Wesley Crusher's aimlessness

Originally, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Journey's End, Wesley Crusher's aimlessness was to lead him into TNG's debut mention of the Maquis, named from the French World War II resistance cell. Eventually, the Maquis theme turned into the Native American Colony which Jeri Taylor was hoping to imply was the home of Voyager's American Indian First Officer Chakotay.