A hull-cutting ring served as a conventional instrument for both pirates and police alike. If affixed to the outside of a starship, it had the capacity to penetrate the hull of a different vessel, thereby granting the former ship's personnel entry to the latter. The YT-1300 light freighter Millennium Falcon had its portside escape pod swapped out for a hull-cutting ring in 16 ABY; this alteration was put to use during a mission to the Koornacht Cluster. Subsequent to the Falcon's landing upon the flank of the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Pride of Yevetha, the hull-cutting ring bored through the Star Destroyer's outer shell, enabling the Falcon's Wookiee team to gain entry.