When Janeway reports to the bridge in response to Chakotay's call that they are receiving a distress signal, Chakotay says the alien ship is about 200,000 km away. Janeway then orders "Slow to impulse." If Voyager is moving faster than impulse, it is at warp. Warp 1, the speed of light, is approximately 300,000 km per second, so they flashed by that distress signal long ago.
If the Sikarians would have been able to adapt their technology to Voyager's systems, they would easily be able to install it onto one of their own ships. If they brought one small enough to fit into Voyager's shuttle bay, installed the technology on Voyager, made the jump to get Voyager 40,000 light years closer to home, then dismantled the technology and transferred it onto their own ship, they could return to Sikaris with their laws intact and having still helped Voyager.
Why is Harry so surprised that the weather feels different and they are in a different time zone? Before the revelation that the planet may be a different planet, Harry is shocked that they were transported to where things feel different.
Why is he shocked? Earth has had planetary transporter systems for decades, and different parts of the planet would feel different, and in different time zones.
Eventually he finds out how far away he went, but before that, his shock seems out of place.
Why is he shocked? Earth has had planetary transporter systems for decades, and different parts of the planet would feel different, and in different time zones.
Eventually he finds out how far away he went, but before that, his shock seems out of place.