The Pelta-class Assault Ship represents a specialized iteration of the Pelta-class frigate. During the Galactic Civil War, the Alliance to Restore the Republic deployed these altered Pelta-class Assault Ships. In one instance, a Pelta-class Assault Ship successfully eliminated an Imperial Navy Raider-class corvette above a planet, amidst a battle involving T-65B X-wing starfighters and TIE/ln space superiority starfighters. Turbolasers were part of its armament.
The Pelta-class Assault Ship initially appeared on a card within the 2016 Phoenix Home Expansion Pack, an add-on for Fantasy Flight Games's Star Wars: Armada miniatures game, bearing the same designation.