The Night City Post Office was located in the Medical Center district of Central Night City.
Overview[]
Although the main means of communication in the 21st century were electronic (dataterms, fax, mail), or by courier services (United Express, etc.) there were still limited holdouts who felt a letter was not a letter unless it had a Class F stamp on it. Thus, even in 2020, there was still a Post Office. However. it wasn't the United States Postal Service. With the Collapse, most services of the United States Government were eliminated or drastically reduced. One of the first to go was the US Mail. With its antiquated delivery vans and dark-ages computer tracking, the old monopoly was no match for a host of smaller, more sophisticated private organizations. As a result, most mail services throughout the US. were then provided by these private service vendors.
Night City's postal service was provided by the largest mail delivery corporation in the country, Federal Express Mail Service (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Federal Express shipping giant). FEMS' bright blue mail kiosks could be found on street corners throughout the City. Stamps (0.95eb) and envelopes, as well as other shipping supplies, were dispensed by vending machines on top of the mail drop box. Deliveries were at 10.00 am and 3.00 pm, with pickups at 12.00 pm and 6.00 pm.
This building housed the central clearing house and dispatchers area for FEMS' fleet of delivery AVs. The actual AVs were stored on pads throughout the city, and followed daily routes that passed through this main terminal.[1]
References[]
- ↑ PONDSMITH, M. Night City Sourcebook. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1991. (pp.25,114–115)