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* DramaticIrony: Seven's initial conspiracy theory, that the Cardassians and the Federation are allied in a plot to occupy the Delta Quandrant is both partly true and majorly false for reasons Seven is entirely unaware of: by this point in the timeline, the Cardassians have been devastated by [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Dominion War]] and are in no state to be occupying anything, though they did ally with the Federation at the eleventh hour, and were expected to get Federation assistance in rebuilding; the Federation and the Cardassians are working more closely than they once did, but they are neither willing nor able to do anything like what Seven's suggesting.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When first told of her plan, Tom says, "Learn while you sleep? I tried that once, gave me a headache."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The below-mentioned GossipEvolution foretells the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories that Seven's modified alcove will send her down.
** When first told of her plan, Tom says, "Learn while you sleep? I tried that once, gave me a headache."
** The below-mentioned GossipEvolution foretells the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories that Seven's modified alcove will send her down.
** When first told of her plan, Tom says, "Learn while you sleep? I tried that once, gave me a headache."
* InsaneTrollLogic: Seven's futile attempts to rationalize the deluge of data she's been pouring into her brain quickly devolves from sensible deductions to radical theorizing to outright insanity as her conclusions become increasingly reliant on complete coincidences (such as Kes leaving ''Voyager'' or Seven herself being chosen as the Borg Collective's representative) until she starts suspecting Naomi Wildman, who hadn't even been ''born'' when ''Voyager'' entered the Delta Quadrant, of conspiring against her.
* MySkullRunnethOver: Seven's attempt at a more efficient way of absorbing information has the end result of pumping more data into her head than she can handle; trying in vain to make sense of it all, she ends up neck-deep in increasingly implausible and paranoid conspiracy theories before Janeway finally talks her down.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: Janeway talking down Seven at the end.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: ThePowerOfFriendship:
** Janeway talking down Seven at the end.
** Janeway talking down Seven at the end.
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* ThirdPersonPerson: As she lays out her final conspiracy theory to Captain Janeway, Seven, in a sign of SanitySlippage, soon starts referring to both Janeway and herself in the third person. Janeway uses the same style of speech to remind Seven of the bonds of trust and friendship between them.
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* ConflictBall: Janeway and Chakotay even momentarily buying into Seven's loony theories after six years of non-conflict is rather implausible. Possibly intentional, though, to show the power that certain arguments can have when they're phrased with passion and seemingly given weight with evidence, even if that evidence makes no rational sense... just as several prominent conspiracy theories are in real life.
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* ConflictBall: Janeway and Chakotay even momentarily buying into Seven's loony theories after six years of non-conflict is rather implausible. Possibly intentional, though, to show together seems far-fetched. On the power other hand, they've both seen enough trickery and subterfuge that certain arguments can have it's hard for either of them to absolutely dismiss Seven's claims, particularly when they're phrased she delivers them with passion certainty and seemingly given weight with evidence, even if that evidence makes no rational sense... just as several prominent conspiracy theories are in real life.apparent backing of evidence.
** Played with between Janeway and Chakotay, who do actually seem to suspect one another for about a minute, but then acknowledge that they've been through too much to not trust one another.
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** There is never any resolution to the legitimate questions of why ''Voyager'' had tricobalt warheads, or where that tractor beam seen in recordings came from (assuming that it ''was'' a tractor beam).
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** There is never any resolution to the legitimate questions of why ''Voyager'' had tricobalt warheads, or where that whether Seven actually saw a tractor beam seen in recordings came from (assuming that it ''was'' a tractor beam).on screen, or just an image artifact.
