Deep Trader

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Deep or Fast Traders have larger J-3 or faster jump engines and are specialized to hit hard to reach markets.

Deep Traders typically serve the following roles:

• Emergency Transport
• Merchant
• Tramp Liner

Description (Specifications)

Deep Trader is another, rarer, variant of a free trader. Built for areas of low stellar density, deep traders are jump-3 capable. The Craft Type Code assigned to this class is A3. Since these ships are generally custom-built or produced in low quantities, no standard example exists.

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. Traders and Gunboats 23.

Fast Traders or Deep Traders are typically optimized for J-3 to J-4 FTL travel. Clippers and many kinds of Jumpliners are also optimized for high FTL trade and profit keeping.

Selected Variant Types & Classes

Merchant Vessel - Tramp Liner:
Free Trader / Tramp Liner:

1. Type A class Free Trader
   1. Alexandria class Free Trader
   2. Basil class Merchant
   3. Beowulf class Free Trader
   4. Moraine class Free Trader
   5. Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader
   6. Type A-J2 class Free Trader
   7. Type A-P class Free Trader

Far Trader:

1. Type A1 class Far Trader
2. Type A2 class Far Trader
   1. Avian class Far Trader
   2. Empress Marava class Far Trader
   3. Garu class Far Trader
   4. Hero class Far Trader
   5. Jayhawk class Far Trader
   6. Prince Ferren class Far Trader
   7. Type A2L class Far Trader

Deep Trader / Fast Trader:

1. Type A3 class Fast Trader
   1. Fat Cat class Far Trader
   2. Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader
   3. Type A3L class Far Trader

Armored Trader / Frontier Trader:

1. Type AA class Armored Merchant
   1. Ronkli class Combat Transport
   2. Star class Armored Merchant

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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