VR - 10 Cuirilla - Rayl Xylines - class spacetug 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 a modified " Xylines " - class spacetug , the " Solar Grazer . " Characteristics . The VR - 10 " Xylines " - class spacetug was a short - range spaceship designed for use in docks . The spacetug used its tractor beam projectors to tow larger starships , mostly bulk transport s , bulk carriers , and container ships , to their specific bay . The spacetug was also able to help the ships unload their cargo . These spacetugs were 42 - meter starships that reached a maximum atmospheric speed of 230 km h . The vessels were designed to always tow in the same star system and as such , they were not equipped with a hyperdrive . However , modifications were made to individual ships that made them capable of micro - jumps within the same system . The VR - 10 " Xylines " - class spacetug required a crew of just two beings , but it could also lodge up to eight passengers ; and was able to hold two weeks worth of consumables and 225 tons of cargo . The spacetug housed two highly - precise turret - mounted Hansen FeatherTouch tractor beams that could be used defensively , but most pilots did not consider them to be weapons . 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 the two tractor beam projectors . While difficult , the installation of weapons was not impossible . The pirate Yearo Seville installed two turret - mounted laser cannons , placing one in each of the tractor beam pylons . He also added a third gun , a ball - turret heavy laser cannon , in the bow of his spacetug . Seville ' s vessel also was adapted to accept a one - legged pilot . History . Developed by the Cuirilla - Raye corporation , the " Xylines " - class spacetug was introduced to the galaxy before 22 BBY . Spacers nicknamed the model the " CRX - Tug . " Around 10 BBY , unused spacetugs were available on the open market for 50 , 000 credits , and used ones were valued at 20 , 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 . The spacetug was also a common prey for space pirates . Around that time , the 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 that 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 the ship was worthless and the officer was a worthless fool ; 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 the planet 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 . VR - 10 " Xylines " - class spacetug was first introduced in " The Abduction " ( 1992 ) , a roleplaying adventure for West End Games ' " . " " The Abduction " mentioned the customized tug " Worthless Fool " , calling it a " transport . " The specifics for a non - modified tug were only provided in " Pirates & Privateers " ( 1997 ) " The Abduction " is the only source to consistently use the spelling " Cuirilla - Rayl " ; all of the other sources consistently use " Cuirilla - Raye . "