The act bought enough time to finish the evacuation. The impact was enough to knock the Destroyer off course when it fired, causing the blast to level the top of a nearby mountain. She took the corvette, which she rammed into the mighty vessel, ejecting at the last moment. Rebel pilot Evaan Verlaine was assigned to infiltrate the Destroyer and buy time for the evacuation. The Raider-class corvette was still in use decades after the fall of the EmpireДuring the evacuation of Yavin 4, one corvette was aboard the hangar of an Imperial Star Destroyer.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, one Raider II-class corvette, the Corvus, was utilized by the elite Inferno Squad, led by Captain Iden Versio and by the time of the Battle of Endor, it was still used by the squad. Gendling's inability to act decisively resulted in the destruction of one corvette and critical damage to the other corvette. Two Raider-class corvettes were part of an Imperial task force ordered to eliminate insurgents in the Umbara system led by Admiral Carlou Gendling. The ships also had a small hangar on the starboard side, that could hold at least 2 TIE fighters. These ships could be operated with a pilot and a co-pilot and were armed with ion cannons, dual heavy laser cannons, concussion missiles, and turbolasers.

The dark grey protrusions on the craft were actually solar collectors, nearly identical to those found on the starfighters of the TIE-series. The Raider-class corvette was a sleek and roomy vessel at 150 meters for a sizeable crew and featured 3 engines and a hyperdrive. A Raider II-class corvette under attack by Rebel fighters.

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