DS9’s runabouts appeared to be named by Sisko, as they had some off-hand conversations about what they were naming their replacements. So for whatever it’s worth, he got a say in it after they were already built.
He never did run out of Earth rivers to name them after
Utopia Planetia during DS9: “Holy shit they wrecked another runabout? We’re running out of rivers!”
I’ve always wondered how they deal with naming stuff like ships and classes and what if they can think of anything
DS9’s runabouts appeared to be named by Sisko, as they had some off-hand conversations about what they were naming their replacements. So for whatever it’s worth, he got a say in it after they were already built.
He never did run out of Earth rivers to name them after
If you run out of rivers just get the Xindi weapon and make new rivers