THUNDERBIRD MAIL SYSTEM INFO

The Thunderbird Mail Service (TMS) is a suit-owned courier service for the delivery of sensitive goods in a timely fashion.

Primarily consisting of harpies and tough ground units, TMS offers worldwide coverage for their services. Harpies are used to transport goods vast distances in a short amount of time, while the tougher ground suits can carry packages through hazardous locations that the frail harpy suits would be ill equipped for.

While individual suits in TMS may have different relations with the other factions, TMS itself strives to remain neutral in the chaos that has erupted following the discovery of the first suits. From this, science based groups have worked with TMS in reverse engineering suit technology, and a joint venture between TMS and small groups of scientists has resulted in the beginning of the construction of a moon orbiting railgun based on suit technology.

The nature of this railgun is to deliver packages with an even faster mode of transport than usual, and to solidify TMS as a legitimate power in this new age. The gun itself shoots its payload in such a way that the payload misses the Earth, but slingshots it around and around, eventually using the atmosphere to brake, allowing the package to deliver itself with an onboard dummy ai.

In the beginning, the Railgun will primarily be used for delivering packages of the utmost importance, though speculation amongst the scientists points to other possible uses, such as a regular means of delivering supplies to colonies on other planets, or ferrying goods mined or created off-world to Earth for consumption or sale. As unlikely as some of those sound right now, the future is looking ripe for space travel, and TMS will be right up at the front of the pack, forging a new way ahead.

Transactions range from legitimate corporate mail delivery to shady deals made on the SNet to occasional cartel activity. As long as there is money to be made, TMS will be the first on the scene.

Despite the seeming lack of morals, TMS is strongly committed to remaining neutral in political affairs, so as to remain an open and attractive option for every kind of buyer.

--Positions
--Standard courier - "Gotta go fast!"
        The average postal worker. Generally equipped with a mesh or light harpy suit, they move packages from point A to point B.
        Not quite dangerous in and of itself, but unsavory customers might set up a false shipment so as to lure a suit into a trap,
        and then salvage the remains, looking for useful parts.

--Heavy courier - "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor the end of the fucking world can stop us"
        The ground based couriers, they tend to favour heavier armour over mobility, and as such can be relied upon to go places normal couriers can't.
        If you need to get a package through a warzone, a natural disaster, or hazardous terrain, they can be relied upon to get the job done.

--Moon Ops - "The meek shall inherit the earth, and the harpies the moon"
        TMS plans on one day having a small base of operations on the moon, keeping an eye on the Railgun and the rest of the couriers.
        Research in collaboration with science bases on the moon will hopefully lead to the betterment of mankind, and there's gonna be a lot
        of money in it.

--Deniable Assets - "Finders keepers"
        Basically, corporate espionage. It keeps TMS healthily aware of what it's competitors are planning, and occasionally disrupt rivals movements.
        Mainly stealth suits with hacking upgrades, they don't deliver physical goods so much as information. If you need to find something out, and it has to do with a mega corporation, chances are these guys already know about it.

--Asset Recovery - "Ya feeling lucky, punk?"
        Some deals just go bad. People don't deliver what they promised, some get violent, and others try to steal from TMS. These guys exist to make sure that those kinds of behavior get put to an end. Fast. Comprised mainly of combat armours, they are the closest to what the TMS would call it's army, though obviously they would never be used as such.