The Royale story
Riker, Worf, and Data investigate a structure on the surface of an icy gas giant, which appears to be a hotel from 20th century Earth.
13 total · 2 choice · 3 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien point of view | choice | Casino Royale Makers :: the aliens had though the book was reality |
| what if I was trapped in a work of fiction | choice | The landing party found themselves trapped in a mysterious hotel that turned out to be an alien simulation based on a 21st century pulp novel. |
| facing life in captivity | major | Riker, Data, Worf :: Riker, Data, Worf |
| human vs. captivity | major | Riker, Data, Worf :: landing party vs. captivity in hotel |
| the need for freedom | major | you can't live a very fulfilling life locked in a hotel |
| boredom | minor | Picard was bored senseless by that horrible novel. An astronaut was bored to death in that horrible story. |
| dumb blonde stereotype | minor | Vanessa :: the blond at the poker table |
| Fermat's Last Theorem | minor | Picard tried to prove this theorem in his ready room. |
| future point of view | minor | they found an old astronaut |
| generosity | minor | aliens toward astronaut |