A Consular-class cruiser functioned as a transport for the Galactic Republic throughout the Republic Era. The Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, were passengers aboard the vessel in 40 BBY during its journey to the planet Pijal in the Inner Rim. Following the opening of the Pijal Hyperspace Corridor due to the Governance Treaty, the cruiser carried materials intended for spaceport construction on the world. As the Consular-class cruiser entered the atmosphere above the planet, it came across a Pijali soulcraft starship in distress, having been targeted with a plasma bomb by blackguards. The Jedi disembarked from the cruiser and used field lasers to extinguish the plasma fire.
Claudia Gray's 2019 novel, Master & Apprentice, featured the Consular-class cruiser.