AN: Okay, here's the first part. I'll try to update bi-weekly, if i can. My character list is a bit basic, and i'll add/delete characters as i go on, so please bear with me. And so, without further adieu, here is:

TREK WARS: ALLIANCE COMMANDO

Book Two: Shark/Alpha Squad- Resistance at Fort Apache

Dramatis Personae:

Lt. Col. Ed "Boss" Carroll: C.O. of Shark squad, former C.O. of Beta Squad, promoted and reassigned at the end of Operation Dust.

Major Jaina "Saber" Solo: Executive Officer of Shark squad, promoted and transferred from Alpha squad at the end of Operation Dust, Jedi Knight who joined the MACOs so she could eliminate Darth Caedus as a threat to her family and the galaxy as a whole.

Doctor Jocelyn "Bones" McCoy: Medic of Shark squad, Great-Granddaughter of Admiral Leonard McCoy, named after his former wife, followed his example and became a surgeon, albeit a battlefield surgeon. Proficient with most forms of weapons.

Captain Soran: Vulcan Member of Shark squad, a MACO who was also originally part of Beta Squad.

Jerala Serek: Alderaanian member of Shark squad

Major Tom "Gunny" Rogers-Skirata: C.O. of Alpha squad, a weapons expert promoted at the end of Operation Dust, weapons expert, proficient in most forms of H2H combat. A Dominion War Orphan, he was adopted by Mandalorian training Sergeant Fi Skirata.

Captain "Trapper" Sken: Executive Officer of Alpha squad, as well as medic and unofficial "clown," promoted at the end of Operation Dust

Jex Farren: Corellian member of Alpha squad

T'lera: Romulan member of Alpha squad

Essen: Tolarian member of Alpha squad

Commander John York: C.O. of Apache Outpost 05

John Cochise: Member of the Apache resistance, scout and guide for Outpost 05.

Sarah Runningbear: Leader of the Apache resistance, wife of the late Major Runningbear of Alpha squad.

Opening Crawl:

In the midst of an intra-galactic War, the MACOs of Alpha and Beta squad have done well. In fact, two of their members have gone on to become the new leader and executive officer of the re-built Shark squad, the most elite among all Alliance Officers.

They were successful in Operation: Dust, but not without heavy cost. The mighty Hawkeye has fallen, as have Chief, Tex Ridder, and Jon Ton.

Now, immediately after the Operation, what's left of the two squads is on its way to a rendezvous with their new team members, and from there, to a small war torn world known to its natives as Apache…

Prologue

"We can't take much more of this sir!" Commander Syler Johnston said to his Commanding Officer, Captain Mark Styles. Styles was a descendent of the first Captain of the Excelsior, who was famous only as the one who failed to recapture the USS Enterprise after it was stolen by then-Admiral James T. Kirk. Styles was determined to clear his family's name. So far though, he wasn't doing a very good job.

They were at Outpost 01 on the planet Alto Five, which the natives called "Apache" after the Native American tribe they had descended from. The outpost was one of five that had once been located on the planet, built during the Dominion war. Now, though, only two remained, the other three having been wiped out altogether by invading Imperials. Only this and the isolated Outpost Five remained on the planet.

They were currently under siege by over 100 Imperial Stormtroopers, and had been under siege for days. They had only a few dozen officers left, and they were quickly running out of food and ammunition. They were on a desert planet with only a few scattered oases, and though the outpost was near one of these, they were unable to reach it, as the Imperials had already cut it off from them and destroyed the outpost's shuttle. What few officers they still had were worn out, and Styles knew in his heart that they couldn't win. Still, though, he was determined that he be remembered as a hero.

"Keep on fighting, Commander!" Styles ordered, grabbing his dusty rifle. "This outpost stood up to the Cardassians and the Jem'Hadar! We won't be defeated by the measly forces of the Empire!"

He hoisted his rifle to his shoulder, where a bloody patch covered a blaster burn. With the assistance of the Commander, he climbed to the top of the tower on the wall and took aim at an attacking Imperial below. He pulled the trigger, and the red phaser beam found a joint in the Stormtrooper's white armor. The trooper collapsed, but one of his companions took aim at where the shot had come from and returned fire.

Styles saw the shot coming, and tried to dodge it, but was too slow. The blast hit him in the chest. The force of the shot pushed him back, into Johnston's arms.

"Did we…win?" Styles asked weakly, his brain shutting down. "Will they remember me as a hero?"

"Yes sir," Johnston lied, easing his CO's death.

"Good," Styles said as he breathed his last.

Johnston lowered Styles to the floor of the tower, and then looked at the other officers along the wall, still doggedly fighting the enemy. One of them manned a Phaser Turret, the only one in the outpost that was still functioning. It fired a blast at an incoming enemy TIE fighter and hit it, but then it sizzled and died with the next pull of the trigger, out of energy.

With the shield down and no more turrets, they were easy prey for the TIEs and gunships that approached regularly to determine whether or not it was safe to attack.

"Well men, that's it," Johnston said sadly.

Within an hour, several troop carriers landed, escorted by TIE fighters, and the Stormtroopers poured out like ants. A few officers still tried to resist, and were killed for their effort, succeeding only in delaying the inevitable. As for Johnston, he entered the base's secret Communication's Center, untouched by the assault. Unlike the base's regular comm. center which had long since been destroyed, the secret center could send only one final emergency message, which Johnston recorded. He finished the message as five Stormtroopers blasted through the door and leveled their blasters at him.

"Surrender!" the leader barked.

"I surrender," Johnston replied as he surreptitiously pressed a button marked "SEND."

Outpost one had fallen, and now the only hope for the planet lay in the hands of Commander John York of Outpost Five, the remotest and most primitive of the original five outposts. The Outpost that was known to the natives as Fort Apache.

Thanks for reading. As always, i appreciate reviews. And yes, I was strongly inspired by John Ford's Fort Apache starring John Wayne.