VR-10 Cuirilla-Rayl Xylines-class spacetug

VR-10 Cuirilla-Rayl Xylines-Class Spacetug

"There is nothing in the ship's memory. It's worthless, and so are you. You're a worthless fool."

- Fleet Supervisor Dwin Wisheel unwittingly names the VR-10 Cuirilla-Rayl Xylines-class spacetug Worthless Fool.

The VR-10 Cuirilla-Rayl Xylines-class spacetug, sometimes known as Cuirilla-Raye Xylines-class Spacetug and often called CRX-Tug, was a short-range starship designed to tow bigger transports to their docks. Slow, difficult to customize and lacking hyperdrive or stock weaponry, the Xylines-class spacetug was unpopular among spacers, although it was seen in fleets of the Alliance to Restore the Republic and in the hands of pirates like Yearo Seville, as was the case with the Worthless Fool. The Cragmoloid smuggler Rooty owned another modified Xylines-class spacetug, the Solar Grazer.

Description
"You guys are supposed to be the heroes. I'm gonna go fix the power flux mods so that we can get out of here when you're done bein' heroic."

- Maytoc Kollene, on his spacetug.

The VR-10 Xylines-class spacetug was a short-range spaceship designed to be used in docks. A spacetug used its tractor beam projectors to tow larger starships, mostly bulk transports, bulk carriers and container ships, to their specific bay. The spacetug was able to also help them unload their cargo.

The spacetug was designed to always tow in the same star system and as such it did not include a hyperdrive. However, modifications were made to individual ships which made them capable of micro-jump within the same system.

The spacetug was also slower and clumsier than other similarly-sized ships, and weapons were particularly hard to install because of the unusual arrangement of the spacetug's power couplings, leaving the ship defenseless except for its two turret-mounted tractor beam projectors. While difficult, the installation of weapons was not impossible. Pirate Yearo Seville installed two turret-mounted laser cannons, placing one in each of the tractor beam pylons, and one more in the bow of his spacetug. Seville's vessel also had a highly precise Hansen FeatherTouch tractor beam unit and was adapted to accept a one-legged pilot.

History
"Until you complete your mission, Captain Kollene and his ship are at your disposal."

- Commander Zeke Rondel, Alliance to Restore the Republic, on a spacetug

Developed by the Cuirilla-Raye corporation, the Xylines-class spacetug was introduced before 22 BBY. Spacers nicknamed the model "CRX-Tug." Around 10 BBY, unused spacetugs were available on the open market for undefined50,000. The Cragmoloid smuggler Rooty owned a highly-customized spacetug, the Solar Grazer, whose maintenance he overlooked. The Grazer had an added short-range hyperdrive that Rooty used for short smuggling runs.

By 0 ABY, a number of spacetugs were used in Imperial docks, and others were sometimes used as short-range haulers. The spacetug was already an obsolete model by then, and they were no longer sold in mint condition. A number of pirates found and ambushed spacetugs.

Around that time, pirate Yearo Seville owned a spacetug that he heavily modified with weaponry, a hyperdrive, and increased living space at the expense of cargo space. Seville later sold this ship to a procurement officer of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, under the pretense the spacetug had been used in Imperial shipyards and that the ship's memory core still held valuable information. That was a lie, as the memory core had been fused. The officer paid a considerable sum for the ship, only to be reprimanded later by his Fleet Supervisor, Dwin Wisheel. Wisheel said that both the officer and the ship were worthless fools, and the spacetug was later officially christened Worthless Fool. The Fool nonetheless bolstered the Alliance sectorial fleet, and made regular supply runs to the Rebel base on Berrol's Donn with Maytoc Kollene willingly piloting her. Later, Seville kidnapped Shashay artist Crying Dawn Singer and the Alliance sent the crew of the Fool to rescue Seville's prisoner.

Behind the scenes
This starship first appeared in The Abduction (1992), a roleplaying adventure for West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. The Abduction featured the customized tug Worthless Fool, which was considered a "transport". However, the specifics for a non-modified tug were only provided in Pirates & Privateers (1997), which considered the tug to be a "starfighter." A later mention of the ship in Star Wars Gamer #6 (2001) also considers the tug to be a starfighter-type ship. Besides, The Abduction is the only source to consistently use the spelling Cuirilla-Rayl, with all the others consistently say Cuirilla-Raye.