<P> Pike is mentioned twice in the first season of the prequel series Star Trek: Discovery . </P> <P> In the episode "Choose Your Pain", Pike is shown listed on the Starfleet Database as one of Starfleet's most decorated Captains as of 2256 . (Also included in the list are Jonathan Archer, Matthew Decker, Philippa Georgiou, and Robert April .) The Enterprise is seen in the final scene of the first - season finale, "Will You Take My Hand?", with Pike sending a distress call to the Discovery . </P> <P> On April 9, 2018, Anson Mount was cast as Pike in the second season of the series, which was described as a "key role" for the season . </P> <P> Pike has significant roles in the Pocket Books novels Enterprise: The First Adventure (Vonda N. McIntyre, 1986), Final Frontier (Diane Carey, 1988), Vulcan's Glory (D.C. Fontana, 1989), Burning Dreams (Margaret Wander Bonanno, 2006), and Child of Two Worlds (Greg Cox, 2015). </P>

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