A cargo drone was a starship without a crew that was used for transporting cargo.
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In the year 2365, the USS Enterprise was assigned to escort a convoy of cargo drones. The convoy later came under attack by the Nuarans and one cargo drone was destroyed. (TNG novel: Power Hungry)
When Miles O'Brien was extremely busy with repairs to Deep Space 9 in 2369, he briefly wished he had transferred to a cargo drone, as there would be "no people, no complaints". (DS9 episode: "Babel")
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- Cargo drone article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.