User blog comment:Astrotorical/Blog of News: Voice Actors/@comment-2006360-20111101104037/@comment-991605-20111101204818

Pike thinks of Cole as a father figure as Pikes parents were killed during a civil war when he was about 5-6. The SPACE Agency is all he as ever known. Pike and Cole are very close, but Cole will always take the Commanding Officer role when necessary even around Pike