Alexander Pierce was born on Vulcan in 2290 to Richard A. Pierce,
a human, and Sa'lanna, a Vulcan high priestess. His early years
were spent with his father, a Federation diplomat, traveling to different
worlds. During these journeys, Alexander Pierce became friends
with a young Gorn, Hin'ticoth, who would one day become
the political leader of the Gorn race.
At the age of eight, Pierce returned to Vulcan and soon after
entered the Kolinahr at the
request of his mother. Pierce became friends with Tuvok,
another young Vulcan attempting to achieve Kolinahr, but
Tuvok was forced to leave in 2304 when
he entered Pon Farr. After Tuvok left , pierce
became obsessed with controlling the Pon Farr . to achieve this,
he turned to the ancient, forbidden secrets of the Mind Lords, a
group of Vulcans in their violent past who possessed vast mental
abilities far beyond those the Vulcans of the twenty-fourth
century. Pierce studied in secret, learning the secrets of
the Vulcan Mind Lords. However, Pierce's forbidden studies
were revealed and during an investigation into his activities, two high
priests and an acolyte were killed. After taking full responsibility
for the three deaths, Alexander Pierce became the third
person in Vulcan history to be exiled from that planet.
Pierce traveled to earth in 2312 and soon after entered
Starfleet Academy. He graduated
three years later, a full year early. Pierce's first
assignment was to the U.S.S. Griffin,
an excelsior class starship under the commander of captain
Donald Pomerantz. Pierce
served as junior science officer but was soon moved to Tactical when
he displayed a natural ability to out think opponents during several
skirmishes with Orion pirates. Two years later Pierce was promoted
to lieutenant when under fire and all other senior officers
were dead or unconscious, Pierce saved the Griffin
from destruction by taking the ship into an asteroid
field and eventually defeated their attackers.
Soon after, at the request of Captain Pomerantz,
Pierce began writing several papers detailing
his ideas concerning combat tactics which eventually became the basis
from which Starfleet developed its advanced tactical
training program. In 2322, Lieutenant Commander Pierce returned
to Earth and Starfleet Academy to teach advanced tactics.
While on earth, Pierce met a young Vulcan named Selyn. After a short
time, the two married and had a daughter, Sa'lanna. A
year after their daughter was born, it was
revealed that Pierce's wife was actually a
Romulan spy, sent to earth to infiltrate Starfleet
Academy and serve as a long term operative
from within the Starfleet. In a dramatic
phaser exchange on the grounds of Starfleet Academy,
Selyn escaped and presumably returned to the Romulan Empire. Pierce never
saw her again. At Pierce's request, the infant Sa'lanna was taken to Vulcan
and raised by his parents until 2342 when she followed in her father's
footsteps and joined Starfleet Academy.
Pierce left Starfleet Academy in 2331 and was assigned to the U.S.S.
Livingston, an
excelsior class starship, as its executive officer. Less
than two years later, Pierce was
forced to take command of the Livingston after the captain
was killed during an Orion
sneak attack near the Cestus system. During the attack,
the Livingston saved several
Gorn ships transporting colonists. In
a joint military operation led by Pierce, several key Orion
smuggling operations were destroyed, effectively halting the Orion threat.
Shortly afterward, Cestus III was colonized by the Federation and a peace
treaty with the Gorn Alliance was signed. Pierce was promoted to
captain and given command of the Livingston but was also censured
by the Federation council for his violation of Orion space.
Under the command of Alexander Pierce, the U.S.S. Livingston proved
herself a ship of
exploration as well, charting new planets and establishing first contact
with several new
civilizations.
In 2351 the Cardassian wars began. Pierce
and the Livingston fought the Cardassians
on several occasions along with Benjamin Maxwell, captain of
the U.S.S. Rutledge, and
Captain Edward Jellico of the U.S.S. Cairo. In 2355, the
U.S.S. Livingston successfully
defended the U.S.S. Stargazer under the command of Jean-Luc Picard
as it fled from a
Cardassian warship. It was during this time that a new group
of young ensigns were
assigned to the Livingston, among them were
Mackenzie Calhoun, Benjamin Sisko,
Daniel Shetley, Gary Quick, Kevin Powell, Randy Planty,
and Ambassador Curzon Dax.
Sisko served aboard the Livingston until 2357 when he was transferred
to the U.S.S.
Okinawa under the command of Robert Layton.
Soon after, Curzon Dax returned to Trill. Pierce and the Livingston
continued to battle the Cardassians until 2264 when the
Livingston was severely damaged during battle with five Cardassian
warships near the
Bajor system.
Pierce returned to earth in 2365 and
was assigned to Starfleet Tactical under the
command
of Admiral J. P. Hanson. Pierce was promoted to admiral in
2367 and
placed in charge of Starfleet Tactical after Hanson's
death at the battle of Wolf 359.
Pierce oversaw the development of new weapons
systems and starship classes,
including the quantum torpedo, pulse phaser cannon and
the sovereign class starship.
In 2372, after being promoted to rear admiral, Pierce took a leave
of absence and seemed to disappear for nearly a year. When Pierce returned
in 2373, his physical appearance
had chanced. Instead of a man in his eighties,
Pierce now looked fifty years younger.
Only through extensive medical examination was his identity confirmed.
Pierce returned
to Starfleet and after a bitter
power struggle from within Starfleet Command, placed
in charge of the Andromeda Class Development Project, ahead of
Rear Admiral Edward Jellico.
In 2374, after the disappearance of the U.S.S. Andromeda
on her maiden voyage, Pierce was promoted to vice admiral after he successfully
convinced Fleet Admiral Alynna
Necheyev to give him command of the U.S.S. Liberator and the newly reformed Seventh Federation Starfleet. |
