Matthan's alternative time-line to the Phalanx Universe.
This story has been fully sanctioned, and is partly co-written, by me, Enterprise1701_d. (Although my involvement is limited to some ideas, suggestions, and insights into my characters <grin>)
The story basically picks up at the end of chapter two, Phalanx-standard-time-line.
Part two * added 25 March*