Alexander Marcus (alternate reality)

Alexander Marcus was a Human male who was the first officer of an earlier USS Enterprise (NCC-1701's predecessor) (alternate reality) (which existed subsequent to the NX-01 Enterprise, but prior to the ). He served under the command of and befriended. He is the father of. 


 * IDW Star Trek, Issue 19 includes a character who looks similar to Peter Weller, the actor who plays Marcus - the character's name is not mentioned, so it is unclear if this is supposed to be Marcus. The issue later mentions a Starfleet admissions board member named Commander Marcus.  Again, it is unclear if this is supposed to be Alex Marcus.

In 2239, Marcus helped Robert April fake his death and start smuggling Federation weapons to the non-Shadow Phaedrans. According to April, he and Marcus maintained contact throughout the years. According to Robert April in 2260, Marcus was likely responsible for making sure that a Section 31 computer program was built into the, allowing for control of the ship to be taken away from its crew. 

Later, Marcus would rise through the ranks of Starfleet and become the organization's commanding officer. During his rise, he convinced to join Starfleet. As commander of the organization, Marcus initiated a plan following 's incursion that led to Section 31 doing intensive weapons research, using the knowledge of to create these weapons.

Marcus forced Khan to work by threatening the lives of Khan's shipmates, leading Khan to put his comrades in photon torpedoes he created for Section 31 as a means of saving them. Eventually, Khan came to believe Marcus killed the other Augments so he went rogue and launched terrorist attacks on the Kelvin Memorial Archive and Starfleet Headquarters. This attack left Christopher Pike dead and Marcus shaken from the attack.

Marcus then dispatched Captain to hunt down and kill Khan with the torpedoes that Khan had hidden the other Augments in. This caused Khan to surrender to Kirk, an action that enraged Marcus and caused him to pursue the Enterprise in the USS Vengeance (alternate reality). The Vengeance and Enterprise engaged in battle and Kirk ended up allying with Khan and boarding the warship. while aboard the ship, Khan ended up killing Marcus by crushing his skull.