[lordpenquin]

A major blow to the "rag tag fleet" was the loss of the botanical cruiser. They could have used that to produce food and oxygen for the entire fleet. It was in TOS fleet, but it did not survive in the remake. This loss of one ship may dynamically effect the entire supply line. But then again, if Moore was responsible for any voyager episodes, this might be neglected. I always thought it was odd that voyager was cut off and isolated from everything, with limited supplies, and yet ever 3rd episode involved the use of the holodeck. The holodeck would have used HUGE amounts of resources and would have been unwise to use once, let alone twice a month or so.