Ambition (corvette)

General Vessel Information

The Vibre-class "assault cruiser" is a very specialized ship, used exclusively for boarding other vessels. Like Silviut's shuttle design, the Svelte-class, the Vibre-class is small and vaguely beetle-shaped.

History

The Ambition saw several successful commerce raids in service to the Imperial Remnant, but, as with most ships of this make, was relegated to smuggler interdiction and covert reconnaissance with the ending of the Galactic Civil War. Harbouring resentment for the Bastion Accords, and unsatisfied with mere police work, but not enough to abandon Pellaeon altogether, the crew increasingly ignored operational boundaries. Ambition began preying on New Republic shipping, killing their crews, looting their cargo, and rigging them to self-destruct. It was obvious to all involved that these losses would not go unnoticed for long, thus they eventually decided to make the next score their last for a time.

It came in the form of a sensor blip, which they inferred to be a large ship passing behind an uninhabited planet. Upon closer investigation they discovered a Strike Cruiser in orbit, presumably surveying or awaiting the recovery of ground personnel. With a nearby gravity well to dispose of the evidence, and with either its sensors fully trained on the planet, or short a few personnel, it made an ideal target.

Rocked by a sudden tractor beam impact, and reading the Cruiser’s shields rising just as the order to fire was about to be given, the Ambition found itself exactly where it could seldom afford to be: on the defensive. The opposing ship identified itself as the Penitence, relayed that it was under the command of Dark Jedi, and offered to spare their lives in return for submission. Taken aback by his revelation, and devoid of the time, firepower, and shields to escape to hyperspace, the Captain took only a few moments to agree. The first Jedi borders arrived within minutes, facilitating the ship’s entry into first the Kunian, and later Plagueian Navy. It came to serve in a monitoring role along the main hyperspace route into the Jusadih system, invisibly observing and scanning incoming traffic. It was also attached to the Prodigy of Plagueis.

In 27 ABY the ship participated in the Brotherhood’s first calamitous clash with the Yuuzhan Vong at Antei. Though the Vibre survived the pitched battle its stealth hull and ion cannons were damaged from without, and an enemy boarding party ravaged several sections from within. Lacking the means to repair the vessel for the foreseeable future, Plagueis opted to decommission it. The Ambition is presently being held in storage alongside the Vengeance.

[Awarded to CEK in the Sixth Great Jedi War]