These projected unimatrix shields with regenerative, multi-spectrum, covariant, and metaphasic properties around the vessels. The Pathfinder-class was initially equipped with 3 Yoyodyne 960-A unified field emitter deflector shield arrays. Based upon technology brought back from the Delta Quadrant by the USS Voyager, these generators helped to dissipate energy across the hull and to regenerate damaged portions of the ablative hull coating.Īlso incorporated into the design were sophisticated electromagnetic and emissions-dampening technologies that greatly improved the class' passive stealth capabilities over previous Starfleet designs. The hulls of Pathfinder-class starships were a neutronium alloy with a duranium nanomesh coating reinforced with micro-ablative generators.
As with the Intrepid-class, Pathfinder vessels were also equipped with a ventrally docked subordinate craft: a VAR-8/B Aero-class shuttle, commonly referred to as an "aeroshuttle." The craft was designed for atmospheric operations and short-term missions as a support vessel, rather than as an independently operating small craft like the Danube-class on which it was based. The initial standard complement of the Pathfinder-class was 5 shuttlecraft and 4 Cargo Management Units.
A variety of modules could be quickly installed to allow for Pathfinder starships to be easily adapted to their specific missions. Two large, modular mission bays were housed in the secondary hull. Technical specificationsĭesigned around a state-of-the-art quantum slipstream drive, the Pathfinder-class also served as a culmination of technologies implemented in past long-range science vessels.Īnother key component of the subclass' versatility was its modularity. When Admiral Tuvok was satisfied with Voyager's performance with the upgrades, the class entered full production. Most of the advanced technology used in the subclass were first tested on the USS Voyager, which itself was completely updated before it departed for the Delta Quadrant as part of Operation Delta Rising. This led to the creation of the Pathfinder-class, named after the mission that helped bring the USS Voyager home. When planning first began for Operation Delta Rising, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers quickly realized that another update of the Intrepid-class was in order.
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