Object

Richey's Suite Drapes

Heavy hotel drapes that hang across the single window in the Royale's Richey suite. The fabric sits thick and deliberately theatrical, blocking the exterior view until physically drawn aside; when Worf yanks them open they reveal a garish neon cowgirl sign and the sterile artifice beyond. Characters use the drapes as a physical concealment — they obscure the preserved corpse and the outside display, then become the mechanism of revelation as the team uncovers the mummified remains and the embroidered spacesuit.

3 appearances

Purpose

To cover and conceal the suite's window and exterior display; serve as set dressing and a practical revealing device when drawn aside.

Significance

The drapes function as the scene's pivot: their removal converts eerie curiosity into moral evidence. By hiding and then exposing the neon cowgirl and the preserved body, they escalate the away team's discovery from oddity to urgent proof that real people were preserved and abandoned, heightening stakes and emotional impact.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E12 · The Royale

Window Dressing for a Dead Man

The heavy drapes are violently pulled aside by Worf to expose the neon skyline illusion; they function as a theatrical veil hiding the artificial exterior and, when opened, convert the interior tableau into a scene framed by garish spectacle.

Before: Drawn closed across the suite window, concealing the fabricated exterior and maintaining the room's intimate artificiality.

After: Yanked open and hanging back, revealing the blinding neon signage beyond and altering the visual frame of the discovery.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Window Dressing for a Dead Man

The heavy drapes function as concealment; Worf grabs and yanks them aside, transforming a passive set piece into an active reveal that exposes the neon cowgirl and the constructed exterior illusion behind the suite window.

Before: Drawn closed over the window, hiding the exterior display and preserving the room's staged atmosphere.

After: Pulled open and bunched aside, allowing the neon exterior illusion to flood the room and altering the team's perception of the suite's artifice.

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S2E12 · The Royale

Naming the Dead — Picard on the Comms

The heavy drapes are physically yanked aside by Worf, revealing the blinding neon cowgirl sign and exposing the illusionary exterior. The drapes function as concealment that, when removed, converts ambiguity into a startling visual clue about the hotel's fabricated surroundings.

Before: Drawn closed across the suite's single window, concealing the outside view and preserving the suite's theatrical intimacy.

After: Pulled open; the neon glow spills into the room and the artificial Las Vegas facade is revealed to the team.

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