NOW IT CAN BE TOLD

In 2267 as a lieutenant commander on the StarShip Enterprise, Pike McCain led a reconnaissance-by-fire/landing party on an intercepted an old-style radio-interference distress call in the
Demos Star Group, during they were attacked by
NorVietCom warriors in what seemed to be an abandoned fortress,
Hao Lo Hanoi VII. Overpowered Pike McCain's brain was thoroughly washed, and he was placed in the Hao Lo Zoo where the
Progressos of Demos stargroup went to work in an attempt to make him become an illusion-controlled Human servant.
A program of severe behavior modification began on Pike McCain - not to be confused with
waterboarding - the most heinous torture ever devised or known to mankind. He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours, at the same time as he was suffering from self-confidence disorder.
The
Progressos forced Pike McCain to relive old memories and placed him in illusionary scenarios of lives he could have if lived if he continued his career as a
Moderate Conservo. The scenarios included an illusory day in the life of an Orion slave-trader dealing in Green animal women. When Pike McCain refused to mate with
Peta, one of the Green chicks, the
Progressos began to take steps to convince Pike McCain to breed with other females. After an initial encounter with supposed friendly
swingers, Pike finally weakened, for which he eventually accepted blame.
Later, Pike McCain encountered an out-of-place young beauty named
Palin, who was not green-skinned. It was revealed that the native
Progressos had used telepathy to create the illusion of intellect all around him; all of the
Moderate-Conservos except
Pahlin were brain-dead.
When Pike McCain finally managed to escape; after a standoff, he failed to convince the
NeoCons to restore the beautiful
Pahlin's illusion of intelligence while letting the
Conservos have their mental freedom. The
Progressos believed this violent reaction made
Conservos unsuitable for breeding or any kind of conversion. Although his experience with the illusory worlds restored Pike McCain's confidence in himself, it was recommended that all contact with the Progressos be restricted. General Order 7 was enacted, threatening the death penalty should any travel there, for fear of the Federation falling to illusory indulgence.
TRAGIC FATEDuring his tour as a Starfleet officer, Pike McCain was aboard an old J Class Starship when a baffle plate ruptured and exposed many helpless
Citizens to Delta Radiation. Pike McCain dragged many from the danger, but in the process was hopelessly crippled by the rays. In a state of advanced life support which sustains his withered body and life functions, but too weak and incapacitated to ever move or respond to physical stimuli again, the disfigured Pike McCain was put into the
Senatorium. A wheelchair tuned to his brain uses blinking light signals to respond to simple queries in the affirmative (one beep) or negative (two beeps), but that is the extent to which he could communicate.