R vats (aka Cuthmar)

The R vats was a standard Tymbrimi medium cargo transport (of the Space Van class) equiped with B level hyperdrive and thrusters producing in excess of 1.5 G.  (Tymbrimi ships are unusually fast in normal space to evade the pirates and Tandu privateers that plague Tymbrimi shipping.)  The R vats discovered the Terragen near light speed colonial supply super-freighter Vesarius in the year zero.  The R vats traveled to Earth, making contact with Humans and their very young clients Neo-Chimpanzee and Neo-Dolphin

While orbiting Earth the R vats became a center for contact and communication between civilization and the Human primatives.  The Tymbrimi donated the R vats to Earth in 2 AxY.  Humanity returned it to service as an interstellar transport, rechristening the vessel Cuthmar after Titian Cuthmar, the first Human to see an alien.  The Cuthmar's first mission was to revisit the Vesarius, revive the crew, retrieve valuable supplies, and return the lot to Earth.  Thereafter the craft served as a colonial resupply vessel for 123 hab-years. 

It was retired with the aid of a Library grant as a Galactic Heritage Site.  The Cuthmar was renamed R vats and converted into a museum.  Put into orbit over Mars, the R vats became a minor tourist attraction.  The R vats was destroyed in the first few minutes of the opening attack of the Siege of Earth.  Two hundred tourists, nine Terragen Park Rangers, and two Librarians, and an Associate Librarian were killed.  Since exact responsibility for the vandalism of Library property cannot be determined the GLI is seeking damages from all besieging parties present in the initial attack on Mars.



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