By that point it could have already been affecting him. Remember, one of the first symptoms is tinnitus, but also fear, and even a logical Vulcan overwhelmed by fear may not take the most logical actions other than "get away from the source and hide behind these things that might block it."
I think Ad Astra per Aspera is one of those episodes. While this season has been hit or miss for me, I'd put that episode up against any of the previous shows' greatest hits.
What's a computer? What's an Earth?
And how do you identify yourself and not present as a threat?
In the immediate context of science fiction, something mixed like Orville works well. Or season 6 of DS9 where it wove in and out of the Dominion War.
Someone look for an asteroid strike on that planet.
I could follow the logic of the the asteroids providing cover from whatever is affecting the ship. I guess you could also say he was potentially compromised at that point when he made that decision.
I'm kinda going with the assumption for now, that the future that Pike envisioned, is not going to go exactly the same way as previously seen and it won't be through anything he himself has done to change it.
They essentially inferred that Pike could not change his future.
Haha, a "miss" for me still rates as 7 or 8.
Daniels is a fool.
