You have given Pike such a delicious backstory, that I consider it personal canon now that this is how it all happened. In TOS Pike was a huge influence on Spock, as he was his first Captain, and to see here some of what made Pike so well thought of as a Captain and a leader was wonderful.
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Date: 2009-11-25 12:16 am (UTC)Plus the Endeavour! Hee!