The MT-5 hyperdrive represents a technological creation of Pitareeze Inc., conceived specifically for integration within their Pitareeze Cruiser. Sources indicated its superior speed compared to competing systems available around 5.5 BBY. At the time Olag Greck, an employee of Pitareeze Inc., absconded with the cruiser's blueprints and began producing inferior copies known as Greck Cruisers, the hyperdrive was still under development. The hyperdrive implementations within Olag's vessels demonstrated operational failures, leading Baron Pitareeze to decline his request for assistance. Subsequently, Greck kidnapped [Nak Pitareeze](/article/nak_pitareeze], the Baron's grandson, alleging Nak's attempt to pilfer one of his cruisers. Greck threatened to confine Nak to a prison transport unless Baron Pitareeze provided him with a fully operational MT-5 unit. Ultimately, Greck was deceived into accepting a food hydrator, believing it to be the desired hyperdrive.