A type of transport was in commercial use during the early days of the Galactic Empire. In the aftermath of the Headmaster Gentis's military coup, one of those shuttles was provided to the former convicts of the Prism, who had helped the Empire liberate Coruscant. However, Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader and Lieutenant Laurita Tohm had sabotaged the transport beforehand, and it exploded shortly after taking off with the prisoners.