Strange New Worlds Changed Star Trek’s Prime Directive Because Of Pike

ACaptain Christopher Pike’s (Anson Mount) actions in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ premiere prompted Starfleet to change the nature of General Order One, and the Prime Directive was born. As Captain of the USS Enterprise, Christopher Pike has to make a lot of tough decisions on the fly, often relying on his gut instincts and personal views of right and wrong. Although Pike does his best to uphold the orders of Starfleet, situations sometimes call for a looser interpretation of the rules.