Christopher Pike

(Christopher Pike was the name of a fictional character in the Star Trek television series. Below is a brief biography, written within a Trek context.)

Christopher Pike was captain of the Starship Enterprise NCC-1701, a Constitution-class vessel designated for a combined exploration and defense mission.

Talos V

In the Starfleet community, Pike was perhaps best known for a highly-controversial mission to the planet Talos V. Nothing is known about this world, and no ship has ever been permitted within proximity of the surrounding system. Starfleet Command has issued a General Order that this world is not to be approached - under penalty of death.

There are reports alluding to the possibility that a 22nd century survey vessel from Earth, the S.S. Columbia, had also taken a stellar survey in this region. However, the vessel was declared lost after communications suddenly ceased - as a result, there is no data available from this mission.

Later career

He served as captain for several years, before being promoted to Fleet Captain. Later in life, he was severely irradiated during a starship inspection, which ended his career and incapacited him. Shortly after this accident, he disappeared from the public eye, presumably to seek a quieter life away from his former assignment at Starbase 11.

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The American author Kevin McFadden (born 1954) took that character's name as his penname.