The Children of Kings is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Dave Stern published by Pocket Books in 2010. The novel features the Orion Syndicate and the USS Enterprise crew under Captain Christopher Pike.
Description[]
- A distress call goes out from a Federation outpost near the Klingon border. The USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, responds. Starbase 18 lies in ruin. There are no survivors. And there is no clue as to who is responsible for the attack, until Captain Pike's brilliant science officer discovers a means of retrieving parts of the station's log. Lieutenant Spock has detected signs of a unique energy signature, one that he believes is Klingon. There are unsubstantiated reports that the Klingon Empire has made a technological leap forward and created a cloaking device—code-named Black Snow Seven—that can shield their ships from even the most advanced sensors. The destruction of the base and the unique energy signature that remains prove that the Empire has succeeded.
- For generations the Orions have been known as pirates, operating at the margins, outside of legal conventions. A proud and powerful race, the Orions were once a major force in the sector, and they have been using the tension between the Klingon Empire and the Federation to rebuild their power. Captain Pike is charged with trying to foster cooperation between the Orions and the Federation. A distress call from an Orion vessel offers him the perfect opportunity. But the Orion ship lies in disputed space long claimed by the Klingon Empire, and crossing it could be the spark that sets off an interstellar war.
Summary[]
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References[]
Characters[]
- Philip Boyce • Cadan • Cauley • Christine Chapel • Kax Chelubi • Collins • J. Mia Colt • Connall • Andreas Corzine • Debausset • Deleen • Druzen • Finch • Garrison • Gorlea • Gozen • Greekang • Gurgis • Amoreena Hardin • Michaela Harrari • Rafael Higueras • Hoto • Kritos • Roger Korby • K'Zon • Liyan • McLaughlin • Mears • Melliver • M'Lor • Nee'An • Neema • Kimitake Noguchi • Number One • Petri • Christopher Pike • Glenn Pitcairn • Radovitch • Ross • Smith • Spock • Staton • T'Koss • Benjamin Tuval • José Tyler • Vaya • Carl Vayentes • Videl • Dmitri Vlasidovich • Jaya Wandruska • Yang • Zandar • Starbase 18 personnel
- Referenced only
- Adai • Robert April • Argost • Banquo • Bennett • Boren • Carpenter • Richard Daystrom • Devil • God • Heythum • Hudek • Janoth • Kahless • K'rgon • Kronos • Leighton • Madragas • Ferdinand Magellan • Macbeth • Marriyan • Munya • Tomas Nieldstrom • Patrice Njomo • Nolan • Mark Piper • Pranang • Reilly • Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer • Sarek • Solkar • Loman Stocker • Surak • Conn Tambor • Ugaro
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise • Galileo • Gozen's shuttle • IKS Hexar • Hostil • Karkon's Wing • Ligara • Magellan • Osler • qIj ped
- Referenced only
- bike • USS Excalibur • USS Hood • USS Katyn • USS Lexington • USS Olympus • USS Orpheus • USS Potemkin • tank • IKS Torg
- Ship classifications
- battle cruiser • cargo freighter • cargo transport • cargo vessel • civilian transport • Constitution-class • courier • heavy cruiser • Imperial sentry ship • K'ud fighter • light cruiser • Marauder-class • NX-class • Orion fighter • privateer • research vessel • shuttlecraft • Warbird-class • warship
Locations[]
- 55 Hamilton • Adelson cloud • Argelius • Borderland • Building 8 • the galaxy • Hamilton system • Mobile 7
- Referenced only
- Alpha Centauri • Alpha Quadrant • Andoria • Bozeman • British Isles • Ceros IV • Denari line • Dourami • Earth • Gandor • Gorengar • Hell • Illyria • Illyrian colonies • Kados V • Kitulba • Kronos • Malboundian • Musan system • Narendra • Nova Vestroia • Optho III • Pelar • Phalanx • Rhinos V • Russia • Salazar V • San Francisco • Sector Levy Six • Shi'Kahr • Stannos IV • Starbase 18 • Starfleet Headquarters • Tenth sector • Utopia Planetia yards • Vulcan • Zai Romeen
Shipboard locations[]
- airlock • bathroom • bridge (aux control, auxiliary science station, command chair, communications console, helm console, records station, science station, weapons console) • briefing room • brig • bulkhead • cargo bay • command center • corridor • docking bay • engineering • hull • medical wing • mess • observation bay • observation deck • primary hull • quarters (Number One's, Pitcairn's) • saucer section • sciences • shuttlebay 2 • sickbay • torpedo control • transporter room • Treatment Room C • turbolift • VIP suite
Races and cultures[]
- Argelian • Human (Asian • Australian • British) • Illyrian • Klingon • Orion • Tellarite • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Airee • Andorian • Dohelee • Dorelian • Dourami • Dunbarri • Ferengi • Huni • Romulan • T'landra
States and organizations[]
- Caju • Codruta • Emperor's Council • Federation Council • Ferengi Commerce Authority • Great Houses of the Empire • Hazard Mining Confederacy • Illyrian Cultural Academy • Klingon Empire • Klingon High Command • Orion Syndicate • Second Empire • Singhino • Starfleet • Starfleet Academy • Starfleet Archives • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Intelligence • Starfleet Security • Trade Confederacy • United Federation of Planets • Vulcan Diplomatic Service • Vulcan High Command • Vulcan Science Academy
Science and classification[]
- accelerated metabolism • access panel • anatomy • asteroid • carbon-dating test • chemistry • communications • energy • galaxy • Golding simulation • hydroponic garden • laboratory • lifeform • logic • matter • medicine • meteor • moon • observatory • planet • quadrant • space • star • star system • symbiosis • targeting matrix • taxonomy • technology • telepathy • terraforming • time • universe • ventilation duct • viewport • warp factor • weapon • xenobiology • alien • alveoli • amino acid • amplifier • analysis screen • animal • artificial gravity field • artificial intelligence • atmosphere • atom • automated backup • autopilot • bandage • bath tub • battlefield medicine • beacon • biolocator • biological warfare • biology • "Black Snow Seven" • blaster • blood • blood cell • body cast • bone • brain • bronchial shunt • bronchioles • cable • camera • cauterizing • Celsius • centimeter • centrifuge • chemanalyzer console • chemical • chronometer • circulatory system • clavicle • cloaking device • clock • comm panel • communications system • communicator • computer • computer terminal • control lever • control panel • cross-breeding • data bank • data buffer • data card • data node • database • deck plate • defense system • dementia • Dezzla's syndrome • diagnostic bed • diagnostic console • dimension • display indicator • DNA • drug • Echo 119 • electricity • electromagnetic radiation • energy • energy curtain • engine • environmental systems • exhaust vent • feather • feedback circuit • fever reducer • first-aid kit • flimsy • force field • fuel pack • fuselage • galactic plane • galaxy • gamina • gamina-B • gamina serum • generator • genetic code • genome • geometry • germ • gold • grappler • gravitational field • gravity • gun • hair • hammer • heart • heart attack • helix • holding buffer • holograph • holographic projector • hormone • hour • humanoid • hypospray • ice • image projector • impulse flight • inch • input module • instrument console • jamming signal • jewel • keypad • kilometer • klick • LeKarz sequencer • life support • lift • light-year • liquid • locator • lock plate • long-range sensor • lung • magnetic field • magnet • mainframe • materializer • math • matter • medical database • medicine • medikit • memory bank • message packet • meter • microcapillary • micrograppler • minute • mirror • modified communicator • molecule • monitor • muscle • mutation • nanosecond • nanoweber • navigation subprocessor • nebula • neural transmitter • neuro-muscular system • nutrient • oil • orbit • Orion energy blaster • oxygen • ozone • pain receptor • parsec • particle • pathogen • phase cascade reaction • phaser • pheromone • pheromone-suppressant drug • plant • polymer • power converter • power generator • power grid • power line • power shunt • probe • processing module • processor • projector • propulsion system • prosthetic implant • protein • prototype • provoline • radiation shield • radioactive • rainbow • REC • REC-two • recorder lens • recycling system • regen chamber • regen gel • regen therapy • restraining bolt • scanner • second • seed • sensor • sensor array • sensor probe • serum • sex gland • shields • shower • sidearm • skin • skull • solid • sonic shower • space • spacedock • spaceship • speaker • spine • stabilization unit • star • starbase • starship • star system • stasis cube • status monitor • stereoisomer • stimulant • storage buffer • storage frame • storage module • sublight • subspace • subspace amplifier • surveillance circuit
Communications[]
- base log • blueprint • book • coded burst transmission • construction log • control code • data burst • distress signal • encryption protocol • English language • image-enhancement program • Klingon language • language • Macbeth • maintenance log • mission log • music • mythology • Odyssey • Orion language • personal log • photograph • postage-stamp • progress report • snapshot • Solkar archives • song • station log • transcript • transport manifest • Treaty of Gorengar • Vulcan language
Lifeforms[]
- bug • chicken • cotton • Denobulan bloodworm • dog • gagh • guinea pig • hawk • Klingon bug • humanoid • lab rat • lapdog • rat • targ • virus
Materials and substances[]
- acid • albumin • alcohol • alloy • atmosphere • blood • canvas • cotton • diamond • drink • duranite • duranium • food • gas • kreelite ore • leather • love potion • magnesium • makeup • metal • mineral • mothball • paint • plastic • plastic wrapper • plastiform • serum • snowball • steel • testosterone • transparent aluminum • vinyl • water
Food and drink[]
- alcohol • bread • chicken • coffee • field ration • firewine • gagh • soup • steak • syrup • tea • vodka
Measurement[]
Medicine[]
- disease • medical gown • serum • tendon • testosterone • triage center • transfusion • universal-blood-donor packet • vaccine • vein • virus
Technology and weapons[]
- Alpha class power core • dagger • evac suit • headpiece • helmet • knife • ladder • rope • spacecraft • starship • thermal glove • thermos • tool • sword • torpedo • tractor beam • transporter • tricorder • universal translator • viewscreen • warp drive • water pump • weapons battery
Ranks and titles[]
- admiral • ambassador • assistant health minister • bartender • battlefield med assistant • beggar • biologist • boy scout • captain • Chancellor of the High Council of the Klingon Empire • chef • chemist • chief • chief engineer • chief minister • commander • commanding officer • commodore • communications officer • communications specialist • courtesan • crewman • custodian • dancer • doctor • emperor • engineer • ensign • first officer • general • geneticist • helmsman • historian • Imperial sentry • interpreter • junior engineering officer • king • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medical chief • merchant • musician • non-flag officer • nurse • officer • physician • pilot • pirate • politician • priestess • prime warlord • psychologist • rebel • science officer • scientist • second-in-command • security chief • security guard • security officer • senior archivist • senior officer • slave • soldier • specialist • spy • tactical officer • tactician • tallith • teacher • technician • temporary field promotion • trader • warlord • warrior • weapons officer • yeoman
Other references[]
- alpha shift • amputation • annahk • Awakening • backpack • ballpark • banquet • Battle of Akana • Battle of Kenj-a-kenj • bear hug • bell • belt • Black Snow • boot • brick • buffet • Butcher of Pelar • C shift • cargo container • chime • circlet • city • cloak • clothing • cocktail • coin • colony • continent • cooties • court martial • coverall • credit • crown • currency • cushion • Daystrom protocol • declaration of war • democracy • dictatorship • distillery • Doerge • Double V • dress • dress uniform • dumbbell • "Earther" • emotion • envelope • erapod • euthanize • exchange program • fabric • farm • first contact • five-year mission • flag • flight tower • Fountain of youth • gangbuster • genocide • glass • glove • government • graduation • gramma • grave • The Great War • hail • handshake • headband • hijacking • Hippocratic Oath • history • homeworld • horseshoe • hull breach • immortality • Imperial armor • insignia • jacket • jogging • jumpsuit • kingdom come • klaxon • kronner • lab coat • landing party • level A5 certification • level A6 certification • level A7 certification • level A8 certification • level five certification • lime • magic • map • marriage • mask • meditation • memorial • military • military uniform • mining • model • money • museum • nation-state • nervous Nellie • outpost • parka • personnel transfer • petaQ • piano • pillow • pin • pipe • piracy • planet destroyer • plaque • poetry • ponytail • porthole • Project Kronos • puppet • races and cultures • rank • readiness profile • red alert • redshirt • resignation • robe • school • science • sector map • self destruct • shoe • space walk • Starfleet protocol • Starfleet uniform • storage locker • superhuman • supply route • tablecloth • tadeesh • tariff • tarp • terrorism • title • toast • towel • toy • trousers • tunic • twig • uniform • United Federation of Planets charter • vial • video • winter • world killer • xenophobia • yellow alert • zeph
Chronology[]
- 2176
- Liyan discovers a small craft from the age of the Second Empire in orbit of planet Zai Romeen. Aboard is a powerful image projector and a serum which extends life.
- 2227
- Doctor Philip Boyce arrives on Argelius in order to assist in a research project to restore life to a radioactive wasteland. Over the next seven years, Boyce decodes the genomes and animal and plant DNA and brings the continent to life. By the end of his time on Argelius, several settlements have been established on the newly fertile land.
- 2228
- Hoto is born.
- 2230
- Three years into his mission on Argelius, Boyce encounters a young Argelian girl named Jaya. He quickly adopts the girl.
- 2234
- Boyce leaves Argelius.
- 2240
- Number One graduates first in her class at the Illyrian Cultural Academy.
- 2251
- Commander Christopher Pike fights the Klingons at Gorengar. Two weeks later, Pike offered up his resignation from Starfleet. Two weeks later, Pike is called in to speak to Admiral Noguchi and offered command of the USS Enterprise, on a five-year mission of exploration.
- Three months into the five-year mission, the Enterprise, under Pike's command, responds to a distress call from Starbase 18.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
Background[]
Early solicitation cover featuring the original working title.
- When the book was first announced it was titled To Thine Own Self. The Simon & Schuster Spring 2010 catalogue used this earlier title along with preliminary cover art, featuring two Orion slave girls, in addition to Pike and Spock, who remain on the final cover.
Images[]
Connections[]
| chronological order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous adventure: Cadet Kirk |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Republic (chapters 5-20) |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2251. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Burning Dreams (chapters 4 & 5) |
2230 | Next adventure: The Final Frontier (chapter 14) |
| Previous adventure: Final Frontier "Hope and a Common Future" |
2251 | Next Pocket adventure: Cadet Kirk Next MB adventure: Flesh of My Flesh (Flashback) |
Production history[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Unspoken Truth |
TOS novels | Next novel: The Rings of Time |
| Previous story: Nobunaga |
Stories by: Dave Stern |
Next story: most recent Star Trek story |
- 2010, May, first published in mass market paperback by Pocket Books.
External link[]
- The Children of Kings article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.