One such vessel, the Rectitude was involved in a bombing while engaged in a routine search of a passenger cruise liner, The Corellian Runner. As Imperial garrisons began to flex their muscles on. The corvettes design originates in the turmoil of the Empires victory over the New Republic. For boarding operations, the corvette carried a stormtrooper platoon. 4 hours agoReference Book: Star Wars Saga Edition Starships of the Galaxy Rendili Star Drives Light Corvette is the mainstay of the Imperial Customs Office. The Raider-class Missile Corvette is a compact, sleek warship designed to combat small numbers of fighters and run down smugglers in fast light freighters.
While it was not capable of taking on large warships, these ships were more than adequate for taking on most freighters or starfighters.
Systems with an Imperial Customs branch generally had at least one of these vessels, and more important systems had several. Rendili StarDrive’s light corvette was the backbone of this force. The Imperial Customs Office employed a force of patrol vessels that operated independently from the Imperial Navy in order to spare the Imperial government the expense of assigning ships of the line to monitor shipping, interdict piracy, and perform search-and-rescue operations. The Rendili StarDrive light corvette, commonly known as the Imperial Customs corvette, was a light starship commonly used for patrol and inspection actions.