Work Worth Doing

"Work Worth Doing" is the first DSC short story. Written by Keith R.A. DeCandido, it was published in Star Trek: Explorer, Issue 9 and released in November 2023. The story explored the background of 32nd century Federation President Laira Rillak.

Description

An all-new Star Trek: Discovery short story!

References

Characters

Brya • Flicc • Mareq • Ligg • Lwarafarakna Vill • Pav • Laira Rillak • Tira • T'Rina • Zrelarn • unnamed Tellarites (Ligg's assistant)
Referenced only: Chynskai • Hrak-Nat • Qiladar • Laira Rillak's mother • Laira Rillak's father • Sraklene

Starships and vehicles

Hebitian Pride

Locations

Federation Headquarters
Referenced only: Andor • Alshallah • Betazed • Brikar • Brikar system • Denobula Triaxa IX • Lake Sisko • Ni'Var • Tellar • Toros III •
Trill
• Verubin Nebula

Races and cultures

Bajoran • Cardassian • Denobulan • Ferengi • Human • Lurian • Tellarite • Tholian • Vulcan
Referenced only: Betazoid • Klingon • Prophets

States and organizations

Emerald Chain • Federation • Federation Council • Tholian Assembly • United Earth

Science and classification

computer • hologram • programmable matter • replicator

Occupations and titles

ambassador • ambassador-at-large • captain • cargomaster • councilor • Federation President • governor • president-elect • Prime Minister • vice president

Other references

Bajoran religion • beverage • cabin • cargo bay • century • coffee • decade • dilithium • diplomacy • earring • election • fear • Ferengi Rules of Acquisition (6th rule • 499th rule) • freedom • government • hammock • jacarine • military • mining • minute • raktajino • second • stembolt • tea • telepathy • the Burn • tulaberry wine • wine • year

Appendices

Related media

DSC episode: "Kobayashi Maru" – Laira Rillak is elected Federation President five months after the USS Discovery secured Theta Zeta's dilithium in the Verubin Nebula.

Images

Ambassador-at-large Laira Rillak and Captain Zrelarn.

Connections

Short stories published in magazines
TV21 Weekly	TOS stories	"Gateway to the Future"
Stardate Magazine	TOS stories	"Force of Law" • "The Killax Vendetta" • "Planetfall" • "Coronation Presumptuous" • "Boarding Party" • "Roleplaying in the Final Frontier"
Amazing Stories	TNG stories	"Last Words" • "On the Scent of Trouble" • "Life Itself is Reason Enough" • "Bedside Matters"
Amazing Stories	VOY stories	"When Push Comes to Shove" • "A Night at Sandrine's" • "The Space Vortex of Doom"
Star Trek Magazine	STO stories	"Unexpected Honor" • "Shakedown" • "The Gale, Part 1" • "The Gale, Part 2" • "Mirror Image, Part 1" • "Mirror Image, Part 2" • "Chief, Part 1" • "Chief, Part 2" • "Of Chaos and Kal-toh, Part 1" • "Of Chaos and Kal-toh, Part 2" • "Dove" • "Backchannel Negotiations" • "There's No Place Like..." • "Locks Without Keys, Part 1" • "Locks Without Keys, Part 2" • "Hope Remains" • "After the Storm" • "Recruitment Drive" • "Time of the Scotsman" • "An Honorable Frontier"
Star Trek: Explorer	stories	"All That Most Maddens and Torments" • "Q and False" • "A Night In" • "The Offer" • "Seven ﹥ Seven" • "Quality of Life" • "Retribution" • "Broken Oaths" • "The Way to Exile" • "Kill Captain Proton!" • "Cumulative Damage" • "Explorers of the Storm" • "Prey" • "Growing Pains" • "Pulaski 2.0" • "The Disavowed" • "By Special Request" • "Paghabi" • "The Expert" • "The Guardian" • "The Mission" • "Things Can Only Get Better" • "Frontier Medicine" • "Control" • "The Victim" • "Scramble" • "You Can't Buy Fate" • "Summer Days Can Last Forever" • "The Kellidian Kidnapping" • "Lost and Founder" • "A Year to the Day I Saw Myself Die" • "See and Seen" • "Work Worth Doing" • "The Trouble with Jones" • "Sundering" • "Academy Acquisition" • "Jack of Diamonds" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "Forewarned and Three-Armed" • "Working Miracles" • "Confirmation Bias" • "Dignified Transfer" • "Attempted Break-in" • "Cat and Mouse" • "Housewarming" • "The Sirius Snarl" • "Memoriam" • "The Simulation" • "Chekov's Challenge" • "The Snake and the Worm" • "Freeblade" • "The Needs of the Many"

Timeline

published order
Previous story: See and Seen	Short stories Star Trek Explorer	Next story: The Trouble with Jones
Previous story: The Kellidian Kidnapping	Stories by: Keith R.A. DeCandido	Next story: latest story