J-461: Hope and Fear — The Perfect Trap
Voyager S4E26 (Season 4 Finale) — Arturis builds a lure so precisely calibrated to Janeway's deepest hope that it almost works. A Starfleet message. A new ship — the Dauntless — with quantum slipstream drive. Home in three months. The Devil's Contract in its most refined form: the counterparty knows your deepest desire and offers to fulfill it. Frameworks: The Perfect Trap (Devil's Contract advanced), Externalized Cost of the Scorpion Alliance, Seven's Choosing to Belong (arc climax), Arturis as the Tragic Villain of the Unconsulted Victim.