Death in a bottle

After MINIMCOM teleported himself into the sealed storage chamber holding the virus containment vessel, Rome, Rei and Ursay had to figure out what to do. First they had to get themselves oriented as to what was going on and then they had to figure out what to do with it. So here is what they encountered:

     The three humans entered the room which was maybe ten by ten with a high semi-circular ceiling. Standing in the middle of the room was a seven-foot tall concrete mini-bunker with a door and a window. Rei rushed up to the window and peered in. He shined his weak flashlight to illuminate the interior.
     “It’s there!” he shouted, “Look!” Ursay and Rome raced over and peered in as well. Sitting on the floor, surrounded by concrete stanchions, laid a dull metal vessel identical to the one that Ursay was carrying. Its utter simplicity belied its utterly lethal nature.
     Rei turned to Rome. “What do you think we should do with it?”
     “We must destroy it of course,” Rome said.
     “How do you propose to do that?” Ursay asked. “One false move and it is the end of all mankind.”
     Rei snapped his fingers. “I got it,” he said. He turned to the livetar. “Instead of opening the door, how about if you beam yourself in there, grab it and then transport it to your cargo bay. Like you did with our burning pan a few weeks ago?”
     “Then fly it to the sun,” Rome said. “Incinerate it and make it gone forever.”
     “I can do that,” the livetar said. “However, let me move my ship into orbit first. The vessel inside that bunker is a 14 century old inanimate object. You will remember what happened to the beacon on the Moon. If I am already in the vacuum of space, there can be no chance of leakage.”
     “Good idea,” Rei said. “How fast can you get up there?”
     The livetar bowed his head and froze. He stood there silently for a minute then a minute longer. Finally, the livetar lifted his head. “It is done,” he said.

Sadly, you will see tomorrow that no good deed goes unpunished. MINIMCOM must die.