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this Vangaard scoutship was extremely well-armed for its size, affording a scout a great deal of protection in a compact starship. It was also one of the first ships of its kind to offer a hyperdrive and computer-assisted weapons, some 63 years prior to the Battle of Yavin. The needle-shaped fuselage measured 36 meters in length, with a long cockpit and a pair of front-swept wings at the rear. The Pathfinder required a single pilot to fly, and could transport two passengers along with 40 cubic meters - up to 100 metric tons - of cargo. It was hyperdrive-equipped and shielded, and was armed with a unique laser cannon set-up. The laser cannon could draw power from the shields, as the shields absorbed blaster energy from an attacking ship. This augmented the power of the laser cannon, but would overload the shield generator if it took too many hits. This overload could be rectified by bringing the generator offline and recalibrating it, a relatively easy task to accomplish for a gunner.