Editing Armored Merchant

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[[Armored Merchant]]s are traders that venture into dangerous trade zones.
* The [[Supraclass]] designation is also known as [[Ship Mission]], [[Ship Mission Code]], Mission, or [[Ship Hull Designation]]. 
* It is a [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
They are also known as ''[[Frontier Trader]]s.'' Those with a higher than typical maneuver drive are sometimes known as ''[[Fast Trader]]s''. 

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=== Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space ===
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=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
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=== Supraclass Roles ===
''Armored Trader''s typically serve the following roles:
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| AA-class Tramp Supraclass Archetypes
|-
! Archetype
! Type Code
|-
| [[Armed Junker]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Armed Trader]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Armored Merchant]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Armored Trader]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Armoured Fast Trader]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Frontier Trader]] 
| (AA)
|-
| [[Fast Trader]] 
| (AF)
|-
| [[Tramp Vessel]] 
| (A) (Namesake)
|-
|}

=== Supraclass Archetypes ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
!colspan="4"| AA-class Armored Merchant Supraclass Archetypes
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! Archetype
! Type Code
! Exemplar
! Remarks
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| [[Armored Trader]] / [[Frontier Trader]]
| AA
| [[Star class Armored Merchant]]
| (Armed & Armored): They typically employ an [[armor]]ed [[hull]] and some defensive armament for dangerous trade in seedy, potentially hostile regions such as an [[Imperial Fringe]].
* Uncommon, yet hardy and greatly valued where [[pirate]]s and strangers dwell...
|-
|}

== 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 Fringe|Imperial border]] are called [[fast trader]]s. 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 zone]]s and [[red zone]]s are not considered off limits by its captains, provided there is profit to be made and the risk of being caught is slight. {{Ludography ref|name= Traders and Gunboats |page= 23 |version= Classic Traveller}}

=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
'''[[Merchant Vessel]] - [[Tramp Liner]]:''' <br>
''[[Free Trader]] / [[Tramp Liner]]:''
# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
## [[Alexandria class Free Trader]]
## [[Basil class Merchant]]
## [[Beowulf class Free Trader]]
## [[Moraine class Free Trader]]
## [[Regni Yards Type A class Free Trader]]
## [[Type A-J2 class Free Trader]]
## [[Type A-P class Free Trader]]

''[[Far Trader]]:''
# [[Type A1 class Far Trader]]
# [[Type A2 class Far Trader]] 
## [[Avian class Far Trader]]
## [[Empress Marava class Far Trader]]
## [[Garu class Far Trader]]
## [[Hero class Far Trader]]
## [[Jayhawk class Far Trader]]
## [[Prince Ferren class Far Trader]]
## [[Type A2L class Far Trader]]

''[[Deep Trader]] / [[Fast Trader]]:''
# [[Type A3 class Fast Trader]]
## [[Fat Cat class Far Trader]]
## [[Trojan Reaches Type A3 class Trader]]
## [[Type A3L class Far Trader]]

''[[Armored Trader]] / [[Frontier Trader]]:''
# [[Type AA class Armored Merchant]]
## [[Ronkli class Combat Transport]]
## [[Star class Armored Merchant]]

=== Ship Summary List ===
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S2= [[Encyclopaedia Galactica Editorial Team]]
|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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