31 Years Later, Star Trek Is Taking The Enterprise Further Than Voyager Ever Went

Published Nov 11, 2026, 2:00 PM EST Shaun Corley has been with ScreenRant for over 5 years, and is currently the Coordinator for PR and Outreach for the Comics Team. 31 years later, Star Trek is taking the Enterprise further than Voyager ever went. For seven seasons, the USS Voyager traversed the distant and deadly Delta Quadrant after being stranded there by a powerful alien entity. Voyager’s seven-year voyage would go on to become the stuff of Star Trek legends. Debuting in 1995 as part of the now-defunct United Paramount Network, Star Trek: Voyager took viewers on an odyssey through uncharted space. In the pilot episode, “The Caretaker,” the ship is brought to the Delta Quadrant by the titular entity. The entity was dying, and unable to send Voyager back to the Alpha Quadrant, leaving Captain Janeway and her crew marooned. Rather than give up, Janeway and Voyager pushed through one of the most hazardous regions of space. Every week, the ship braves the likes of the Kazon and the Borg, eventually returning to Earth at the show’s conclusion. At the time, Voyager had gone further in the galaxy than any other Federation starship. The Caretaker entity pulled the ship 75,000 light years from home, putting a multi-decade journey ahead of Voyager. While making their way home, Voyager’s crew realized they, in a way, had been given a gift, in that they were the first to explore this region of space. Voyager made the best of a bad situation. Now, the Enterprise is about to put Voyager’s record to shame. The Enterprise Is Going Further Than It Ever Has Before IDW Publishing has released solicitations for its January-shipping titles, including Star Trek #4, which will be written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Dennis Menheere. In addition to a handful of covers, shared here, IDW released a plot synopsis for the issue: The door out of the Epsilon Corridor has been closed. The warp drives for all four Wagon Train ships are offline. All dilithium chambers are dead — inexplicably drained. The crew of the Enterprise-G are 14,000,000 light years away from their Galaxy. With no way back home. And the Hidden have revealed themselves. Set five years after Picard’s finale, IDW’s new Star Trek book follows the adventures of Captain Seven of Nine aboard the Enterprise NCC-1701-G, as she and her crew explore a new and dangerous area of the galaxy: the Epsilon Corridor. IDW did not release any additional information on Star Trek #4. For Captain Seven of Nine, this will be her second journey aboard a marooned vessel, after Voyager. Seven joined Voyager’s crew at the beginning of the fourth season, and in an early episode, helped shave nearly a decade off their journey, thanks to the Borg technology she had access to. However, this time, while she may still have the gift of her intellect, she must also contend with a broken-down ship and a demoralized crew. Yet, Seven had a great role model in Captain Janeway, and she will no doubt rally her crew and get home. The Chips Are Seemingly Down For The Enterprise's Crew After the events of Star Trek #4, the Enterprise will have gone further than Voyager ever did. Voyager’s 75,000 light years is nothing compared to the 14 million the Enterprise travels in this issue. This journey will take the Enterprise out of our galaxy, and possibly into another altogether. The Enterprise will truly be going “where no one has gone before.” This is not the first time the Enterprise has been hurled into far away corners of the universe. In the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Where No One Has Gone Before,” a mysterious alien propels the Enterprise to parts unknown, including an area of the universe where thoughts become reality. A season later, Q threw the Enterprise into the Delta Quadrant, initiating the Federation’s first formal contact with the Borg. Yet what separates the Enterprise-G’s dilemma from its predecessors is that the chips are down for Seven and her crew. As noted in the solicitation, the ship’s dilithium supplies are drained, making warp drive impossible. At the same time, even if the Enterprise had an active engine, there is still the matter of the 14 million light years it would need to travel to get home. It would have taken Voyager several decades to get across 75,000. The Enterprise’s potential journey could take centuries. Can The Enterprise Make It Home Safely, Like Voyager Did? IDW’s newly launched Star Trek book has opened up new corners of the franchise, including the Epsilon Corridor, and now galaxies beyond ours. If the circumstances were different, and less dire, then the Enterprise would have a bigger mission than Voyager, but instead of a journey of exploration, it is now one of survival. Star Trek #4 is on sale January 20 from IDW Publishing!