it came up over at Ad Astra:

I would expect Janeway to make Admiral. She really held fast to her Starfleet values for the most part, and got her crew through some unbelievable situations. She couldn't be held responsible for the actions of her future self. I expect that while not everyone probably loved her unorthodox methods, she probably commands a fair deal of respect now that she's home.

Chakotay, I'm sure, got some sort of plea bargain after a bunch of advocacy from Janeway. I don't know if they'd let him stay in Starfleet of if he'd even want to. He's one of two places -- Janeway's house husband, or back on his homeworld hanging out with his animal guide and smoking a pipe.

Tom and B'Elanna are probably much like we saw them in the beginning of Endgame -- Tom successful, but having switched careers to remain close to his family, and B'Elanna doing something important and high-energy ... Federation liaison to the Klingon Empire sounds okay to me, but in the background for my fanfic story she worked on engineering the slipstream drive and other new technology for the return to the DQ.

Tuvok is back on Vulcan (because it still exists in this universe, take that JJ Abrams!) getting to know his family again, and occasionally traveling to Earth to visit old friends.

Harry Kim finally got promoted.

Seven of Nine dumped Chakotay the second they got back to the Alpha Quadrant and she saw that there were a lot more fish in the sea. She probably guest-teaches Borg studies at the Academy or something, but I can't see her actually joining Starfleet.

The Doctor is probably treating patients from an office in SF, giving lectures on the procedures he perfected in the DQ, and exploring his personality more. Maybe he's dating. I kind of hope he's dating Seven.

I have 120,000+ words written on what I think happened to young Icheb, and a bunch more floating around in my head. I won't rehash it all here.

Samantha and Naomi probably reunited with Grestkrendegtk (or whatever the heck his name was) and lived happily ever after ... Naomi probably went to the Academy, eventually, and accidentally stabbed boys in the face while kissing them. How awkward ...

The Maquis, I think, all got plea deals. The Equinox crew probably didn't fare as well -- but if they performed well on Voyager, maybe they only got 6 months or so in jail.
 
^^^ The worst part is, it isn't done. :alienblush: But it's not just Icheb's story, it's going to show what VOY left behind in the DQ.

Apparently, I had a lot to say, too. ;)
 
Well-thought-out, and interesting ideas here. Kudos to you guys. Like the fanfic continuance excepts.I've had my own thoughts about the post-Endgame period,but, my fanfic runs in Voyager contrary to canon in several ways, so, it wouldn't be that applicable here, assuming anyone would even be interested.As far as what I would WANT to see happening, as stated elsewhere, for one thing, gettting Kath back out into space would be a must...preferably in command of Voyager again. I've always wondered how the 'add-ons' Future-Kath brought to my beloved ship would play out with Fleet after her return, but, my feeling is that Command would give a great deal of consideration as to when and how that transfer from the other timeline would be permitted to be utilized...but it would certainly be tempting, particularly given the fact the Dominion War very nearly was lost, but for good ol Miles and his contravening the Breen Nullifier technology, for one major factor there.Anything that can deal a hard blow to the Borg...As for the others, the ideas put forth previous seem pretty reasonable for them, though, as a fan, I can't resist trying to 'keep the band together' to a great if not full extent....
 
Seconds after the close of Endgame the Borg open a transwarp conduit from their hub in the Beta quadant and come at Earth in force, wiping out the fleet and assimilating everything in Sector 001 except Voyager, which Q whisks away and deposits in orbit of the planet of the 37s and tells Janeway that it's her and the crew's duty to stay and help the human population build a fleet to protect themselves, and it is there that she bcomes an admiral and many of Voyager's senior staff, as well as Amelia Earhart, become captains.
 
Seconds after the close of Endgame the Borg open a transwarp conduit from their hub in the Beta quadant and come at Earth in force, wiping out the fleet and assimilating everything in Sector 001 except Voyager, which Q whisks away and deposits in orbit of the planet of the 37s and tells Janeway that it's her and the crew's duty to stay and help the human population build a fleet to protect themselves, and it is there that she bcomes an admiral and many of Voyager's senior staff, as well as Amelia Earhart, become captains.

Now THAT'S an interesting idea.
 
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