J-462: Night — The Void as Externalized Despair
Voyager S5E01 — Season 5 opens with Janeway in the depths of depression, 53 days into crossing an empty region of space with two years to go. The Perfect Trap's aftermath: when the trap is sprung and you survive, what remains is the hole your hope filled. Frameworks: The Void as Externalized Despair, Guilt as Constant Companion (§10 character pattern), The Mutiny of Care (Devil's Contract's structural inverse — collective refusal of sacrifice), The Malon as Environmental Extractivism (externalized costs), The Diptych of Accountability (S4↔S5 framing the same question from opposite ends).