Discovery was pre Kirk too, right? So this would be that time period before Pike took over Discovery because "Enterprise needed repairs", which had to be one of the stupidest things in that show lol
I really, really liked Pike in Discovery and am glad that they made a spin off show about him instead of some other stupid shit but at the same time I wonder how much runway the show has. We know what happens to Pike, he gets all fucked up during some sort of ship accident and is stuck in a wheelchair (TNG). I guess the Klingon time crystal episode showed some stuff about that too, I don't honestly remember it. I really, really hope they just stick to simple basic Star Trek stories and not once again try to encapsulate galaxy wide, extinction level baddies because that shit gets stupid and boring real fast. Of course they won't, given the history of Discovery... Enterprise... Picard...
I'm pretty sure the writers will go in for some bullshit at some point at the end of season 1 and have Pike "alter" his future, which is fine I guess.