Antares type escape pod
The Antares type escape pod was a type of emergency escape vehicle used on Federation  freighters to evacuate a ship during an emergency. 

These craft were equipped with myographic scanners, which monitored the bio-electric signatures of their crews in case they were to become separated from the pod. 

The Arcos was equipped with at least one of these pods. In 2366, the two-man Arcos crew escaped aboard such a craft and landed on Turkana IV. ()

List of escape pods 
 Arcos
 Arcos escape pod

Escape pod classes