• Location: Public Services Ring, Arla Town
• Address: SE Public Services Ring Road 1
• Surroundings: Next to the Arla Town Market, within sight of the Poseidon Inn ruins

Established in September 2626, the Arla Town Courier Station served as the primary hub for postal, parcel, and message dispatch in the lakeside settlement. Operated under the authority of the Free State of Settlers, it linked Arla’s fishing families and businesses to New Kourou and other towns of the Asari Region. Before the Great War, the station’s red-painted shutters and steady beat of messengers embodied the rhythm of community life.

The Courier Station was destroyed along with all other buildings of Arla Town during the Native raid by the Trando Tribe during the War, leaving only scattered beams and rusting courier insignia as reminders of its role.

• Construction Materials: Built from salvaged shuttle panels with timber framing
• Floors: Single-storey office with loft storage
• Design: Compact, red-shuttered façade with a raised delivery counter and side loading dock

Ground Floor – Dispatch Hall:

• Front Counter: Alloy-surfaced desk where Butler Bot “Ledger-Two” processed goods, logged consignments, and collected payments.
• Sorting Room: Crates and bundles were tagged and stacked by the Maintenance Bot for outgoing shipments.
• Loading Dock: Wide timber doors allowed handcarts to roll directly from the Fish Factory into the dispatch hall.
• Public Notice Board: Mounted on the exterior wall, where townsfolk pinned job offers, market postings, and missing-person notices.

Loft Storage (accessible by ladder):

• Cargo Loft: Secured area under the eaves where sealed sacks, smoked fish crates, and cooperative supplies from the Tiller & Net Store awaited their scheduled dispatch.
• Lockbox Compartment: Reinforced chest for high-value goods (e.g., resin barrels, fishing equipment shipments) stored under Guarding Trooper oversight.

Human Oversight

• Regional Courier Officer (ExoHuman, off-site): Audited transaction logs, set tariffs, and ensured compliance with Free State courier regulations

Automated Staff

• Butler Bot – Front Desk (1): Registered letters and parcels, issued receipts, collected payments
• Maintenance Bot – Sorting (1): Categorised and packed items for outbound delivery
• Cleaning Bot (1): Kept the counter, sorting room, and dockside steps clean

• Hours of Operation: 07:00–18:00 daily
• Delivery Schedule: Outgoing parcels dispatched twice daily, at noon and late afternoon
• Express Handling: Urgent dispatches logged immediately, prioritised over standard parcels

• Guarding Troopers Patrol: Perimeter foot beat every two hours
• Lockbox Safe: Reinforced chest for high-value parcels stored behind the counter
• Dispute Bell: Mounted beside the front door, summoning nearby troopers in case of theft or fraud

Legal

• Send or receive letters, parcels, and express slips using Kourou
• Commission special courier runs for the market or private business
• Scan the public notice board for jobs, missing persons, or rumors

Illegal

• Tamper with sealed parcels while unattended
• Forge dispatch slips to reroute deliveries
• Bribe staff to “lose” a parcel in transit

The Arla Town Courier Station is a hub of intrigue, where every package might conceal more than dried fish or market orders. A misplaced letter could spark a feud, or an intercepted parcel might contain evidence of smuggling. Use its sorting room and dockside yard as staging grounds for tense encounters.

• “The Missing Shipment” – A registered parcel bound for New Kourou vanishes from the station’s storage loft. Players are asked to track it down, uncovering whether it was stolen, tampered with, or simply misrouted in Arla Town’s chaotic dockside bustle.

• Arla Town
• Arla Town Market
• Poseidon Inn
• Funkenberg Fish Factory
• Weber Communication Company
• Service Bots
• Great War
• Beta Age