The Shroud was an Arakyd Industries Helix-class light interceptor originally owned by Doctor Cornelius Evazan. It was equipped with a GBp-629 hyperdrive, in addition to a few unspecified illegal modifications. Evazan sold it to a Meego, a used-starship salesman, to fund the development of his reanimation serum. The ship was purchased by Mammon Hoole, so that he and his charges, Tash and Zak Arranda could leave the planet Necropolis. The ship was sold before it could have its memory banks wiped, allowing its new owners to discover some information about Evazan's research. Hoole equipped the Shroud with a slave circuit, allowing him to hide it during their adventures and then call it out when needed. The ship was nearly destroyed over the planet Kiva, when it was shot down by an automated de