Christopher Pike

== Early life ==
Pike was born in the [[city]] of [[Mojave]] on [[Earth]]. As a [[child]], Pike had two [[horse]]s &ndash; [[Tango]] and [[Mary Lou]] &ndash; which he rode through [[park]]land that surrounded the [[city]]. ({{TOS|The Cage|The Menagerie, Part I}}; {{DIS|Saints of Imperfection}})

[[Pike's father 001|Pike's father]] was a [[science teacher]], and when he wasn't teaching [[science]], he taught [[comparative religion]]. Because of that, it led to a very confusing household for Pike, causing Pike and his father to not agree on much. ({{DIS|New Eden}}) At one point during his [[childhood]], Pike heard a [[fable]] that described [[Hell-Fire]], something that he carried with him into his [[adulthood]]. ({{TOS|The Cage}})

One of Pike's favorite foods was [[Pike's mother 001|his mother]]'s [[chicken]] [[tuna]] [[sandwich]]es. ({{TOS|The Cage}})

{{bginfo|A biography of Pike was included on the ''Star Trek'' movie app. According to that source, he was born in [[2205]], to Charles and Willa Pike, and spent part of his childhood living on the planet Elysium.|According to production designer [[Tamara Deverell]], the table in Pike's ready room aboard ''Discovery'' dated from his childhood. ''{{TrekMovie.com|2019/02/11/interview-tamara-deverell-on-designing-pikes-ready-room-section-31-and-more-for-star-trek-discovery}}''}}