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The '''Communications Research Center''' is a [[Starfleet]] institution based in [[San Francisco]] on [[Earth]].
 
The '''Communications Research Center''' is a [[Starfleet]] institution based in [[San Francisco]] on [[Earth]].
   
It was home to the [[Pathfinder Project]], which was founded between [[2374]] and [[2376]] in order to establish communications with the [[Federation]] [[starship]] [[USS Voyager]], which was lost in the [[Delta Quadrant]] since [[2371]]. The project stood under the supervision of [[Admiral]] [[Owen Paris]] and was led by [[Commander]] [[Peter Harkins]]. One of its key members was [[Reginald Barclay]].
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It was home to the [[Pathfinder Project]], which was founded between [[2374]] and [[2376]] in order to establish communications with the [[Federation]] [[starship]] [[USS Voyager]], which was lost in the [[Delta Quadrant]] since [[2371]]. ([[VOY]]: "[[Pathfinder]]")
 
It was Barclay's efforts that led to two way communication being made with the ''Voyager'', when he came up with the idea of directing a [[tachyon]] beam towards an approaching itinerant [[pulsar]] to send a signal through an [[artificial wormhole]]. Unfortuinately, Barclay chose to suggest his idea in the middle of an official briefing with Admiral Paris, against Commander Harkins' orders.
 
 
Harkins discovered how obsessed with ''Voyager'' Barclay is, when he discovered a holographic Voyager, with crew, on the [[Holodeck]] at the Communication Center, with Barclay in it. Commander Harkins sends Barclay home to get some time away from all thoughts of Voyager, despite Barclay's protests. He later admitted to [[Counselor]] [[Deanna Troi]] that he missed the sense of family that he had on the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise'']].
 
 
Barclay entered the holodeck, and again activated the ''Voyager'' hologram, to activate his plan to use the [[MIDAS array]] to communicate with the real ship, using the holographic characters to protect and assist him. Just as Harkins uses a simulated [[warp core]] breach to end the program, [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] hails the Communications Center, having received Barclay's message - finally, two way communication has been established with the ship. ''([[VGR]]: "[[Pathfinder]]")''
 

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The Communications Research Center in 2377

The Communications Research Center is a Starfleet institution based in San Francisco on Earth.

It was home to the Pathfinder Project, which was founded between 2374 and 2376 in order to establish communications with the Federation starship USS Voyager, which was lost in the Delta Quadrant since 2371. (VOY: "Pathfinder")