USS Ganges

The USS Ganges (NCC-72454) was a Federation runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the mid-24th century, attached to Deep Space 9.

In 2369, the Ganges was one of three runabouts delivered to the new starbase Deep Space 9 by the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D). 

The Ganges was outfitted with a mission module when it assisted in the apprehension of Bajoran terrorist Tahna Los a few weeks later. 

On a routine mission into the Gamma Quadrant, the Ganges picked up Human archaeologist Vash, who had been in the Gamma Quadrant for two years. On the way back to the station, the Ganges suffered a mysterious loss of power. 

Odo used the Ganges to ferry the fugitive Croden back to the Gamma Quadrant. Instead of returning Croden to the Rakhar homeworld, Odo went to the Chamra Vortex, where Croden retrieved his daughter, Yareth, in stasis. The Ganges was fired upon by Ah-Kel in his Theta-class Miradorn raider in the nebula before escaping and beaming Croden and Yareth to the Vulcan ship T'Vran. 

Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys took the Ganges to scan the moon Jerrado for lifeforms and found Mullibok, Baltrim, and Keena in their cottage. When Mullibok refused to leave and invited Kira for supper, she contacted Dax aboard the Ganges and told her that she could head back to the station. 

In 2370, the Ganges was the last runabout to evacuate DS9 in the face of the short-lived Bajoran coup. 

The Ganges was destroyed by a T'Lani cruiser later that year. 

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