Christopher Pike

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Christopher Pike is a major character in the first two installments of the Star Trek rebooted film series.

Inconsistently Admirable
Full Name	No information
Alias	No information
Origin	Star Trek (2009 film)
Family	No information
Allies	Captain Kirk Spock Admiral Marcus † (corrupt mentor)
Enemies	Nero † Khan
Powers / Skills	Leadership Charisma
Goals	Perform his duties to Starfleet
Greatest Actions	Getting Kirk to enlist in Starfleet
Type of IA	Mentor of Hero

He was portrayed by Bruce Greenwood.

His Good Ranking

What Makes Him Admirable?

• He was the one who talked Kirk into joining Starfleet.
• He gave the USS Enterprise to Kirk at the end of the first movie.
• He convinced Admiral Marcus to let him keep Kirk as his first officer after the latter was stripped of command early in the second movie.

Debatalbe validations

• Due to his sudden shift in his treatment of Kirk after the first movie, despite his encouragement of him, could suggest Pike is at best a conflicted pragmatist, and at worst a desensitized enabler of moral corruption who only enables Kirk to do the right thing when it is of benefit to corrupt/ hypocritical officials like Marcus.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?

• He is strictly subservient to Starfleet regulations even when they are morally wrong.
  • This means he enables Marcus' lack of care for those who die, get hurt, or otherwise suffer because of strict adherence to the Prime Directive.
  • As arguably his most corrupt display, he was incredibly wrathful towards Kirk for violating the Prime Directive on Nibiru at the beginning of the second movie, completely dismissing his good intentions and not even letting him make a good counterargument; despite having Kirk's punishment changed to demotion to first officer, Pike showed no true remorse or apologized for this behavior.
    • What makes this worse is that Kirk’s later complaint that he "got no points" for saving Spock and keeping his entire crew from being killed back on Nibiru would suggest that even if he did tell the truth in his report, Pike would still have overreacted due to caring more about regulations than other morals like compassion.
  • Despite his death being played for sympathy, it does little if anything to excuse the suffering he and/or Marcus is/are indirectly responsible for.
  • If he knew about Marcus’ corruption, he would likely have been ordered to keep it secret from Kirk, which would make Pike even worse.

External Links

• Christopher Pike (alternate reality) on the Heroes Wiki.