A small, well-armed Federation-built vessel favoured by Maquis cells in the Demilitarized Zone during the 2370s, including Chakotay's ship, which was lost in the Delta Quadrant.
Maquis raiders are compact, manoeuvrable ships used by the Maquis in their fight against the Cardassians after the border treaty of 2370. They are old Federation designs, patched together and fitted with phasers and photon torpedoes.
They first appear in the Deep Space Nine two-parter The Maquis, where they attack Cardassian shipping, and return in the Next Generation episode Preemptive Strike, in which Ro Laren joins a Maquis cell and flies with its fighters.
A larger raider commanded by Chakotay, the Val Jean, opens Star Trek: Voyager. In Caretaker it is pulled into the Delta Quadrant while fleeing a Cardassian warship in the Badlands, and Chakotay later rams it into a Kazon vessel, after which his crew join the USS Voyager.