Recovery Trade

The Recovery Trade is a term applied to those who make a living by operating Commercial Tenders, vessels that offer recovery, repair, and maintenance facilities in remote locations within the Distant Fringe.

Description (Specifications)

Tenders use hulls similar in design to commercial mercantile ships, but their interiors are given over to dedicated hangar space, workshops, and stores, and large DeVoss Jump-2 drives and their associated fuel tankage. Commercial tenders frequently work closely with Gas Traders.

Selected Recovery Ships

Vessels commonly employed in the recovery trade include:

• Commercial Tender: TL-11, 3,500 dTons
• Civilian Ship Transporter, TL-11, 30,000 dTons
• Frame Carrier: TL-11, 90,000 dTons

History & Background (Dossier)

The presence of tenders and tankers within a system may create a Nomad Port and temporarily upgrade the local starport rating.

• Please also see: Distant Fringe Class A Starports and Ships of the Distant Fringe.

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• 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