Yeah, I don't think B'elanna Torres would have been such a hothead early on if she was half vulcan. ;)

In any case, I don't know if the Maquis crew members had enough context if you didn't see certain episodes of TNG and DS9, to understand their attitudes toward Starfleet. With many key personnel dead, Janeway needed them all.

B'elanna does improve her sunny dispoistion over the course of the series. ;)

And yes, Threshold, with all it's hot mutated amphibian mating action, gives Spock's Brain some serious competition as the worst Trek tv episode ever.