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    9 months ago

    The Sol system is ~26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy. The UFP is about 8000 light years distant according to Picard in First Contact. So the Delta quadrant would be ~9 times the distance that this maps shows away in the direction of the Romulans (Kathy and crew have to travel 70000 light years). That’s my best guess as I can’t find a reliable quadrant map.

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      9 months ago

      So, if they had had to take the long way home, would they have wound up stuck on the other side of the Romulans? I’m sure the Romulans would love the story about the Star Fleet ship just happened to end up on the other side of their border because of unexplainable godlike powers. That definitely wouldn’t cause any issues. I’m sure they’d have given Voyager safe passage back to the Federation

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        Well the Romulan Government knew of Voyager and where they were because of that time Voyager contacted Admiral Forrest Telek R’mor through a micro wormhole into the past. Barclay even mentions that the Romulans were very interested in Voyager for some time.

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          9 months ago

          Oh, that’s a good point. It would have been cool to see that come back and save them at the end