During the Clone Wars period, Hoersch-Kessel Drive, Inc. produced the Bellicose-class Heavy Lifter, a heavy-duty transport. Initially, its purpose was to launch assault droids from orbital positions. A highly customized Bellicose-class ship, known as the Ark Angel, was piloted by the renegade archaeologist Chelli Aphra. The Angel underwent so many repairs and alterations that its original form was eventually obscured.