I've browsed the creation kit wiki and did a search on these forums but my google-fu is pretty weak. I need a handle on the courier and have run out of my own ideas on how to keep that handle in Papyrus.

Is there a method that takes an ID and returns an Actor reference?

To be more clear - what I'm specifically trying to do is add a letter to the inventory of the courier through a scrip

so my script would be something like

Actor courier = ****Missing this bit****...courier.AddItem( foo, bar, etc.)

Declare the Actor you want to use as your courier as a property:

Actor Property MyCourier Auto

You define which actor you want the property to point to in the Creation Kit.

You can then do what you wish with the Courier. But you will need an Event to trigger the script (search Events in the CK Wiki and see which one fits best your needs).

And if I may suggest some reading: http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/5039-class-2-properties/ It's a tutorial on how properties work and what you use them for.

Thanks Thomas, I'll take a gander at it.