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A [[Free Trader]] is a small [[starship]] commonly used for [[interstellar trade]] and commerce that is capable of [[jump drive|Jump]]-1.
 
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* Please see the [[AAB]] ship entry on [[Type A class Free Trader]]s for the iconic ship of this generalized type.
 
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* It is a [[Civilian Ship]], a merchant ship, a trader... often used for tramp work.
 
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== Description / Specifications ==
 
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Hundreds of variants exist. The typical size equals 200 [[ton|tons]]. A similar [[starship]] capable of Jump-2 is called a [[Far Trader]].
 
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Using a 200-[[ton]] {{TL|9}} streamlined hull, the free trader is an elementary interstellar merchant ship plying the space lanes carrying cargo and passengers. It is fitted with drives giving it Jump-1 and 1-G acceleration. Fuel tankage supports one Jump-1 and two months of [[power plant]] operations. [[Fuel scoop]]s are included. Installed on the bridge is a [[computer]] Model/1 and the default [[sensor suite]].
 
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Cargo capacity, the ship’s most important feature, is 82 tons, plus a [[mail vault]]. The [[hull]] is streamlined, and can land on uneven terrain. The free trader requires a crew of four: pilot/astrogator, engineer, medic, and steward
 
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== History & Background / Dossier ==
 
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The term [[Free Trader]] can be very confusing, as it refers both to a group of individuals and a type merchant vessel. Free Traders (the people) are men and women who owe allegiance to no government and who call no planet home. In many cases they were born on ship-board and have never lived "dirtside." These Free Traders farm a loose-knit tribal community and are the only vestige of interstellar commerce in collapsed [[Imperial Space]], albeit a sparse and thin vestige. Back in Imperial times, there were free traders as well, but the term was merely a description of a job (like "gas station attendant") rather than of a unique way of life under circumstances where there is no longer any interstellar authority. The Free Traders of the New Era are a nation without a state, but form a continuous link to a lost epoch.
 
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The vessels called free traders are a small and relatively cheap type of merchant ship. Although these free traders can be of various specific classes ([[Beowulf class Free Trader|Beowulf]] [[TL-15]] free trader, [[Moraine class Free Trader|Moraine]] [[TL-10]] free trader, etc.), all share certain characteristics: they displace 200 tons, have jump-1 and 1-G performance, and have a simple and inexpensive electronics suite.
 
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During Imperial times, the starship free trader was often capitalized in order to specify those precise performance parameters, while the free trader profession was lower case as befitted a general job description. However, in the New Era these terms are differentiated in the text by the use of lower case for the vessels as opposed to uppercase for the people.
 
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Finally, Free Traders who have regular contact with the [[Reformation Coalition]] do not fly free traders; you can't get to [[Coalition Space]] from the [[Wilds]] with a Jump-1 ship. {{Page cite|name= The Guilded Lilly |page= 43}}
 
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=== Selected Type A Variant Ships ===
 
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# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
 
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## [[Basil class Merchant]]
 
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## [[Beowulf class Free Trader]]
 
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## [[Hero class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Moraine class Free Trader]]
 
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## [[Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader]]
 
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# [[Type A1 class Far Trader]]
 
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# [[Type A2 class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Empress Marava class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Garu class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Hero class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Jayhawk class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Prince Ferren class Far Trader]]
 
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# [[Type A3 class Fast Trader]] AKA [[Type A3 class Far Trader]]
 
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## [[Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader]]
 
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# [[Type AA class Armored Merchant]]
 
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## [[Star class Armored Merchant]]
 
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== References & Contributors / Sources ==
 
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{{Intermediate}}
 
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{{Sources
 
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=Starships|version=Classic Traveller|page=19}}
 
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=High Passage 1|page=53}}
 
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name=Imperial Encyclopedia|page=81}}
 
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|S4= {{Ludography cite|name=Starship Operator's Manual}}
 
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|S5= {{Ludography cite|name=Traveller: The New Era|page=368}}
 
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|S6= {{Ludography cite|name=Brilliant Lances|page=21}}
 
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|S7= [[Guilded Lilly 0: The Guilded Lilly]]
 
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|S8= {{Ludography cite|name=Starships|version=Marc Miller's Traveller|page=28-29}}
 
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|S9= {{Ludography cite|name=Deck Plan 1: Beowulf-class Free Trader}}
 
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|S10= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]  
 
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