A Good Day to Die is the first Star Trek: IKS Gorkon novel by Keith R.A. DeCandido, published by Pocket Books in 2003. It centers around the Gorkon's encounter with the Children of San-Tarah.
Publisher's description[]
From the back cover
- Beginning an all-new series of Klingon adventures!
- These are the voyages of the Klingon Defense Force vessel IKS Gorkon, part of the mighty new Chancellor-class. Its mission: to explore strange new worlds... to seek out new life and new civilizations...
- ...and to conquer them for the greater glory of the Klingon Empire!
- Newly inducted into the prestigious Order of the Bat'leth, Captain Klag, son of M'Raq, leads the crew of the Gorkon into the unexplored Kavrot sector to find new planets on which to plant the Klingon flag. There, they discover the Children of San-Tarah, a species with a warrior culture that rivals—and perhaps exceeds—the Klingons' own, living on a planet that would be a great addition to the Empire. Klag could call in General Talak's fleet to bring the world under the Klingons' heel—but the San-Tarah offer Klag a challenge he cannot refuse. The Gorkon crew and the San-Tarah will engage in several martial contests. If the Klingons lose, they will go and never trouble the planet again—but if they are victorious, the San-Tarah will cede themselves to the Empire, and Klag will have singlehandedly conquered an entire world!
- The first tale in a glorious adventure that will be remembered in song and story throughout the Empire!
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
IKS Gorkon personnel[]
- B'Oraq • Davok • G'joth • Goran • Grint • K'Nir • Kal • Klag • Karis • Kornan • Koxx • Krevor • Kurak • Leknerf • Leskit • Lokor • Maris • Moken • Morketh • Morr • Rodek • Toq • Trant • Vok • Wol (aka Eral, daughter of B'Etakk)
- Referenced only
- Avok • B'Elath • B'Yrak • Gaj • H'Na • Klorga • Tereth • Vall • Vralk
Klingons[]
- B'Edra • Dorrek • Grakal • Hevna • Martok • Talak • Wirrk • Worf
- Referenced only
- B'Etakk • Ch'gran • Ch'lan • Drex • Duras • Eral • Gowron • K'mpec • K'Ton • Kahless, son of Kahless • Kahless the Unforgettable • Kalpok • Kargan • Kerr • Kinaan the Foul • Kor • Koradan • Kovikh • Krantor • Kull • Larra • Lorgh • Lukara • M'Raq • Makros • Molar • Noggra
Children of San-Tarah[]
Other characters[]
- Referenced only
- Corat Damar • James T. Kirk • Malkus the Mighty • Martok • Jean-Luc Picard • William Shakespeare • Spock • Tokath
Starships and vehicles[]
- IKS Akua (Vor'cha-class) • IKS Gorkon (Qang-class) • IKS K'mpec (Qang-class) • K'vort-class • Karas-class • IKS Mekbel • SeylIng SIp
- Referenced only
- IKS Azrak • IKS B'Moth • Barge of the Dead • USS Defiant (Defiant-class) • USS Defiant (II) (Defiant-class) • IKS Ki'tang • IKS Kravokh • IKS Lallek • Negh'Var-class • IKS Ning'tao • IKS Nipak • IKS Pagh • Romulan supply ship • IKS Rotarran • shuttle • IKS Taj
Locations[]
- Brenlek • Kavrot sector • San-Tarah (Great Sea • Prime Village) • Ty'Gokor (Great Hall • Hall of Warriors)
- Referenced only
- Ajilon Prime • Allicar sector • Avenal VII • Bajor • Bajoran wormhole • Beta Quadrant • Boreth • Cardassia • Carraya IV • Carraya sector • Chin'toka system • Delta Triangle • Earth (Hudson River) • Gamma Quadrant • Gre'thor • HuDyuQ • Khitomer • Klach D'Kel Brakt • Korma Pass • Marcan V • Mempa IX • Narendra III • Nramia • Organia • Orias • Quinor • Qo'noS (Ketha Lowlands • Kri'stak volcano • Old Quarter, First City • Qam-Chee • River of Tolnat) • Raknal V • Rura Penthe • shipyard • Sto-Vo-Kor • taD
Races and cultures[]
- Children of San-Tarah • Klingon • Pheben
- Referenced only
- Al'Hmatti • Borg • Breen • Cardassian • Changeling • Human • Hur'q • Jem'Hadar • Kreel • Organian • Romulan • Son'a • Vorta • Vulcan
States and organizations[]
- 1st Squad • 2nd Squad • 4th Squad • 6th Squad • 7th Squad • 15th Squad • 20th Squad • 21st Squad • 60th Squad • House of K'Tal • House of Kazag • House of Lorgh • House of Palkar • Imperial Intelligence • Klingon Defense Force • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Council • Order of the Bat'leth • Ruling Pack • United Federation of Planets
- Referenced only
- 3rd Squad • 5th Squad • 8th Squad • 9th Squad • 10th Squad • 275th Squad • 300th Squad • Breen Confederacy • Dominion • Founders • House of Duras • House of Jakvi • House of Varnak • Knights Templar • Romulan Star Empire • Romulan Star Empire • Science Institute on Mempa V • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Medical Academy
Ranks and titles[]
- administrator • advocate • Arbiter of Succession • bekk • captain • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chief engineer • chief medical officer • chief of staff • commander • composer • Dahar Master • doctor • engineer • ensign • Federation Ambassador to the Klingon Empire • fight leader • first officer • general • governor • guard • gunner • hunter • jeghpu'wI' • leader • lieutenant • messenger • nurse • pack master • physician • pilot • playwright • prisoner • psychologist • QaS DevwI' • qownSlor • quartermaster • runner • second officer • security chief • sorcerer • transporter operator • warrior
Science and technology[]
- antimatter injector • apogee • atmosphere • binary star • biobed • blood • brain • camera • cloaking device • communications • communications relay • communicator • data spike • dehydration • dilithium • electromagnetism • eye • farming • gangrene • hand scanner • holodeck • impulse drive • infection • intraship • kellinite • koltanium • memory • memory therapy • navigational shield • padd • qelIqam • quasar • replicator • sensor • stabilizer • stomach • structural integrity field • subspace anomaly • subspace eddy • telepathy • tentacle • transporter • turbolift • universal translator • uridium • warp field • warp speed • waste extraction • zenith
Weapons[]
- bat'leth • d'k tahg • disruptor • gIntaq • Klingon disruptor pistol • mek'leth • quantum torpedo • qutluch • subspace weapon • sword • tal-lyn • tik'leth
Other references[]
- 2369 • 2372 • 2375 • adanji • Age of Ascension • amphitheater • anlok • armory • artifact • barrel • base camp • bat'leth • battle drill • The Battle of Gal-Mok • Battle of Klach D'Kel Bracht • Battle of Marcan • Battle of Mempa IX • Battle of Nramia • Battle of Quinor • belt • binoculars • bloodwine • bokrat liver • bunk • The Campaign at Kol'Vat • Capture the Flag • cassock • cave • chech'tluth • chera-mak • cloaking control • command chair • coup d'etat • dais • defend the trough • discommendation • Dominion War • drum • duel • duffle • duty shift • el-mar • English language • feast • fire • First Battle of Chin'toka • gagh • glob fly • grapok sauce • Great Hunt • grishnar • habnagh • heart of targ • horn • hunting • hut • icicle • jatyIn • K'reetka vintner • Khitomer Massacre • kitchen • Klingon Civil War • Klingon opera • lamp • Mahk Jchi • Mauk-to'Vor • medical degree • mess hall • mevak • mok'bara • mountain • mug • novel • pipius claw • plank • poem • pouch • pre-industrial civilization • prison camp • Qi'yaH • Qu'vatlh • R'uustai • raktajino • ramjep • rebellion • River of Blood • rock • rokeg blood pie san-chera • san-goral • san-reak • san-rellik • Second Battle of Chin'toka • So'HIp • song • splint • The Starfleet Survival Guide • Sword of Kahless • taknar gizzard • technical journal • toDsaH • tree • valley • water • water bottle • wood • zilm'kach
Appendices[]
Related stories[]
| Star Trek: Klingon Empire stories | |
|---|---|
| Novels | A Good Day to Die • Honor Bound • Enemy Territory • A Burning House |
| Short stories | "A Song Well Sung" • "loDnI'pu' vavpu' je" • "Family Matters" |
| Preceding stories | Diplomatic Implausibility • "The Final Artifact" |
Timeline[]
This novel runs from July to October of 2376 and begins six months after the final DS9 episode: "What You Leave Behind".
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: First in series |
Klingon Empire novels | Next novel: Honor Bound |
| Previous novel: The Art of the Impossible |
Novels by: Keith R.A. DeCandido |
Next novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Twilight Part Two |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Twilight Parts Three and Four |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2376. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: Cathedral |
2376 Chapters 5-13 |
Next Adventure: Rising Son Chapters 11-14 |
External link[]
- A Good Day to Die article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.