When the IUES Kumari II was dispatched to Eridani, the Atlirith took over its patrol duties along the Klingon border. Kumari's intelligence officer, First Lieutenant Yrrebneddor th'Eneg, believed the Atlirith's analyst less capable than himself, otherwise Interstellar Headquarters would have assigned the Atlirith to patrol the border in the first place. (ST - Myriad Universes novel: The Tears of Eridanus)