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I may be running a list that could take advantage of this so I was just curious before I tried pulling any shenanigans at a RTT to test it out

It appears to be legal, as there is nothing restricting the RC members to being attached to units from their detachments (nee army).

I don't think it is intended, however, I have no proof of that.

it is not legal to split the royal court to different detachments.

from the main rulebook under " Army List Entries That Do Not Use Force Organization Slots"

If the Army List Entry states that it can be included in an army that includes another specified unit, and that it does not take up a Force Organisation slot, it must join the same Detachment as that specified unit.

You can include a Royal court if you include an overlord. It therefore is a slotless entry that requires the overlord to be included in your army. As such it must be in the same detachment as the specified unit that allows you to take it.

blaktoof, all that is saying is that the Royal Court has to part of the same Detachment.

However, there is nothing restricting the individual models from joining units in other detachments.

uhhh....

Yes there is. Once a member of the RC is joined to a unit from its detachment it cannot leave it for any reason.

Even if split off from the RC the model is still bought from that detachment from the unlock of the necron overlord, so it has to join that detachment.

It states it must "join" the detachment, not join a unit within the detachment. I.e. The Rc cannot be part of another detachments roster, but nothing states the models from the unit csnnot be attached to units within another detachment. You're reading more into the rules than actually exists

maybe I am.

I am assuming that join detachment means it has to be joined to a squad in the detachment, but not all slotless force org items can be joined to an unit as some are themselves units like tyrant guard.

I do agree that there is nothing that specifically says they can not be attached to units within another detachment after further thinking on it.

The item that then gets weird is the slot less rules specify that they are still part of their detachment, so they would get the command benefits of their detachment and not that of a unit they join from another detachment which is specified under the slotless units section in choosing your army. This is pretty moot for necrons currently, but does affect orks as and gets into a deep gray area when you consider the wording "count as part of their unit for all purposes". Maybe unit bonuses =/= detachment bonuses.

edit-- nm ork meks state that they have to be assigned to a unit in their detachment.

necrons will probably get the same ruling in a faq or next codex, but currently its not there.