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In the Fictional Universe of '' Star Trek '', a pathfinder is the first Starship of a Class Of Ships , conceptually similar to the Lead Ship concept of Earth's Navies . Potential pathfinders are each assigned a registry number beginning with an ' NX ' prefix; if a pathfinder is found to be satisfactory, the prefix is replaced with ' NCC ' and a class based upon or identical to it is put into production. In some cases, a pathfinder ship can be modified into a considerably different design; the original pathfinder ship for the ''Defiant'' Class heavy escort was modified into the USS Nova, lead ship of the ''Nova'' Class . The pathfinder's name is usually identical to the class name. An example of both these facts is the pathfinder of the Excelsior Class USS Excelsior , designated NX-2000 immediately after its commission, to later be redesignated NCC-2000. ''('') Pathfinder was also the codename of a project to locate the Starship Voyager when the ship was lost in the Delta Quadrant. Reginald Barclay , formerly of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) , was a member of the team and successfully initiated contact with Voyager's crew in 2376. |
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