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Just a fun exercise I thought up. If a vanilla non archetype representative of each of the Pathfinder classes found themselves mysteriously transported from Golarion to Absalom station then which ones would be able to adjust well and which ones wouldn't?
Arcane Casters
Depending on how much magic actually works these will have the most variability. Full Casters especially. If they retain all their spells, while all the future classes don't then they might be the most mysteriously powerful characters around. If they are stripped of their high level spells and most of their low level spells are replicated by mass produced technology reusable by anyone then they'll be pretty sad pandas.
Divine Casters
Depends entirely on if their gods are still around and active AND haven't changed so much that their ancient adherents would no longer be considered faithful. If they are then they have their abilities and churches/organizations will be around to will help them adjust to the brand new future time. Otherwise MAJOR CRISIS OF FAITH FUN TIME.
I can't imagine Desnan worshipers being anything but ecstatic.
Martials:
At first these guys and gals will be the most absurdly fish out of water with their bits of pointy metal stumbling around power armors and force fields. If they can find some place to retrain pretty much from the ground up though they'll be just fine. A few Exotic Weapon feats and they'll be decently caught up to what's most important. Stabbing and Shooting things with lazers!
Unarmed/Unarmoured martials would be fine from the get go though. Punching things in the face, and kicking them in the nads are skill sets that transfer!
Skilled:
Oh man, they just need to study a little to get the 'Technologist' Feat and these guys will be perfectly ok. I cannot imagine Investigators and Rogues *not* thriving in a techno space station. Might not be able to pick locks again right away but they can always pick pockets. Unless the future has no pockets! Does the future have pockets Paizo people!?
My pick for a class that will adjust just fine? Bards. People are still people. Bards are good with people.
Worst? Clerics of Rovagug are cry :_(. Also they are not good with people.
Martials would actually have a BETTER time of it, I suspect.
You're flying through space, you get jumped by pirates!
Option A: Use the horribly O/P LAZOR OF DEWM to smite your enemy, your enemy's best friend, their henchman, the hull behind them, the hull of the other vessel, the OTHER side of the hull of the other vessel...
or
Option B: Close to melee with vast strength and weapons capable of carving personal armor and flesh but not hull?
They're like a clueless lemon dumped into Sigil! :P
Well, medieval pockets are just pouches you strap to the inside of your trousers, so I think pick-pocketing would be different.
There is also another factor to consider. Whether said character is from Numeria originally or not.