jedibuttercup

This is great. I really wanted to know more of how we got from "Smartass kid saves the Federation" to "Smartass kid now gets to Captain the Enterprise with the rest of his junior-aged crew" and you gave me a very plausible explanation, here.

Pike is just awesome in the reboot universe and you've done great work with him. There's a bit of pathos and a lot of heart in his characterization.