The ship never reached Inferna Prime as a bomb planted by the Orion Syndicate went off, severely damaging the Rio Grande and forcing it to crash land on a nearby class L planet. Odo used the Rio Grande to transport Quark to appear before a Federation Grand Jury on Inferna Prime. En route back to DS9, the Rio Grande was ambushed by Klingon forces and sustained moderate damage. Commander Dax used to Rio Grande as transport to a meeting with Starfleet Command during the Federation-Klingon War of 2373. Fortunately, Jake and Nog were able to break the Rio Grande out of orbit and signal for help. Unfortunately, the party encountered the Jem'Hadar for the first time and Commander Sisko and Quark were taken prisoner. Shortly after, Commander Sisko used the Rio Grande to take Jake Sisko, Quark, and Nog on a field expedition to a planet in the Gamma Quadrant. ( DS9 - The Brave and the Bold, Book One novella: The Second Artifact) Fortunately, the Rio Grande's computer systems were equipped with anti- Maquis countermeasures, and Orta was stopped in his tracks and apprehended by the USS Odyssey. ![]() In late 2370, the Rio Grande was captured by the Bajoran terrorist, Orta, when he managed to gain control of a Malkus artifact and defeated his opponents. ![]() ( TNG - DS9 comic: " Prophets and Losses") In early 2370, Captain Picard, Commander Sisko, Lieutenant Commander La Forge, and Chief O'Brien took the Rio Grande to the boundary of the Bajoran wormhole to study the increasing instability which had been caused by interference by the Cardassians and the " Othersiders". ![]() Sisko later used the Rio Grande to tow Gul Skrain Dukat's Galor-class vessel back to the Alpha Quadrant. The Rio Grande became one of the most famous runabouts in 2369, when Commander Benjamin Sisko and Lieutenant Jadzia Dax took the Rio Grande into the Denorios Belt and discovered the Bajoran wormhole that led to the Gamma Quadrant.
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