Vengeful Sandstorm Vengeful Sandstorm was a modified SS - 19 cargo transport owned by Armanda Durkin of the Notsub Shipping Company sometime during the Galactic Civil War . She used this ship in pirating raids to finance Notsub Shipping . The first time it was used in this capacity was to steal a load of plastisteel from a CR90 corvette destined for Myomar . The ship had been on one too many Kessel Runs , making it appear like it had seen better days , and was badly in need of an overhaul . Durkin purchased the ship at a fair price and found a mechanic who could keep his mouth shut and paid him well . The ship stayed with him for three seasons to check , test , repair and / or replace every system . The mechanic upgraded the shields , gave it a new Carbanti communications jammer , and reinforced the hull . Though the ship looked unaltered from the outside , its derelict appearance belied its sophisticated capabilities . Durkin appreciated the innocuous look of the freighter which became very helpful during lengthy discussions with a customs patrol ship officer on one of her flights . Despite this , she decided to sell the ship to a new group . Though they did not have her entire asking price of 45 , 000 credits , she was willing to let them pay part of the cash and work off the rest . By doing this , she hoped to keep tighter control over their activities than she found was possible with the ships previous crew , as well as having a group in her corner who owed her . The cockpit of the ship was as standard — two pilot chairs , two secondary systems chairs , as well as a lucky charm hanging down in front of the portal ; in this case a womp rat claw . The passageway to the cockpit also contained the telescoping boarding ramp which was a modification made to the ship before it came into the possession of Durkin , which she personally disliked intensely as , when docked , the lowered ramp would cut off the cockpit . The port laser battery contained the ships two Taim & Bak heavy laser cannons ; a pair of gun control pods were also stuffed into this small area . The custom escape pod for the ship was large enough to accommodate up to ten beings and was in fact more akin to a lifeboat . When launched , it would exit the top of the ship unlike most which exited through the bottom . Engineering held the ships modified Kuat Drive Yards subspace / hyperdrive engines which were intertwined with the engineering section . The starboard laser battery held one of the ships Torplex heavy laser cannons and had a rotating gunner seat which was also crammed in this compartment . The access hatches held the ships deep space docking ports which were designed to operate at up to speeds of half the maximum sublight speed of the ship . The head and crew quarters held some rudimentary systems ; bunk beds and storage for pre - packaged food but , as the ship could not be used for extended flights , Durkin did not refit these areas . Though the storage area held many knick knacks which were collected over the course of dozens of raids , there was also the possibility to use it as a temporary brig ; Durkin had never seen the need to do so , however . The cargo bay had two decks , one of which extended underneath almost the entire main deck of the ship . It was a cramped area which was handled mostly by droids . When the ship was raiding another , cargo bay doors would be opened on both ships and space - suited crew members would supervise the droids cargo exchange . The other Torplex heavy laser cannon was mounted ventrally and was controlled from the cockpit by the co - pilot , and was in fact the only weapon wired to the cockpit .