To satisfy a growing need for brute-force intelligence retrieval, the Minmatar sought a ship which was capable of hit and run operations – one which was capable of striking hard and fast against exposed targets and outrunning their defenders before they had a chance to react. A solution was found in the commissioning of the Probe Fleet Issue: a ship which combined the delicate data extraction capabilities of the Probe, while abandoning superfluous salvager systems, with the firepower to make a ship as equally capable of cracking encryption codes as it is cracking open the hull of a diplomat's shuttle.