Class and Type: Pathfinder-class Deep Explorer
Commissioning Date: 2376
Lead Engineer: Christopher Thomas

Hull Characteristics
   Size: 4 (190 meters long, 6 decks)
   Resistance: 4
   Structural Points: 80
Operational Characteristics
Crew/Passengers/Evac: 50/150/400
   [4 pwr/round]
Computers: 3
   [3 pwr/round]
Transporters: 2 personnel, 2 cargo, and 2 emergency
   [3 pwr/round]
Tractor Beams: 1 ad, 1 fv
   [2/rating used]
Propulsion and Power Characteristics
Warp System: 7.0/ 9.6/ 9.982 (12 hours)
   [2/warp factor]
Impulse System: .75c/. 92c
   [7/9 pwr/round]
Power: 140
Sensor Systems
Long-range Sensors: +2/17 light-years
   [6 pwr/round]
Lateral Sensors: +3/2 light-years
   [4 pwr/round]
Navigational Sensors: +2
   [5 pwr/round]
Sensors Skill: 4
Weapon Systems
Type X Phaser
   Range: 10/30,000/100,000/300,000
   Arc: All (720 degrees)
   Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
   Damage: 20
   Power: [20]
Type II Photon Torpedoes
   Number: 100
   Launchers: 2 forward, 1 aft
   Spread: 4
   Arc: Forward or aft, but are self-guided
   Range: 15/300,000/1,000,000/3,500,000
   Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
   Damage: 20
   Power: [5]
Mark II Quantum Torpedoes
   Number: 50
   Launchers: 2 forward, 1 aft
   Spread: 4
   Arc: Forward or aft, but are self-guided
   Range: 20/350,000/1,250,000/4,000,000
   Accuracy: 4/5/7/10
   Damage: 25
   Power: [5]
   Weapons Skill: 5
Defensive Systems
Starfleet Deflector Shield
   Protection: 60/80
   Power: [60]

Description and Notes
Fleet data: Starfleet's new Pathfinder-class vessels represent the latest attempt by Starfleet to return to exploration and discovery missions, based on the technology used to design both the Sovereign- and Defiant-classes, and the original Defiant pathfinder chassis. The resultant vessel allows the Pathfinder-class to more than adequately fulfill its three-tiered mission objective: to explore uncharted space, to established first contact scenarios, and to allow the ship to survive in hostile situations.

Designed to complete 5- year exploration missions with limited external support, it is the latest vessel to enter active service as a result of Starfleet Exploration Directive 1023.3. Its smaller size has allowed for more rapid production; its smaller crew complement has made it easier for Starfleet to rebuild its severely weakened fleet and bring the number of active ships back up from the losses of the Dominion War.

Noteworthy vessels / service records / encounters: U.S.S. Pathfinder, prototype; U.S.S. Vigilance, assigned to rendezvous with the U.S.S. Voyager; U.S.S. Hawkins, exploration of the Gamma Quadrant.

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