History-
The Farpoint-Class is designed to progress Starfleet further into 4Xs, and is, like the botched Bandi Station before it, named for the Starbase from the Inspirational Sci-Fi Story "A Sea of the Unknown" by T.M. Harlow.
One prominent Member of this class is the USS Highland Runner, a ship with 110 Klingons, 109 Imperial and 1 Human-Fusion, tranferring from the IKS BortaS and in-between base status to participate more fully in the Exchange Program, and it made a resounding success, exploring the Gamma Quadrant, and repelling the N'Zelka from a Planet filled with new Iconian Archeological Finds in 2379. The Class has been produced at Antares Fleet Yards, Cait and Tellar, at a rate of 4 per year.