Star Trek: Voyager sent its titular ship 70,000 light years from home, but the show still found ways to incorporate characters and concepts from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Following the adventures of Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and the USS Voyager’s journey through the Delta Quadrant, Star Trek: Voyager was the true successor to TNG. Although Star Trek: Deep Space Nine began airing 2 years before Voyager, DS9’s space station setting and darker tone made it a different kind of Star Trek show. Voyager, on the other hand, followed a structure that was more similar to that of TNG.