Another product of Periphery independence, the Pinto-class corvette emerged from shipyards in the Rim Worlds Republic ostensibly as defensive "picket" ships. Many were sold to other Periphery realms, but this practice was discontinued when the Reunification War became unavoidable, for the Aramis family wished to maintain a façade of loyalty to the Star League.
         Tedeo Amaris would restart construction of the Pinto in 2650 as part of a massive military buildup. Though pressure from the Star League brought Tedio's plans to an abrupt halt, no demands for a reduction of the RWR fleet were made, an oversight the Hegemony would one day regret. By the time of the Amaris crisis, the Rim Worlds' fleet still possessed a substantial number of Pintos, all poised to strike down the defenses of the League once Kerensky's back was turned.
         Build for light duty but fast enough to engage most DropShips and WarShips, the Pinto was actually superior to the Hegemony's Vincent in many ways, from its heavier armor-particularly in front-to its powerful arsenal of capital and conventional weaponry. Combined with its DropShip transport capability, and backed up by two fighter squadrons, this WarShip, alongside conventional JumpShips and transports, could as easily support a small invasion as it could hold a defensive line-a fact that would be proven all to well when Stefan Amaris, the Usurper, launched his coup.
         The Pinto did not survive Kerensky's return to oust the Republican forces when heavier SLDF WarShips entered the fray. Between the campaigns in the Periphery and the liberation itself, the Pinto-class was apparently destroyed along with the WarShip's two shipyards in the shattered Rim Worlds Republic. However there are rumors that a few of these vessels, crippled and presumed destroyed during the fighting may actually have withdrawn to uncharted worlds in the Deep Periphery where they survive to this day as derelicts.