Christopher Pike was a 23rd century male Human Federation Starfleet officer. During his early career, he served on three Federation starships before being assigned to the USS Enterprise as Captain Robert April's first officer. (DIS: "Brother")
In 2250, Pike was promoted to captain and was given command of the Enterprise where he would serve as the ship's commanding officer until 2265 where the command of the Enterprise was transferred to James T. Kirk. During his tenure in Starfleet, Pike was considered to be a highly decorated starship captain in starfleet history. (DIS: "Choose Your Pain", "Brother"; TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I")
Following the end of the Federation-Klingon War in 2257, Pike was temporarily given command of the USS Discovery when the Enterprise suffered a catastrophic systems failure and was sent to space dock for repair. During his command of the Discovery, Pike dealt with figuring out what the Red bursts were, proving Spock's innocence and stopping Section 31's artificial intelligence Control. Pike would return to command the Enterprise a few months later. (DIS: "Brother", "An Obol for Charon", "Project Daedalus", "Such Sweet Sorrow")