In Voyager’s pilot episode ... Accoring to Star Trek lore, the Borg deemed the Kazon "unworthy" of assimilation. Eventually, Voyager left the area of the Delta Quadrant the Kazon called home ...

Even Locarno's experience as an expert pilot is established ... that he could have overcome in the Delta Quadrant. There was, of course, a reason that Star Trek: Voyager's creative team decided ...