Star Trek has long had a complicated and changing relationship with religion. This week, it came full circle when the captain of the Enterprise got down on his knees and started reciting the Lord’s Prayer in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 premiere.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will feature a puppet-themed episode in its fourth and penultimate season, which recently wrapped filming. It will see members of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew, including Pike, as puppets created by Jim Henson ’s Creature Shop.

Most of Pike’s medals and commendations are for things like gallantry and leadership, which is what you’d expect from the captain of the Enterprise. However, some others are pretty unexpected.

So, helpful as we are, we thought we'd round up what is established in Star Trek canon about Captain Christopher Pike, to be played in Discovery by Inhumans star Anson Mount. 1. He's the second ...