The shuttles use by the Jedi, primarily in times of peace, earned them the nickname 'Jedi ambassador shuttles,' although elite citizens of the Republic capital planet Coruscant used the craft as well.

In 32 BBY, Jedi Master Sifo Dyas was shot down in a T-6 shuttle over the Oba Diah moon. T-6 shuttles were designed for the Jedi Order, which employed the craft since at least 68 BBY and 42 BBY when Jedi Masters Dooku and Mace Windu took one on a journey to Raxus Secundus. General Grievous stands atop a T-6 shuttle during the Clone Wars.

Decades later, T-6 shuttles that were a part of the fleet assembled by Lando Calrissian were equipped with aftermarket weaponry added on either side of the cockpit. When pressed into service during the Clone Wars, Republic T-6 shuttles were adorned with a Galactic Roundel and painted in the red-and-white color scheme of the Grand Army of the Republic, though they remained unarmed. Furthermore, the craft's spacious interior provided for reasonably comfortable space travel. ĭue to its role as an ambassadorial craft, the T-6 shuttle lacked weaponry, but was equipped with a hyperdrive. Shuttles of this class featured ejector seats that, when launched, enclosed the being in a flexible, cushioned survival capsule. The craft had one loading ramp, located on the port side of the engine block. When entering flight mode, the cockpit and the engine block rotated ninety degrees. The cockpit, somewhat conical in shape, remained aligned with the body of the craft, with the three engines likewise horizontally aligned with the body of the shuttle. In its landing configuration, the ship sat horizontally, supported by a trio of landing gear. Manufactured by the Verpine hives of Slayn & Korpil, the semicircular T-6 shuttle featured a rotating engine block and cockpit that oriented with the rest of the ship when landed or in flight.

Inside space shuttle cockpit