Cardassian lifeboat

A Cardassian lifeboat was an escape pod used by the Cardassians aboard their space stations and starships.

Terok Nor only possessed twenty-seven lifeboats as only personnel with at least the rank of Gil were allowed to be evacuated. 

In 2370, the crew of the Swift Striker launched lifeboats after the ship was damaged by a bomb they had intended to damage Deep Space 9 with. 

In the mirror universe, the crew of the $𝜇$ abandoned the station aboard lifeboats following the $𝜇$ attack on it in 2377. General $𝜇$ considered the Cardassian lifeboats to be shoddy and hoped $𝜇$ had not used one to escape the station before it was destroyed. Keiko had to do so, as the lifeboat in Ops was her only way off the station.