I'm just going to have to call you the Quentin Tarentino of Trek fan-fiction.
Your unorthodox chronology notwithstanding, this is a great new intro that perfectly foreshadows the events to come as well as establishes the major players and their motivations.
Ugh! I don't like QT. Beyond that, thanks for your comments. Unfortunately my computer issues continue (I'm at the library right now), so I don't know when I will be able to return to this forum regularly to complete this story. But depending on how long it takes it's a good guess that I will be revising it yet again.