Fat Trader
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Merchant | Liner | Transport | Commercial Industrial | Commercial Ships | General | Research | Private | Auxiliary | Orbital Complexes |
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Fat Traders typically serve the following roles:
- TBD
Description (Specifications)
Far Trader is a variant designation of a free trader. A far trader has a higher jump capacity than a free trader; usually a Jump-2 capability (twice that of normal). The Craft Type Code assigned to this type of ship is A2. A standard example of this type is the 200-ton Empress Marava-class far trader.
History & Background (Dossier)
Basic Supraclass Definition: THE FAR TRADER: The basic ship involved in free trade is called the free trader. Variations on the basic ship have resulted in variations in the name. The subsidized merchant, partly because of its size, and partly because of its subsidy, is called the fat trader. Some well-equipped high-G traders employed beyond the Imperial border are called fast traders. The type A2 far trader derives its name from its jump capability: its drives are capable of Jump-2, twice what the standard free trader can do. The far trader can be encountered anywhere in the Imperium. It ranges far and wide, and deals with every world it finds. Even amber zones and red zones are not considered off limits by its captains, provided there is profit to be made and the risk of being caught is slight. Marc Miller. Traders and Gunboats (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 23.
Selected Type A Variant Ships
- Type A1 class Far Trader
- Type A2 class Far Trader
- Type A2L class Far Trader
- Type A3 class Far Trader
- Type A3L class Far Trader
References & Contributors (Sources)
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- Twilight's Peak (book) (CT Adventure 3)
- Merchant Prince (book) (CT Book 7)
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science