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The story of the Yeager began with a previous owner of the name, the [[USS Yeager, NCC-65674]], arguably the most well-known member of the Dominion War-era "Frankenstein Fleet". When that ship was finally stricken from the list and marked for scrap in April 2404, many of the ship's detractors believed that the saga was over.
Enter Nahamcam, the first [[Pakled]] to be offered a post at the Beta Antares Shipyards. Inspired by Clumpship designs from the 2380s and research into prototype designs from the late 24th century, Nahamcam took the primary hull and nacelles of an battle-damaged [[Pathfinder Class|Pathfinder-class]] Science Vessel and attached them to an upscaled Raider hull. Nahamcam would later excitedly claim that she had created the "Pathyeager-class" because it was "like the Yeager but with a Pathfinder!" This name was quickly changed to "Yeager-II", or more officially, "Modified Pathfinder".
The prototype performed surprisingly well in computer simulations despite her appearance, with none of the drawbacks encountered by the original Yeager. Nahamcam's superiors at the Starfleet Corps of Engineers were both puzzled and impressed by the young woman's ingenuity in not only mating the two designs, but refining it into a workable design. Firepower was comparable to her predecessor with six Phaser Arrays, two Phaser Cannons, and a pair of aft-firing Torpedo Launchers, but she was a lot more agile due to her overpowered engines and more powerful warp core. She was also fitted with the same Quantum Slipstream Generator found on the Pathfinder, though this was never tested outside of simulations due to the [[Benamite]] shortage.
