courier

trope-a-day

Trope-a-Day: Courier

Courier: Once common, taking messages everywhere in the planetary Empire where routine caravans didn’t run. Still common today doing the same job on a rather larger scale, because there are lots of exclaves, small colonies and outposts that aren’t regularly visited by anyone in particular, and while the

Stellar Express

Very Special Delivery

“Ma’am, I am a bonded secure courier for the Midnight Runners, a subsidiary of Stellar Express, ICC. In accordance with the terms of our corporate tort coverage, I am required to inform you that, should a message recipient attempt to detain or interrogate me, or otherwise bypass my internal