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Far Trader | |||
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Profit and pitfalls among the stars | |||
Author | Steve Daniels, Jim McLean, Christopher Thrash | ||
Publisher | Steve Jackson Games | ||
Version | GURPS Traveller | ||
Edition | 1st | ||
Format | Book (Softback) (PDF) | ||
Language | English | ||
Pages | 144 | ||
Year Published | 1999 | ||
Canonical | Yes | ||
Available from | FFE | ||
Also See | Far Trader | ||
ISBN 1-55634-373-6 Stock # 6066 |
GURPS Traveller: Far Trader is a Steve Jackson Games product.
- It is a mercantile source book designed for GURPS Traveller.
Description (Specifications)
The Universe is Your Market
There’s a fortune to be made among the stars - for the intrepid merchant with business savvy, a suspicious mind, and more than a little luck.
Be prepared to meet some of the worst characters in the universe - just pray they’re not your business partners! And remember, “cutthroat competition” isn’t just a colorful catch phrase…
the "independent trader" campaign is one of the most popular among Traveller players. Far Trader is the complete support volume for a mercantile campaign. you can:
- Develop sector-wide trade routes, following the tides of commerce on an interplanetary scale.
- Start your own character-run business, raise capital, and finance your money-making ventures.
- Make contacts, find niche markets, and exploit opportunities the big corporations miss.
- Learn what it takes to run a successful commercial starship.
- Expand your campaign with 15 new character templates.
- Run entire mercantile campaigns, including Free Traders, smugglers, and pirates.
So stock your starship, grab your gun, and take to the stars … fortunes don’t come easy!
Table of Contents
GURPS Traveller: Far Trader Introduction Page 4 1. The Big Picture Page 5 2. The Interstellar Economy Page 10 3. High Finance Page 41 4. Ships and Shipping Page 53 5. Characters Page 79 6. Campaigns and Adventures Page 104 7. District 268: Trading on the Edge of the Imperium Page 125 Appendices Page 136 Index Page 143
Library Data Entries (Public)
- Bank Draft
- Bilateral Trade Number (BTN)
- Black Market
- Breakbulk
- Campaign
- Cargo Cult
- Cash
- Charter
- Container
- Crate
- Fifth Frontier War
- Frontier World
- Interstellar Banking
- Interstellar Stock Market
- JTAS
- Jump-Point Masking
- Jumpspace
- LASH
- Letter of Cradit
- Merchant
- Merchant Prince
- Pallet
- Passenger
- PyRoute
- RO/RO
- Ship's Articles
- Ship's Logbook
- Ship's Registry
- Starport
- TAS Form
- Ton
- Trade Route
- Tradewar
- World Trade Number (WTN)
Library Data Entries (Automated)
Selected Astrography
Selected Corporations
- Delgado Trading
- GSbAG
- General Products
- Hortalez et Cie
- Instellarms
- LSP
- Makhidkarun
- Naasirka
- Sharurshid
- Sternmetal
- SuSAG
- Tukera Lines
- Zirunkariish
- Agarwal Brokerage
- Akerut
- Al Morai
- Argyle Factors
- Faravashi Traders
- Imperiallines
- Irkirkhaaamn Corp
- Jamison Factors
- Oberlindes Lines
- Seven Suns Shipping
- Vemene
- Whitchurch Factors
Selected Equipment
Selected Form/s & Terms
Forms:
Selected Ship Equipment / Components
- Collapsible Tank
- Drop Tank
- External Cradle
- Flight Recorder
- Hatch
- Life Support Unit
- Mail Safe
- RVO Program
- Ship Meeting Room (Hall, Bar, or Conference Room)
- Ship's Locker
- Ship Stage
- Ship Swimming Pool
- Ship Theater
- Smallcraft Bridge Add-On
- Transponder
Selected Organizations
- Colonial Navy
- Imperial Customs Service
- Imperial Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
- Imperial Naval Intelligence (IMI)
- Imperial Navy
- Imperial Security Service
- Planetary Navy
- Starport Authority
- TAS
- TNS
Selected Polities
- Agworld Combine
- Border Worlds
- Darrian Confederation
- Federation of Arden
- Garoo Republic AKA Republic of Garoo
- Mewey Empire
- Sword Worlds Confederation
- Trexalon Technical Consortium
Selected Ships
Types & Classes:
- Akkigish class Subsidized Merchant
- Empress Marava class Far Trader
- Grand Princess Iphegenia class Luxury Liner
- Hercules class Heavy Merchant
- Imperialines Frontier Transport
- Oberlindes Cargo Liner
- Stellar class Subsidized Liner
- Tukera Freighter
- Tukera Long-Liner
- Bulk Freighter
- Commerce Raider
- Commercial Ship
- Corsair Vessel
- Customs Vessel
- Far Trader
- Free Trader
- Freight Liner
- Lighter-Aboard-Ship Tender (LASH Tender)
- Liner
- Passenger Liner
- Privateer
- Subsidized Liner
- Trade Vessel (Merchant Vessel)
- Trader
- Tramp
- Tramp Merchant
Selected Smallcraft
Selected Vehicles
Selected Vocations
- Advertiser
- Arms Dealer
- Attorney
- Belter
- Black Marketeer
- Broker
- Bounty Hunter
- Bureaucrat
- Cargomaster
- Chandler
- Computer Technician
- Confidence Man
- Corporate Lawyer
- Corsair
- Courier
- Diplomat
- Engineer
- Entertainer
- Entrepreneur
- Financier
- Fixer
- Free Trader
- Gadgeteer
- Ihatei
- Law Enforcer
- Manager
- Mechanic
- Medical Doctor
- Medical Technician
- Merchant
- Merchant Prince
- Mercenary
- Pirate
- Privateer
- Promotional Agent
- Purser
- Remittance Man
- Rogue
- Shipmaster
- Shipper's Agent
- Skip Tracer
- Smuggler
- Steward
- Trader
- Tramp Merchant
- Undercover Agent
Meta-history & Background (Dossier)
GURPS Traveller: Far Trader complements the GURPS Traveller volumes on Starports and Starships.
- It is also fully compatible with GURPS Space, and a useful supplement for any science fiction campaign.
PyRoute Interstellar Economic Calculations
As part of the wiki's ongoing Astrography projects, rules from this publication were used by the Traveller PyRoute program, using the sector data from Traveller Map and the economics rules from GURPS Traveller: Far Trader, GURPS Traveller: Starports, GURPS Traveller: Ground Forces, and Trillion Credit Squadron.
- Please see Category:Sectors with sector economic data for more information.
Credits (Primary Sources)
Credits (Primary Sources) | |
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Credit | Authors & Contributors |
Author | Steve Daniels, Jim McLean & Christopher Thrash |
Editor | Sean M. Punch |
Cover | Douglas Shuler |
Illustrations | Jesse DeGraff, Fredd Gorham, Tom Peters, and Glenn Grant |
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