He wondered for a moment if this was all an elaborate trap.

Was this an elaborate trap to get him out of the way?

Was his team walking into an elaborate, clever trap?

It would also show them that they weren't going to spend a week setting an elaborate trap in an empty chunk of rock.

Were they being lured into some sort of elaborate trap?

I thought you were all just setting an elaborate trap for Hans.

"You think this is all just some sort of elaborate trap to snare officers or gifted?"

Suppose this was all some sort of elaborate trap.

It was all just an elaborate trap, a game they were playing for their own twisted amusement.

The people outside seemed to have set an elaborate trap, which meant they knew more about me than I cared to have them know.