Seven for the following seven reasons...
1.) What can I say? I'm a sucker for
BIG boobs.
2.) I like chicks that are both ridiculously hot and ridiculously smart at the same time.
3.) She had terrible social skills, which led to many dramatic and comedic situations. I could empathize with someone in that position.
4.) Being a former Borg drone only made it more difficult for her to socialize with the crew, increasing the dramatic tension.
5.) The ship's alien visitors were nervous around her too, creating even more tension.
6.) It takes some serious intestinal fortitude to stand up to a force of personality like Janeway.
7.) That character could have easily been shown to approach her world in a similar way to a Gary Cooper-style movie cowboy. She'd be an asocial loner that tries to avoid trouble but, trouble finds her anyway. Thus, she ends up having a misadventure or two. This would not be entirely inconsistent with a spin-off of a series once described as 'Wagon Train to the Stars.'
Too bad Reason #7 didn't happen more often. She did have her share of misadventures but, there were not enough, IMO.
