Techobabble is fine if it's being used for ambiance, when it's being used to resolve anything major and not acting as extension of characters or theme then you're in trouble. When Geordi and Scotty argue through techobabble it's good episode work, because it's used to show the differences between the men and how Scotty is having trouble adapting to a galaxy that seems to have left him behind.

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Voyager had a LOT of ruined potential for character growth. Its like they wanted both worlds, the episodic nature of tng where 95% of what happens has no effect on future episodes, and the great overarcing storyline and character growth of ds9.
Which is odd because character growth is the one thing that doesn't reset after the credits roll in TNG. Whereas all bets favored the status quo despite whatever happened on VOY. Even if people were considering a full blown mutiny five minutes before the episode ends.