Naval Pathfinders
The elite scouting and reconaissance arm of the Regency Navy. With the demise of RISS' external role at securing and protecting the Regency from attack and the subsequent disestablishment of the Scout's Exploration Office, a vulnerability developed in a vital area. Over the last seventy years, the Naval Pathfinders have become, along with their dirtside equivalents, the Echelon teams, the main early warning system for the Regency Safe and its guardians. Pathfinder units are seconded to mainline naval forces during hostilities, but generally avoid a direct role in combat except where it is warranted. Most Pathfinder ships were surplus or retired scout craft in the early years of the service, but have now grown to include a wide array of specially designed and constructed craft. Pathfinders are specialists in covert insertion and infiltration and many of their pilots are used in covert operations in the Wilds, including raids and extractions.