A fake Obbic transport, which was actually a pirate ship, existed before the Vagaari pirate operations began. This pirate starship was crewed by outlaw Chiss individuals from the Clarr family of the Chiss Ascendancy, who had masked their pirate ship to appear as a transport from the Obbic family. This pirate vessel, frequently called "the Obbic transport" by various Chiss, seized a cargo ship belonging to the Stybla family that was carrying components of the weapon known as Starflash. This incident led Stybla'mi'ovodo "Lamiov", the Patriarch of the Stybla, to seek help from the Mitth family for a mission aimed at retrieving the stolen cargo and the Vivan cargo ship.
The fake Obbic transport was shown in flashback sequences within Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, the 2021 novel by Timothy Zahn which concluded the Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy.