In order to get a time crystal and give the Discovery a chance to save the Universe, Pike had to accept his fate The whole sequence seems like the direct antithesis of what Star Trek is and who Pike is as a captain The scene plays Pike as self-sacrificing and noble for taking the crystal[...]
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