Star Trek: Voyager had a great premise for a Star Trek series. A Federation starship decades away from home with no allies and limited supplies (sounds like Battlestar Galactica) in unfamiliar territory. And top of that, you start off with a crew with divided loyalties and agendas (the Maquis and Starfleet officers).

But the Delta quadrant didn't really seem all that different from the Alpha quadrant. The crew united fairly quickly and generally got along well. By the end of the first episode they're all wearing Starfleet uniforms and somehow throughout the course of the series their uniforms never showed any signs of wear and tear. The ship itself never seemed to suffer any permanent damage much less a dent or a scratch. The crew still got to play in the halodeck, have meals whenever they wanted, always seemed to have plenty of photon torpedoes and they all remained well-groomed.

Voyager seemed to hint that these characters were alone and far from home but never really showed the stress and challenges people would really face in such a situation.

Thoughts?