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3 months agoVoyager 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.
Don’t know the Nova, but that wouldn’t surprise me.