The issue I have with Janeway is that she doesn't come off as a character who goes through any kind of meaningful growth. She just is. If you look at Sisko and Picard, you see a monumental character growth from their first season depictions all the way to the last. Picard is no longer a smug or child hating person, and Sisko is promoted to Captain and earns the respect of many of his alien comrades. Janeway starts out as the Captain who we must all follow orders from, and that is it. She commands respect, but doesn't really do anything that is respectful. Most of her justifications in doing things always boils down to rank and rank alone.
*When she orders the array destroyed even though there are numerous other ways of doing it that won't leave the crew stranded*
Torres: Who does she think she is to make a decision like that for all of us?
Chakotay: She's the captain.
*When Paris suggests warning a planet's population that will be destroyed in just days*
Janeway: You have no idea what the consequences will be.
Paris: Anything's got to be better than mass destruction!
Janeway: You are not to warn these people. That's an order.
No discussion, no reasoning and no common sense. Her holy bible is the prime directive, and nothing about it is ever wrong. An entire planet's population might die? Let them. If there's one thing that's worse than mass destruction, it's the thought of this human created rule book might be wrong. Because as humanity's history and Star Trek history has shown, humanity is NEVER EVER WRONG in anything, especially when it comes to it's rules and conduct! The only downside to Janeway's orders to allow this civilization to die is that it wasn't three civilizations. I know deep down she wants to beat Archer's record of allowing two whole civilizations to die.
