Charlie Pike

Charlie Pike was a human male who lived in the 23rd century. A native of Mojave, California, Charlie was a Starfleet petty officer. He was partially Native American, having descended in part from Cherokee ancestry.

Charlie entered into a relationship with architect and fellow Mojave residentWilla McKinnies which lasted about a year. Just before Charlie left on a voyage, the relationship ended. Willa was pregnant by then, but did not tell Charlie of this fact. Their son Christopher was born in 2219 while Charlie was away. When he returned to Earth, he learned that he had a son for the first time. He offered to marry Willa, but she refused.

When Christopher was nine, his mother married terraformer Heston Prescott, and his stepson took his surname. In 2228 the family moved to the colony world of Elysium. Charlie came to help the family in their horse breeding endeavor. He befriended Chris but did not tell the boy that he was his father. Charlie soon became worried about his son and Willa after having sized up Heston and becoming what Chris would later term as a, "recipe for disaster."

Willa and Heston died in 2231 when intense wildfires swept across Elysium. While aboard a Starfleet ship aiding rescue operations on Elysium, Chris learned that Charlie was a Starfleet petty officer who had been on extended leave. Charlie brought Christopher back to Mojave, to the home he shared with his wife, Hobelia. The day after Christopher's thirteenth birthday, the couple formally adopted him, and gave him the surname Pike.

Years later, Chris would learn that Charlie Pike was actually his biological father. This caused a rift between the two, with Chris angry that Charlie had not informed him of this fact much sooner. Hobelia told the entire story to Chris soon afterwards, and the two men reconciled shortly before Chris was injured in the accident on board the Class-J ship that left him an invalid.

Charlie and Hobelia were still living on Earth when Spock took Chris to Talos IV in 2267.