diff --git a/speckle/serialization/base_object_serializer.py b/speckle/serialization/base_object_serializer.py
index a42aa21..3f9d5a1 100644
--- a/speckle/serialization/base_object_serializer.py
+++ b/speckle/serialization/base_object_serializer.py
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ class BaseObjectSerializer:
         Returns:
             Base -- the base object with all its children attached
         """
+        # make sure an obj was passed and create dict if string was somehow passed
+        if not obj:
+            return
+        if isinstance(obj, str):
+            obj = json.loads(obj)
+
+        # initialise the base object
         base = Base()
 
         # get total children count
@@ -214,7 +221,12 @@ class BaseObjectSerializer:
             # 2. handle referenced child objects
             elif "referencedId" in value:
                 ref_hash = value["referencedId"]
-                ref_obj = json.loads(self.read_transport.get_object(id=ref_hash))
+                ref_obj_str = self.read_transport.get_object(id=ref_hash)
+                if not ref_obj_str:
+                    raise SpeckleException(
+                        f"Could not find the referenced child object of id `{ref_hash}` in the given read transport: {self.read_transport.name}"
+                    )
+                ref_obj = json.loads(ref_obj_str)
                 base[prop] = self.recompose_base(obj=ref_obj)
 
             # 3. handle all other cases (base objects, lists, and dicts)
diff --git a/speckle/transports/abstract_transport.py b/speckle/transports/abstract_transport.py
index a88b9e3..317f994 100644
--- a/speckle/transports/abstract_transport.py
+++ b/speckle/transports/abstract_transport.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class AbstractTransport(Transport):
             id {str} -- the hash of the object
 
         Returns:
-            str -- the full string representation of the object (or null of no object is found)
+            str -- the full string representation of the object (or null if no object is found)
         """
         pass
 
diff --git a/speckle/transports/memory.py b/speckle/transports/memory.py
index 2139445..85b5211 100644
--- a/speckle/transports/memory.py
+++ b/speckle/transports/memory.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import os
+import json
 from speckle.logging.exceptions import SpeckleException
 from speckle.transports.abstract_transport import AbstractTransport
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class MemoryTransport(AbstractTransport):
 
     def get_object(self, id: str) -> str or None:
         if id in self.objects:
-            return self.objects[id]
+            return json.dumps(self.objects[id])
         else:
             return None
 
diff --git a/speckle/transports/server.py b/speckle/transports/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af7b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/speckle/transports/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import requests
+from asyncio import Queue, Task
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+from speckle.api.client import SpeckleClient
+from speckle.logging.exceptions import SpeckleException
+from speckle.transports.abstract_transport import AbstractTransport
+
+
+class ServerTransport(AbstractTransport):
+    _name = "RemoteTransport"
+    url: str = None
+    stream_id: str = None
+    saved_obj_count: int = 0
+    session: requests.Session = None
+    __queue: Queue = None
+    __workers: List[Task] = []
+
+    def __init__(self, client: SpeckleClient, stream_id: str) -> None:
+        # TODO: replace client with account or some other auth avenue
+        self.url = client.url
+        self.stream_id = stream_id
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+        self.session.headers.update(
+            {"Authorization": f"Bearer {client.me['token']}", "Accept": "text/plain"}
+        )
+
+    def begin_write(self) -> None:
+        self.saved_obj_count = 0
+
+    def end_write(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    # TODO: add save task to queue and process as the root is being deserialised
+    def save_object(self, id: str, serialized_object: str) -> None:
+        endpoint = f"{self.url}/objects/{self.stream_id}"
+        r = self.session.post(
+            url=endpoint,
+            files={"batch-1": ("batch-1", f"[{serialized_object}]")},
+        )
+        if r.status_code != 201:
+            raise SpeckleException(
+                message=f"Could not save the object to the server - status code {r.status_code}"
+            )
+
+    def save_object_from_transport(
+        self, id: str, source_transport: AbstractTransport
+    ) -> None:
+        obj_string = source_transport.get_object(id=id)
+        self.save_object(id=id, serialized_object=obj_string)
+
+    def get_object(self, id: str) -> str:
+        # endpoint = f"{self.url}/objects/{self.stream_id}/{id}/single"
+        # r = self.session.get(endpoint, stream=True)
+
+        # _, obj = next(r.iter_lines().decode("utf-8")).split("\t")
+
+        # return obj
+
+        raise SpeckleException(
+            "Getting a single object using `ServerTransport.get_object()` is not implemented. To get an object from the server, please use the `SpeckleClient.object.get()` route",
+            NotImplementedError,
+        )
+
+    def copy_object_and_children(
+        self, id: str, target_transport: AbstractTransport
+    ) -> str:
+        endpoint = f"{self.url}/objects/{self.stream_id}/{id}"
+        r = self.session.get(endpoint, stream=True)
+        if r.encoding is None:
+            r.encoding = "utf-8"
+        lines = r.iter_lines(decode_unicode=True)
+
+        # save first (root) obj for return
+        root_hash, root_obj = next(lines).split("\t")
+        target_transport.save_object(root_hash, root_obj)
+
+        # iter through returned objects saving them as we go
+        for line in lines:
+            if line:
+                hash, obj = line.split("\t")
+                target_transport.save_object(hash, obj)
+
+        return root_obj
+
+    # async def stream_res(self, endpoint: str) -> str:
+    #     data = b""
+    #     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+    #         session.headers.update(
+    #             {
+    #                 "Authorization": f"{self.session.headers['Authorization']}",
+    #                 "Accept": "text/plain",
+    #             }
+    #         )
+    #         async with session.get(endpoint) as res:
+    #             while True:
+    #                 chunk = await res.content.read(self.chunk_size)
+    #                 if not chunk:
+    #                     break
+    #                 data += chunk
+
+    #     return data.decode("utf-8")
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