During the Old Republic period, specifically around 7700 BBY, the squintpipe process functioned as a weapon system employed by the Galactic Republic. After the Waymancy Storm occurred, Lyns Skutroo, a Verpine master artisan, utilized reverse engineering on the Sif-Alulan process (the method behind the Waymancy weapons) to create the squintpipe process. This led to a short-lived era in which rapid-firing turbolasers were superior to all deflector shield technologies throughout the galaxy; this lasted until 7500s BBY, at which point advances in the squintpipe process led to the creation of more resilient deflector shields.