Object

Poker Table (Data's Quarters)

A compact social card table anchored in Data's private quarters: a modest, waist‑high surface cleared for seven‑card stud that corrals playing cards, neat stacks of chips, and a modest communal pot. Players rest forearms on its edge, slide bets across its plane, and pass the deal to Data; Worf's cold raise snaps the table's easy rhythm into taut focus. The table's small footprint concentrates conversation and bluffing, then fractures physically and narratively when the Class Eleven emergency forces cards to be dumped and players to sprint away.

3 appearances

Purpose

Serve as the playing surface for the crew's recurring poker game—holding cards, chip stacks, and the communal pot while structuring betting, dealing, and social interaction.

Significance

Acts as the focal stage for character dynamics and tonal shift: Worf's disciplined, emotionless raises crystallize his temperament at the table; casual camaraderie hardens into power play; the table's abrupt abandonment by the emergency call converts domestic ritual into urgent operational stakes and foreshadows Worf's uncompromising role in the crisis.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E20 · The Emissary

Worf's Cold Raise — Quiet Assertion at the Table

The small poker table stages the intimate social ritual: it corrals cards, chips, and bodies into a focused circle where banter and power dynamics play out; the table is abandoned as the emergency call forces the players to leave abruptly.

Before: Cleared for seven‑card stud with chips, cards, and players around it.

After: Left in disarray with cards and chips briefly abandoned as players rush out to duty.

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S2E20 · The Emissary

Poker Night Interrupted — From Raise to Red Alert

The poker table acts as the physical stage for social dynamics: cards, chips, and banter are concentrated here. It focuses intimacy, delineates personal space, and then becomes the abandoned locus of interrupted leisure when the team rushes to duty.

Before: Cleared and organized for seven‑card stud with cards, chips, and a central pot arranged for play.

After: Left with scattered cards and remaining chips as players leap up and exit; the table remains a paused domestic tableau.

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S2E20 · The Emissary

Worf's Fifty — Klingons Never Bluff

The poker table acts as the spatial and social focus: cards, chips, and banter orbit its surface; it channels intimacy and ritual, then becomes the physical locus where cards are tossed and players rise when the emergency call arrives.

Before: Set for seven‑card stud: cards, neatly stacked chips, and a central pot arranged for play.

After: Scattered with thrown hands and abandoned game paraphernalia as the players stand and depart for the bridge.

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