Editing Mongoose Traveller: Type-A Free Trader

{{InfoboxBook2
|name      = Type-A Free Trader
|alsosee   = [[Type A class Free Trader]]
|author    = Martin Dougherty
|available = https://www.rpgnow.com/product/146262/Referees-Aid-3-TypeA-Free-Trader?affiliate_id=875229
|canon     = Yes
|caption   = Referee's Aid 3
|contents  = 
|edition   = 1st
|footnote  = TBD
|format    = Book (PDF)
|image     = MGT-RefAid3 350.jpg
|language  = English
|pages     = 16
|publisher = Mongoose Publishing
|version   = Mongoose Traveller
|year      = 2015
}}
[[Mongoose Traveller: Type-A Free Trader]] is a [[Mongoose Publishing]] product.
* It is a source book written for [[Mongoose Traveller]].

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
The [[Type A class Free Trader|Type-A Free Trader]] was developed long ago to provide efficient, low-cost transportation for small [[cargo]]es and a few passengers. It is an eminently useable design which has been adapted to many other roles, but ultimately is optimised for moving almost half its tonnage in cargo from one [[star system]] to another.
  
The [[Type A class Free Trader|Type-A]] is, more than anything else, cheap. Its [[sensor]] fit is basic and its flight controls are minimal. It does, however, have a large cargo area and reasonable passenger accommodation, and since these are the tools of its trade, not wasting tonnage or money on anything else can be considered a plus. As a result of its efficiency in the small-transport field, the [[Type A class Free Trader|Type-A]] is one of the commonest [[starship]]s in [[Charted Space]]. It is primarily used by small shipping firms (many of them single-vessel outfits) but is also operated by many [[government]]s as a [[mail ship]] or even a [[naval auxiliary]]. Numerous owner-operators (as distinct from small shipping companies) also find this design effective.

''Referee's Aid 3: Type-A Free Trader'' provides an in-depth look at one of the most common ships in [[Known Space]], along with the [[Type A2 class Far Trader|A2 Far Trader variant]]. It walks you through every aspect of the [[Free Trader]], with all new 3D deck plans, and provides specific vessels to be used in encounters. 

If you are looking to flesh out the [[ship]] many players start with, look no further.  

=== Table of Contents ===
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!colspan="2"| ''[[Mongoose Traveller: Type-A Free Trader]]''
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| Introduction
| 2
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| The Type-A Free Trader And Variants
| 5
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| Revenue And Overheads
| 7
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| The Type-A Free Trader
| 10
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| The Type-A2 Far Trader
| 12
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| Free Trader Encounters
| 14
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|}

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Public) ===
# [[TBD]]

=== [[Library Data|Library Data Entries]] (Automated) ===
{{LibraryEntries}}

=== [[Ship|Selected Ships]] ===
# [[Type A class Free Trader]]
# [[Type A2 class Far Trader]]

== Meta-history & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
No information yet available. 

=== Credits (Primary Sources) ===
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!colspan="2"| Credits (Primary Sources)
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! Credit
! Authors & Contributors
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| Author
| [[Martin J. Dougherty]]
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| Editor
| [[Matthew Sprange]]
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| Layout and Graphic Design
| [[Will Chapman]], [[Amy Perrett]]
|}

=== External Link/s ===
''Commentary & Data articles:''
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== References & Contributions ([[Sources]]) ==
{{Intermediate}}
{{Detail}}
{{Sources
|S1= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S2= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
}}


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