Object

Complimentary Casino Chips (The Royale)

Complimentary casino chips issued by the Royale: palm-sized molded betting tokens in varying colors and denominations. They are presented on a service tray to guests and staff handle them during play; in one scene a matched pair of these complimentary chips is pocketed by Data and later functions as material evidence that the table's outcomes are scripted. The entity covers both the general handful/stack of complimentary chips presented to Riker/Worf and the specific two-chip subset used as a clue.

7 appearances

Purpose

Serves as complimentary promotional betting tokens used to simulate the hotel's casino atmosphere and to placate or entice visiting guests.

Significance

Functions as performative hospitality that conceals the Royale’s artificiality: the chips convert welcome into bait, reinforce the construct’s scripted civility, and help pivot the away team’s curiosity toward the realization of entrapment.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

7 moments

S2E12 · The Royale

From Investigation to Extraction: The Lobby's Quiet Verdict

Complimentary casino chips are offered with practiced hospitality to Riker and Worf; they act as atmosphere-building props that emphasize the Royale's performative civility while simultaneously distracting from the underlying danger.

Before: On the front desk under the assistant manager's control.

After: Accepted or presented to the away team, contributing to the illusion of normalcy.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Lobby of Empty Faces

Complimentary casino chips are presented alongside the keys as part of the hotel's ingratiating routine; the chips add sensory detail and normalcy, further concealing the lobby's artifice until Data's tricorder punctures the illusion.

Before: Stacked on the assistant manager's hand, warm from handling and ready for presentation.

After: Handed to Riker/Worf as part of the welcome, remaining as a physical reminder of the hotel's simulated hospitality.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Mingle to Probe: Data Tests the Casino's Script

Chips on the table represent Vanessa's dwindling resources and the visible stakes of the experiment; her loss is quantified when the dealer's dealt card bankrupts her, making the chips symbolic evidence of both economic vulnerability and the hotel's cruel choreography.

Before: Stacked on the table in front of Vanessa and Texas, representing her remaining bankroll.

After: Taken/lost as a result of Vanessa's busted hand; her stack is effectively gone, leaving her emotionally exposed.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Orchestrated Loss at the Blackjack Table

Complimentary chips function as the tangible stakes at the table: Vanessa's remaining chips are counted mentally and rhetorically, representing her entire safety net. They clack and occupy space on the table as social proof of loss and fuel the urgency Data needs to test scripted responses.

Before: Stacked on the table in front of Vanessa and Texas, slightly warm from handling and visible as her last assets.

After: Vanessa becomes bankrupt at the table; chips that represented her resources are effectively gone or conceded, leaving her with nothing to stake.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Loaded Dice, Legal Fiction

Stacks of casino chips serve as immediate currency: Data places a chip on the pass line, wins are collected into growing stacks, and Riker uses the accumulated chips as tactile proof of purchase by sliding them toward the pit boss to effectuate the buyout claim.

Before: Scattered among players, modest stacks and personal bets in front of players like Texas and Vanessa.

After: Aggregated into a massive winning total at Data's side and then physically moved toward the pit as evidence of the claimed sale.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Loaded Dice, Legal Title

Casino chips function as the event's currency: Data places a chip on the pass line to open the sequence, wins multiply chips on the table, and the accumulating stacks are the physical evidence Riker slides as payment toward the pit boss to enact the purchase claim.

Before: Distributed among players and on the table; small stacks representing individual bets.

After: Massed into large stacks representing the twelve-plus million total and physically slid toward the pit boss as part of Riker's ownership claim.

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S2E12 · The Royale

The Buyout and the Revolving Door

Complimentary casino chips (and the larger stacks) serve as the concrete currency of the gambit: Data piles and wins them, and Riker slides these very chips toward the pit as physical evidence of purchase, converting play into property transfer.

Before: Held in play on the craps table, stacked as bets by players and casino staff.

After: Consolidated into a dominant pile representing twelve and a half million; physically pushed toward the pit boss as the claim of purchase.

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