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I think this is because the original ones actually kinda' attempted to care a little about scientific accuracy.
Meaning, space is HUGE. Even at warp speeds, it can take days to get from one star to the other. There's no backup because TOS and TNG were exploration and science vessels out on the fringes of known space. Backup was undoubtedly days or weeks away. Voyager literally got teleported, what was it, like 50 years away from Earth even at max warp?
DS9, they did have plenty of backup, because it was one strategic location. There was a whole war over that worm hole.
Exactly this.
The few times fleet actions were called upon The Enterprise had to basically travel a whole day to get there, if not more (big example; Wolf 359. Star Trek Nemesis).