A transport ship was in the possession of the New Republic's department of intelligence during the Galactic Civil War against the forces of the Galactic Empire. This transport was a budget-Kuati design intended for short-range system transport, and by the time it was acquired by the New Republic, it was dilapidated and falling apart. It featured thermal plating, a grappling beam, and a rotating single-cannon weapon emplacement on its dorsal side, along with two forward-facing guns that were non-functional during its service with the New Republic. While the transport had energy shields, they were designed to defend against radioactive attacks, making them ill-suited for combat situations. An emergency escape pod was present, but it lacked a functioning door.
The New Republic pilot Yrica Quell commandeered the transport when she, Nath Tensent, and the automaton IT-O attempted to locate the missing New Republic Intelligence operative Caern Adan during the Republic's military action within the Cerberon system. They piloted the transport to the world Catadra, where they discovered that Adan had been sold to an Imperial military unit stationed on Catadra's satellite, Narthex. After landing on Narthex and successfully rescuing Adan, the two aviators made their way back to the New Republic capital ship Lodestar. Not long after their return, Quell's earlier involvement in the Empire's Operation: Cinder initiative came to light, and the New Republic forces were assaulted by the forces of the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing.
Unable to leave the Lodestar, Quell took the transport, unaware that IT-O and Adan were still aboard, with the intention of using it to aid the New Republic. She avoided the ongoing battle over Troithe and made for the Cerberon wreckage field, where the Imperial cruiser-carrier Aerie was positioned away from the conflict, serving as the 204th's backup escape route. Quell employed the transport's grappling beam to pull a space rock through the electromagnetic field that protected the Aerie's landing bays, then proceeded to bombard the interior with the transport's turret. This action rendered the Aerie incapable of making a jump to lightspeed.
As Quell fled in the transport, which had sustained additional damage from her maneuver, she was targeted by the 204th's Commander Soran Keize, who left the transport disabled and adrift within the space rocks. Quell managed to navigate the debris field for a time in the damaged transport, picking up an energy signature from a nearby small planet. After consulting IT-O, Quell decided to steer the transport toward the minor planet, hoping to find another means of escape at the source of the energy reading. The transport was destroyed during its crash landing on the planetoid, but Quell, Adan, and IT-O survived the impact.