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A [[Merchant Prince]] is a highly successful [[merchant]], a [[sophont]] of accomplishment and means. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
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* Most are considered to possess the fabled [[Traveller Gene]], a mark of guts and prestige. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
canon=yes|edition=|year=1985|pages=48|footnote=Product no. 343|available=[[The Classic Books]]}}
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* Most merchant princes are [[captain]]s of their own [[vessel]], a [[Merchant Vessel]].
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* It is both a title of prestige and a possibly high profit [[vocation]].
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* ''See also [[Merchant Service]]''.
  
The lure of merchant operations is easy profit, free travel, and high adventure. Now, Merchant Prince does fot the merchant service what [[Mercenary (book)|Mercenary]], [[High Guard (book)|High Guard]] and [[Scouts (book)|Scouts]] did for the Traveller armed forces.
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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''Merchant Prince''s are first and foremost skilled traders and spacemen, able to traverse the starways and [[mainworld]]s of [[Charted Space]] selling high and buying low. They can manage starcraft operations, handle crews, balance books & [[bureaucrat]]s, and haggle prices with shopkeepers. They are capable, effective beings, and not always [[gentlesophont]]s. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }}
  
Rules, essays, and data included in Merchant Prince are -
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
* Merchant Corporations ranging in size from [[Megacorporation]]s to Free Traders
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Many to most ''Merchant Princes'' have nothing to do with the [[Imperial Nobility]] or the nobility of any other [[polity]] or [[world]]. {{Unpublished cite|author= [[Maksim-Smelchak]] }} 
* Merchant Character Generation
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* Trade and Commerce System.
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
* TAS Form 14, Cargo Manifest.
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= Merchant Prince |page= TBD |version= Classic Traveller}}
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|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Far Trader |page= TBD}}
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= Merchant Prince |page= TBD |version= Mongoose Traveller}}
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|S4= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
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|S5= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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Latest revision as of 19:42, 17 November 2021

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A Merchant Prince is a highly successful merchant, a sophont of accomplishment and means. [1]

Description (Specifications)[edit]

Merchant Princes are first and foremost skilled traders and spacemen, able to traverse the starways and mainworlds of Charted Space selling high and buying low. They can manage starcraft operations, handle crews, balance books & bureaucrats, and haggle prices with shopkeepers. They are capable, effective beings, and not always gentlesophonts. [3]

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

Many to most Merchant Princes have nothing to do with the Imperial Nobility or the nobility of any other polity or world. [4]

References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

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  1. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  2. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  3. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak
  4. Information provided to the library by Maksim-Smelchak