Status: The USS Hudson (NCC-72450) was a Starfleet Danube-class runabout which was in service in the 2370s. In the year 2371, the Hudson was assigned to Deep Space 9. Odo and Bannik used the Hudson to travel to the Scythian Citadel in the Gamma Quadrant. Quark stowed away aboard the runabout. (DS9 video game: Harbinger) In 2373, the Hudson was used by Starfleet Academy as part of a training exercise for cadets. Selke destroyed the Hudson to make it appear the other members of Omega Squad and Kyethn Zund had been killed aboard it. (SA - T'Priell Revealed comic: "Betrayals")