The Smoothride, a hoverbus design, had achieved a status of respect by the time of the Age of the Empire. A specific iteration of the Smoothride was known as the Mark Six Smoothride. Okadiah Garson, a miner, possessed one of these vehicles, and he contracted the freighter pilot Kanan Jarrus to transport miners between his cantina located at The Asteroid Belt and Moonglow Polychemical. During their escape from pursuing Imperial troops on Gorse, Kanan, alongside Hera Syndulla and Skelly, utilized the hoverbus, which subsequently sustained significant damage.