The Spectre functioned as a starship for the Nihil pirates throughout the High Republic Era. A captain led the vessel, and this captain harbored ill blood towards Roborhyan, a fellow member of the marauding group. In 230 BBY, Thaya Ferr, who served as the assistant to Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro, orchestrated Roborhyan's reassignment from Ro's flagship, the Gaze Electric, to the Spectre, fully cognizant of the prior animosity between him and the captain. After informing Ro about the transfer, and showing holograms of those involved, Ferr anticipated that conflict would erupt on the ship in the near future.
A holographic representation of the Spectre was featured in The High Republic: The Fallen Star, a 2022 novel penned by Claudia Gray as part of Phase I of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia initiative.