9. The crew would have to fight for space on the shuttlecraft during tourist season, and the tourists would
jam the doors all the time because they wouldn't know which exit they wanted.

8. Janeway's commands could be overturned by a two-thirds majority of the officers; special interest groups
would make time in the mess hall into "power meals" and table-hop making deals.

7. Sandrine's would serve real alcohol, and the crew would have the highest per capita consumption rate
of the liquid of any other Starfleet ship or base in the galaxy.

6. The crew would have a 4:1 ratio of lawyers to any other discipline represented on the ship.

5. All repairs to the ship or any new equipment would have to go out for bids; be discussed by committees;
and finally decided upon six months later, settling on out-dated and lowest-bid equipment.

4. Voyager would be back in the Alpha Quadrant already because five-sixths of its crew members would have
to face re-election every two years.

3. Everyone would work shifts of at least 18 hours and be too exhausted for any kind of a "real life".

2. Tom Paris would substitute his organizing of betting scams with operating re-election committees or PACs.

And... the # 1 reason Voyager would be different if her crew were from Washington, DC...

1. The Captain would welcome young male ensigns bearing pots of hot coffee into her ready room,
offering them choice jobs on the ship in return for certain "favors".

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