On that note, most of Seska’s early villainy was rooted in her desire to get back to the Alpha Quadrant, and she wasn’t afraid to violate the Prime Directive to do so. In the early days of the show, this was a plot point to make her a clear bad guy, but consider this: the series finale has Voyager finally making it home because future Janeway ignores the Prime Directive and alters history. Frankly, if we’re supposed to celebrate Janeway for ignoring the Prime Directive to save the crew, it’s weird that we’re meant to hate Seska for doing the same thing.
Speaking of the Prime Directive, the reason that Seska began working with the Kazon in the first place is because she didn’t think it was a big deal to provide them with replicator technology, even though this could disrupt the balance of power in the Delta Quadrant.
We don’t think this is a big deal for two reasons: first, the Kazon were dumb as bricks and mostly wanted replicator tech because they couldn’t figure out how to make things like water. These guys were literally so dumb the Borg didn’t want to assimilate them and immediately got killed trying to use the replicator, so their threat is pretty minimal.
Second, it’s insanely naive to think that the mere presence of Voyager doesn’t disrupt power in the quadrant. Janeway talks a big game about the Prime Directive, but every alliance she forges and every alien world she visits changes the destinies of countless people in the Delta Quadrant. Frankly, Seska was right: Janeway chose an empty ideal over working with the Kazon, an alliance that could have given them early allies and avoided much pain and suffering.
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