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#SciFiPrompt 100: Cargo hauler from @gus

"I tell you boy" said the old man, chewing his eternal jerky. "Hauling water was the easiest job. You would let it freeze and shoot the damn 10 ton popsicle all the way to the station"

He paused to take a big sip of his beer "Those times are gone I tell you! Those water corsairs ruined the business for everyone"

The metal face of the bartender didn't change at all, but it said, genuinely interested: "Tell me more grandpa! the next round is on me"