Stasis probes represent a type of unmanned surveillance probes utilized by the New Republic. Their deployment occurred during the Black Fleet Crisis in 17 ABY. These probes possessed the ability to travel through hyperspace, enabling their use in surveillance operations conducted far within enemy-controlled areas. Their operational method involved briefly entering realspace for a duration of twenty seconds to acquire a sensor snapshot of a designated target, subsequently transmitting the gathered data back to a controlling entity.
Within the context of the Black Fleet Crisis, both the New Republic Navy and Alpha Blue deployed a contingent of over fifty stasis probes into the N'zoth system. The purpose of this deployment was to observe and provoke the Duskhan League into engaging in combat. Specifically, probes identified as 203, 239, and 252 were pre-programmed with instructions to emit Cronau radiation and broadcast radar signals. This was intended to lure the Yevethan war fleet into the open, setting the stage for the Battle of N'zoth. As a direct result of their actions, these probes met their destruction at the hands of the Yevetha forces.