Although they have had spaceflight, and further developed interstellar capabilities, it is unknown why in the annals of time, that the Voth have not appeared to have developed any permanent off-world colonies, instead they continued to trek across the galaxy in the search for a suitable home. It is thought that by the time they had reached the Delta Quadrant, approximately 65,000,000 years ago, that the initial mission had been forgotten and their technology and society evolved to service life as a nomadic species.

Technologically, the Voth are more advanced than the Federation, their city ships are many miles long, and all Voth vessels, large and small are capable of transwarp speeds. Voth transporters are powerful enough to rate as weapons by Federation standards, and are capable of transporting large object up to and including an Intrepid class starship. The Voth also now posses phase-cloak technology, which has become advanced enough to be miniaturized for practical personal use.

However, this advanced technology is only at best a century or two ahead of that of the Federation, and given their millions of years of history it appears that either Voth culture has stagnated, slowing as it reached its zenith, or that the Voth simply advance at a slow rate. Their encounter with the USS Voyager indicated one possible reason, as Voth culture is heavily influenced by their self-image as superior to all other life, and that a semi-religious, scientific and cultural dictates form a central doctrine which few members of their society dare to question for fear of judgment by their ruling classes, who enforce their doctrines strictly and ruthlessly. It is possibly fear of these reprisals that slow Voth scientists and stunt scientific growth.

One aspect of Voth doctrine is their firm belief that they originated in the Delta Quadrant: when this doctrine was contradicted by two of their scientists, with the DNA of the crew of Voyager as proof, the Voth authorities responded by threatening to banish the scientists and destroying all of the evidence. Only after those involved in the "Distant Origin" theory retracted their statements did the Voth agree to release Voyager, on the understanding that there would be no further contact between the two sides.