Vanessa is a young woman in the Hotel Royale who is steadily losing her money at the tables under the encouragement of the gambler Texas.
Vanessa appears in The Royale. She is one of the characters from the novel Hotel Royale brought to life in the structure on Theta VIII, and like the others she repeats her part of the story without end.
Her plot is a simple one. She has come to the casino with money that is not really hers to lose and is being urged on by Texas, whose advice is consistently bad. Data, watching the play, points out the odds against her.
When Data sets about winning the fortune needed to buy the hotel, he places bets that bring Vanessa along with him, and she ends the night ahead. Riker hands out the remaining winnings to the staff and patrons before the away team walks out through the revolving door.