The Customs Agent's Worst Nightmare

About this episode

In this episode, Jax and his companions devise a risky plan to navigate a heavily guarded customs checkpoint in their intergalactic adventure.

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Welcome to A Bedtime Story. I'm Matthew Mitchell, and tonight's story is titled The Customs Agent's Worst Nightmare, Part 3 of this week's series: The Midnight Curfew for Intergalactic Tourists. The Earth gateway was a shimmering ring of golden light, suspended in the dark void of the solar system. It was the only way home, but it was also the most heavily guarded spot in the quadrant. Jax watched the viewscreen as dozens of sleek, silver patrol ships circled the gate like sharks. "Okay, plan?" Jax asked, his hands trembling slightly on the controls. "Because my plan was mostly to show up and hope they were on a lunch break." "They don't take lunch breaks," Seven-Delta said from the glove box. "They are bioroids. They take oil breaks and data refreshes. Currently, they are scanning every ship for the treasury codes. If we try to fly through, they will detect my signal within milliseconds." Ren was busy soldering a makeshift jammer out of a toaster and a spare communicator. "I can mask your signature for about ninety seconds, but that won't get us through the customs check. We need a…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Mitchell

Topics covered

• intergalactic travel
• customs
• adventure
• sci-fi
• distraction
• technology

Keywords

• customs agent
• intergalactic tourists
• space travel
• sci-fi story
• adventure
• distraction
• bioroids

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