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You are correct. The characters.. with the exception of 7of 9... were not allowed to evolve. ( And then, 7 was only allowed to evolve so far.. )

I, too, wondered why Harry was an ensign for 7 years.

After all, Tom Paris was demoted in that time... to ensign.. and subsequently, returned to the rank of Leutenant.

Maybe Janeway felt that any promotions ought to wait till Voyager got back to the Alpha quadrant?

But still, Ray, you raise a good point.

Perhaps the show's creators wanted something so different with Voyager, that they neglected the obvious.