Runabout

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A trio of Danube-class runabouts in 2370.

A runabout was a spacecraft type introduced by Starfleet in the late 2360s. Runabouts were warp-capable vessels between a shuttle and a starship in size, and capable of being operated by one crew member, although two or more was preferred. They featured expanded cargo and passenger capability over shuttles.

Runabouts were armed well enough to defend themselves against similarly sized attackers and for use in customs enforcement, but were no match for full-size warships under most circumstances. They were typically assigned to space stations or starships as auxiliary craft.

The Cardassian Union copied the design and produced their own version in the early 2370s.

Starfleet normally named runabouts after rivers on Federation planets.

Danube Class Runabout Names:

Name	Registry	Depiction	Named for
USS Danube	NX-72003	First ship of the class. Mentioned in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual.	Notable river in Central Europe.
USS Gander	NCC-73624	Taken by Ezri Dax to search for Worf.[19] Destroyed by the Jem'Hadar.[19]	River in Canada or river in France
USS Ganges	NCC-72454	Captured Tahna Los.[20] Rescued Vash from the Gamma Quadrant.[21] Destroyed by a T'Lani Munitions Cruiser.[22]	Notable sacred river in India
USS Mekong	NCC-72617	Helps rescue Benjamin Sisko from the Jem'Hadar.[23] Destroyed by the Jem'Hadar during the Obsidian Order/Tal Shiar attack on the Founder's homeworld in the Omarian Nebula.	Notable river in Southeast Asia
USS Orinoco	NCC-72905	Helps rescue Benjamin Sisko from the Jem'Hadar.[23] Destroyed by the Cardassian terrorist group The True Way.[24]	Major river in South America
USS Rio Grande	NCC-72452	Vessel aboard which Jadzia Dax and Benjamin Sisko discover the Bajoran wormhole.[25] Later located the missing Sword of Kahless. Helps rescue Sisko from the Jem'Hadar.[23] Longest surviving DS9 runabout.	Major river in Texas
USS Rubicon	NCC-72936	Shrunk to 6.5 centimeters.[26]	Famous river in Italy
USS Shenandoah	NCC-73024	Taken by Jadzia Dax and Worf to rescue a Cardassian informant from the Dominion.[27] Severely damaged by the Jem'Hadar en route to deliver diplomatic message to Grand Nagus Zek.[28]	Eponymous river of the Shenandoah Valley in the United States
USS Volga	NCC-73196	Participates in botanical survey of Torad IV.[29]	Longest and largest river in Europe
USS Yangtzee Kiang	NCC-72453	Hijacked by Bajoran terrorist Tahna Los.[20] Became the first DS9 runabout to be destroyed when it crashed on a moon in the Gamma Quadrant.[30]	Notable river, longest in Asia
USS Yukon	NCC-74602	Stolen by Founder in failed attempt to destroy the Bajoran sun. Destroyed by USS Defiant.[31]	Major river in northwestern North America
USS Rhine	NCC- 72002	Transports Enterprise-D staffers to and from conference. Destroyed blocking power transfer between Enterprise and a Romulan warbird.[32]	River running through Germany
Unknown	Unknown	Destroyed in orbit of Torga IV with the loss of all hands.[33]
Unknown	Unknown	Destroyed on Ajilon Prime during the Klingon bombardment of the Federation colony.[34]
USS East River	74612	Destroyed by a Cardassian soldier at Empok Nor.[35]	River running next to New York City
USS Hudson	74613	Used by the Cardassian underground en route to stealing a Breen weapon. Repaired and reassigned to Sovereign Class USS Odyssey NCC - 65413 [36]	River running next to New York City
USS Amazon	NCC- 72008	Runabout taken by Odo to take Quark to the Federation tribunal for connection to the Orion syndicate damaged by bomb crash landed on unknown L class planet

Known classes of runabout

Starfleet

• Danube-class
• Yellowstone-class

Cardassian Guard, Cardassian Defense Force

• Flar-class

External links

• Runabout article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
• Runabout article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.
• Runabout article at Star Trek Expanded Universe.