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For other uses, see Pathfinder.

The Pathfinder class was a type of science vessel fielded by the Federation Starfleet beginning in the year 2410. It was an advanced variant of the Intrepid-class starship of the 2370s decade. (STO video game: Delta Rising; STO website: [Intrepid Class Starship])

History and specifications

When planning for Operation Delta Rising began, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers decided that an updated version of the Intrepid-class was necessary. Most of the technologies used in the Pathfinder-class were tested aboard USS Voyager before it departed for the Delta Quadrant in 2410. With the approval of Rear Admiral Tuvok, the class entered full production. (STO website: [Intrepid Class Starship])

Technical data

The Pathfinder-class featured a secondary deflector dish and could be equipped with the ablative generator pioneered on later Intrepid-class vessels, as well as the nadeon detonators used on Bellerophon-class starships. In addition it could deploy an Aeroshuttle from a berth at the bow to assist it during combat. (STO website: [Intrepid Class Starship])

Livery

In the 25th century, the design of the Pathfinder-class long-range science vessel allowed its commanding officer to choose from different designs of livery, which could be modified further at starbases. These options were numbered Types, Upgrade and Veteran. (STO - Klingon War mission: "Welcome to Earth Spacedock")

Furthermore, the installation of deflector shields from specific factions modified the hull appearance, including shields from the Reman Resistance, the Breen Confederacy and the Dominion. (STO missions: "Coliseum", "Cold Storage", "Boldly They Rode")

Known vessels

Appendices

Connections

Ships named Pathfinder
Federation Starfleet
(primary universe) 		USS Pathfinder (Constitution-class) • USS Pathfinder (early 24th century) • USS Pathfinder (NCC-74562, Intrepid-class) • USS Pathfinder (second Intrepid-class) • USS Pathfinder (Akira-class) • USS Pathfinder (NCC-74562-B, Bellerophon-class) • USS Pathfinder (NCC-97600, Pathfinder-class) • USS Pathfinder (32nd century) • see also: Pathfinder-class Federation icon image. Starfleet icon image.
Terran Empire, Starfleet
(mirror universe) 		ISS Pathfinder (Pathfinder-class) Terran Empire icon image. Imperial Starfleet icon image.
Cardassian Union CDS Pathfinder (Nerok-class) Emblem of the Cardassian Union icon image.
Intrepid-class cruiser starships
Federation, Starfleet standard configuration Armstrong • Bacchus • Barb • Basie • Bellerophon • Blackthorne • Blakey • Christophe • Dervish • Dessalines • Dolphin • Evans • Gallant • Garrison • Haddock • Halibut • Hawkins • Henderson • Intrepid • Intrepid-A • Intrepid-B • Jefferson • Johnson • Jones • Karr • Lincoln • Mako • Mercutio • Mingus • Monk • Nelson • Odyssey • Oliver • Parker • Pathfinder • Pathfinder-A • Permit • Plunger • Pollack • Puffer • Renown • Rochambeau • Rollins • Rosenberg • Sagan • Sally Ride • Scorpion • Shorter • Stargazer • Teagarden • Thresher • Toussaint • Tyner • Voyager • Willard • Zealous Federation icon image. Federation Starfleet icon image.
variant configurations Bellerophon-subclass: Bellerophon-A • Pathfinder-B • Cochrane-subclass: Cochrane • Discovery-subclass: Discovery • Opaka • Federation medium cruiser: • Elkins • Janeway-subclass: Sargasso • Voyager-J • Pathfinder-subclass: Pathfinder • Voyager-B • Pathyeager-subclass: Pathyeager • Trailblazer-subclass: Trailblazer • Warship: Voyager • Yeager-subclass: Yeager
Terran Empire, Starfleet
(mirror universe) 		Intrepid-A • Intrepid-B • Pathfinder • Star Treader • Trailblazer • Voyager • Warship: Voyager Terran Empire icon image. Imperial Starfleet icon image. Klingon-Cardassian Alliance
(mirror universe) 		Voyager Klingon-Cardassian Alliance icon image.
Starship classes of the Federation Starfleet
subclass groups

Akira (Alita • Armitage • Thunderchild) • Ambassador (Alaska • Narendra • Yamaguchi) • Apollo (Akula frigate / light cruiser) • Cardenas (Buran) • Chesapeake (Mongrel) • Cheyenne (Dakota • Stargazer) • Chimera heavy destroyer (Manticore) • Concorde (Geneva battlecruiser • Presidio) • Constellation (Challenger deep space explorer) • Constitution (Achernar • Bonhomme Richard • Tikopai • Enterprise • Exeter • Excalibur • Vesper • Kirk • Crossfield (Glenn • 32nd century refit) • Danube (Yellowstone) • Decatur (Dreadnought) • Defiant (Gallant • Incursion • Nachthexen • Sao Paulo • Valiant • Vigilant escort) • Dervish (Gryphon • Hermes escort • Maelstrom • Tempest) • Destiny (Nimbus • Oracle • Trident) • Engle (Earhart) • Excelsior (Bismarck • Curry • Kirov • New Jersey • Resolute) • Galaxy (Andromeda (25th century) • Celestial • Envoy • Galaxy X • Monarch cruiser • Ross • Venture cruiser • Yamato dreadnought) • Hermes scout (Cygnus • Monoceros) • Inquiry (Avenger battlecruiser • Arbiter) • Hoover (Edison) • Intrepid (Bellerophon • Cochrane science vessel • Discovery (25th century) • Janeway • Pathfinder • Trailblazer • Yeager) • Kumari (Charal • Khyzon) • Luna (Comet • Polaris • Sol • Titan) • Magee (Shran (escort)) • Malachowski (Helios (tug)) • Miranda (Anton • Reliant • Soyuz) • Merian (Merian (dreadnought)) • Nebula (Magellan) • New Orleans (Lafayette) • Nimitz (Europa) • Norway (Oslo) • Nova (Aurora • Quasar • Rhode Island) • NX (Columbia • Poseidon) • Oberth (Clarke • Gagarin (23rd century) • Grissom • Sagan) • Odyssey (Verity • Yorktown (cruiser)) • Olympic (Hope • Horizon science vessel) • Prometheus (Cerberus • Hephaestus • Hestia • Phoenix) • Ptolemy (Dollond • Doppler • Keppler) • Remora (Charger) • Saladin (Cochise • Siva) • Santa Fe (Newport) • Saber (Gladius • Rapier • Ushaan) • Sentinel (Emissary • Nomad cruiser • Vanguard) • Shepard (Gagarin (25th century)) • Solanae (Helios • Montgomery • Omega) • Sovereign (Archon • Imperial • Majestic • Noble cruiser • Regent) • Steamrunner (Appalachia • Zephyr) • Vesta (Aventine • Rademaker) • Walker (Georgiou • Shenzhou ) • Wells (Eternal • Ouroboros • Verne)

Emblem of the United Federation of Planets. Seal of the Federation Starfleet.
other named classes

AA class • Aakenn • Achilles • Advance • Aegian • Aeolus • Aerie • Akula destroyer / escort • Ambassador Hardin • Andes • Andor • Andromeda (24th century) • Angelou • Antares • Apache • Aquarius • Archer • Archimedes • Ariel • Ark Royal • Ascendant • Atrox • Avenger (scout) • Babcock • Bader • Baker • Baton Rouge • Berena • Bode • Bolarus • Bonaventure • Bradbury • Brenton • California • Canada • Canopus • Capella • Castor • Centaur • Centaurus • Ceres • Cestus • Challenger • Chandley • Chariot • Chimer • Chimera fast frigate • Christopher • Clarke (25th century) • Cle Dan • Cochrane transport • Columbia • Condor (raider) • Continent • Contortrix • Copernicus • Courage • Daedalus • Dauntless • Decker • Defender • Delta • Deneva • Derf • D'Kyr • Drexler • Durrett • Eagle • Eclipse • Edward • Einstein • Eisenberg • El Dorado • future Enterprise • Epoch • Epsilon • Erewon • Eternal • Federation • Fenlon • Fermi • Fiji • Freedom • Friendship • Frontier • Gagarin (24th century) • Galen • Gallant • Ganges • Gemini • Geneva • Genser • Graceful • Gral • Grayson • Griffon • Guardian • Hale • Hermes fast cruiser • Heston • Hogan • Hokule'a • Horizon cruiser • Icarus • Ilthirin • Indomitable • Intrepid (22nd century) • Iowa • Istanbul • Iwo Jima • Class J • Jupiter • Karekh • Keith • Kethkin • Kiev • K'Kmarak • Kolm-An • Korolev • Larson • Lauro • Laweya • Legacy • Lenthal • Lexington • Liberty • Loki • Loknar • London • Madison • Makin • Mann • Marklin • Mars • Marshall • M'Benga • Mediterranean • Merced • Mercury (courier) • Mercury (escort) • Mercury (scout) • Merian • Merian (dreadnought) • Messier • Meteor • Midway • Mission • Missouri • Mobulai • MoKal • Moscow • Mulciber • Narcine • Nautilus • Nelson • Niagara • Noble laboratory vessel • Nomad escort • Northampton • Obena • Oberon • Odin • Odysseus • Okinawa • Oppenheimer • Orion • Osaka • Overfield • Paladin battlecruiser • Paladin destroyer • Paladin (24th century) • Parliament • Perseus • Phalanx • Phantom • Philadelphia • Pinnacle • Pioneer • Piper • Pollux • Portsmith • Pralim • Premonition • Protostar • Proxima • Pyotr Velikiy • Pyrenees • Rakota • Ranger battlecruiser • Ranger explorer • Ranger scout • Renaissance • Rickenbacker • Rigel • Rochester • Royal Sovereign • Rubin • Sagittarius • Samson • Saturn • Sawyer • Scorpio • Scryer • Scylla • Sequoia • Sevaijen • ShiKahr • Sierra • Solar • Springfield • Sulek • Surak • Sydney • Tangent • Theophrastus • Theseus II • Thomas Paine • Thucydides • Thufir • Tiberius • Ticonderoga • Tripper • Tritium • Typhon • Typhoon • Ukora • Ulysses • Universe • Ural • Utah • Venture scout • Vigilant scout • Voyager • Wallenberg • Wambundu • Wei-Fa • Wellington • Wilkerson • Wizard • Yamato • Yorkshire • Yorktown • Zodiac • unnamed

general type

Defiant pathfinder • Raging Queen • Sun Tzu • Valley Forge • Federation assault ship • Federation battleship • Federation cargo ship • Federation colony ship • Federation construction ship • Federation cruiser • deep galaxy ship • Federation dreadnought • Federation freighter • Federation frigate • Federation galaxy ship • Federation holoship • Federation heavy cruiser (2380s heavy cruiser) • Federation light cruiser (Constitution-variant light cruiser • Intrepid-variant light cruiser) • Federation medium cruiser (Excelsior-variant medium cruiser) • Federation mining freighter • Federation repair ship • Starfleet tanker

References

  1. ↑ STO website: [Intrepid Class Starship]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PIC episode: "Võx".
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pathfinder-class was specified by production designer Dave BlassMA for this vessel, but no such class identification was used onscreen.
  4. ↑ PIC episode: "The Next Generation".

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