Courier

A courier was a person or a type of starship intended for delivery of urgent cargo and passengers and was thus built for speed rather than combat.

Characteristics

Courier ships could range in size from small, one- or two-man ships like those that ferried Yoshi Raph-Elan and B'dard Tone to their destinations, all the way up to larger ships like the YKL-37R Nova and BR-23 that could transport troops and bulk cargo. In addition, courier ships were often well-armed to provide security for their important shipments.

Most courier ships were built with speed as the biggest consideration, with no much attention paid to the interior facilities, resulting to uncomfortable conditions to pilots and passengers.^[2]

There were also courier droids that could deliver messages or small cargo shipments from point to point or across the galaxy if need be.

Sentients worked as couriers in certain circumstances.^[3][4][1]

Appearances

• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• "Clouds of Genarius: Clouded Paths" – Living Force campaign
• "Rebel Escape" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 7
• "Death-Hunter" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 9
• "Elusive" — No Disintegrations
• Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire
• Allegiance (and audiobook)
• "The Great Herdship Heist" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
• Introductory Adventure Game
• Rescue at Glare Peak
• "Two for the Price of One" — Galaxy Guide 10: Bounty Hunters
• Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
• Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
• "Side Trip" (reprinted in Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club) (Mentioned only)
• "The Mecetti File" — Tapani Sector Instant Adventures (Mentioned only)
• "Galaxy's Edge" — The Kathol Outback (Reprinted and collected in The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe)
• "Retreat from Coruscant" — Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 (reprinted in Tales from the Empire and Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club)
• Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice
• Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)

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