Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles travelling together for mutual support and often with armed escorts for protection.

Following the First Battle of Deep Space 9 the Federation Council agreed to supply aid to the Cardassian Union, though the Cardassians had to supply the transports and Starfleet would escort the convoy to the Cardassian border.

In early 2374, the USS led a task force from the Fifth Fleet and Klingon Third Battlegroup to destroy a Cardassian convoy that Starfleet suspected was transporting biogenic and metagenic weapons to use against Federation colonies and outposts.