A hyperdrive sled functioned as a mechanism that enabled vehicles lacking a built-in hyperdrive to jump into hyperspace, performing a similar function to the hyperdrive rings employed by Jedi starfighters.
These sleds found their primary application with CloakShape fighters. These particular sleds incorporated R1-series astromech droids and were priced at 15,000 credits around 10 ABY.
Klyn Shanga, a Militia Leader, ingeniously utilized a worn and jury-rigged engine from a Dreadnaught-class as an improvised hyperdrive sled during his pursuit of Lando Calrissian alongside his fellow pilots. During their hyperspace travel, approximately two dozen starfighters, representing diverse models and origins, were connected to this engine, with their operational systems synchronized to a nav computer located on the main drive engine.