Gas Trader

Gas Traders are interstellar resource collectors, sometimes called Gas Miners.

• A term applied to those who make a living by operating commercial tankers, vessels that offer purified fuel in remote locations.
• See also Distant Fringe Class A Starports, Ships of the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

Commercial Tankers are purpose-built fully streamlined flying gas-tanks massing thousands of displacement tons. They are fitted with fuel transfer facilities, skimming equipment, and efficient modern purification plants.

• Nimrod class Fuel Lighter, TL-10, 15,000 dTons.
• Provision class Medium Tanker: TL-11, 8,000 dTons.
• Baleen class Heavy Tanker: TL-11, 40,000 dTons.

History & Background (Dossier)

Gas Traders may work closely with the Recovery Trade. The presence of tenders and tankers within a system may create a Nomad Port and temporarily upgrade the local starport rating.

• The corporation Mooi & Belanis act as commercial gas traders within the rimward and trailing parts of Far Home Sector.

References & Contributors (Sources)

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science