romulans will just use the excuse to invade the federation.
Does Riker have his beard yet or no?
Asking the real critical question.
Pre-beard, I only give them one episode.
Yes, but he is also bald.
one issue is supplies and maintenance, but voyager showed a federation ship can handle itself for a long term without federation support.
and a rogue federation ship would be a great star trek show
Voyager was actually built for long-term, unsupported missions: smaller crew, redundant systems, and efficient everything.
It had bioneural gel packs, variable-geometry warp nacelles, and automation meant to keep it running without a starbase nearby.
The Enterprise was basically a flying city that relied on Starfleet support. Drop it in the Delta Quadrant, and it wouldn’t have lasted half as long.
Even the lighting on Voyager is dimmer to save power!