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[[Tramp Vessel|A-class Tramp Vessel]]s are [[merchant vessel]]s well suited to unscheduled, speculative interstellar trade. They are small-scale trade vessels.
 
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* They strongly tend to be the smallest of the [[merchant vessel]]s, who ply the [[space lane]]s in an unscheduled fashion, speculating under [[Merchant Prince|private captain]]s. [[merchant prince]]s, and tiny, desperate [[crew]]s rather than sizable trading houses and [[corporation]]s.
 
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* A-class vessels are most associated with tramp liners.
 
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* The [[Supraclass]] designation is also known as [[Ship Mission]], [[Ship Mission Code]], Mission, or [[Ship Hull Designation]].
 
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* It is a [[starship]] [[supraclass]].
 
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Please refer to the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] for more information: <br>
 
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
 
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A-class Tramps are low [[ton]]nage [[vessel]]s in the [[ACS]] category that cover the tramp market, which is to say unscheduled, high speculation [[trade route]]s that entail the possibility of great risks... and great profit. As soon as a tramp establishes a new route, the trail-broken [[trade route]] is likely to be snatched up by [[Liner|R-class subsidized liner]]s or [[Freighter|M-class freighter vessel]]s with greater economic efficiencies. And the process begins anew...
 
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=== Image Repository ===
 
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# A top down [[schematic]] of a ''Beowulf'', the ubiquitous [[Free Trader]], with a typical [[shuttle]].  <br> [[File: Free-Trader-T5-Core-Rules-Pg-358 25-July-2018a.jpg]]
 
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# A prototypical [[Far Trader]], the Type A2. <br> [[file: Far-Trader-WH-Keith-MT-Imp-Encyclo-Pg-44 03-July-2018a.jpg]]
 
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=== Spectrum of Civil Shipping in Charted Space ===
 
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=== Strategy & Tactics (Doctrine) ===
 
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Due to the risks, such A-class [[vessel]]s often carry [[Naval Weapon|light naval armament]], but can't honestly hope to fend off more than small [[corsair vessel]]s. They stand almost no chance against military marauders and their strategy must be to run against such opponents.
 
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=== Supraclass Roles ===
 
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''Tramp Vessel''s typically serve the following roles:
 
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# [[Armed Trader]] (A)
 
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# [[Armored Trader]] (AA)
 
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# [[Deep Trader]] (A3)
 
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# [[Far Trader]] (A2)
 
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# [[Fast Trader]] (A3)
 
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# [[Freelancer]] (A)
 
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# [[Free Trader]] (A1)
 
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# [[Frontier Trader]] (AA)
 
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# [[Heavy Trader]] (AH)
 
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# [[Light Trader]] (AL)
 
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# [[Long Trader]] (A2)
 
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# [[Medium Trader]] (AM)
 
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# [[Merchant Vessel]] (A)
 
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# [[Private Merchant]] (A)
 
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# [[Small Merchant]] (AL)
 
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# [[Trade Boat]] (A)
 
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# [[Tramp Liner]] (A1)
 
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# [[Tramp Vessel]] (A) (Namesake)
 
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=== Supraclass Archetypes ===
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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!colspan="4"| A-class Tramp Supraclass Archetypes
 
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! Exemplar
 
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! Remarks
 
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| [[Free Trader]] / [[Tramp Liner]]:
 
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| A & A1
 
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| [[Beowulf class Free Trader]]
 
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| A light, J-1 [[trader craft]], built to speculate on primary [[main]]s.
 
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* Incredibly numerous and common craft speculating almost everywhere throughout [[Charted Space]].
 
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| [[Far Trader]] / [[Long Trader]]:
 
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| A2
 
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| [[Empress Marava class Far Trader]]
 
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| A trader with a J-2 [[drive]] built to travel off primary [[main]]s.
 
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* Hardy, common craft going where [[free trader]]s can't...
 
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| [[Deep Trader]] / [[Fast Trader]]:
 
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| A3
 
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| [[Fat Cat class Far Trader]]
 
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| A trader with a J-3 or greater [[drive]] for extended operations.
 
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* Uncommon and built to serve isolated [[system]]s in [[rift zone]]s or [[Stellar Density|low star density area]]s.
 
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| [[Armored Trader]] / [[Frontier Trader]]:
 
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| AA
 
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| [[Star class Armored Merchant]]
 
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| An [[armor]]ed [[hull]] built for trade in seedy, potentially hostile regions such as an [[Imperial Fringe]].
 
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* Uncommon, yet hardy and greatly valued where [[pirate]]s and strangers dwell...
 
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
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As soon as [[civilization]]s reach beyond their [[homeworld]] and its [[star system]], a market for tramp vessels begins to develop... As colonies are established and new races encountered, the opportunity for interstellar trade and profitable speculation follows. There will always be adventurers, merchant princes, [[gentlesophont]]s, [[Traveller Gene|Traveller]]s, and even a few scalliwags ready to explore and make a quick [[crimp]].
 
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Within [[Charted Space]], most acknowledge that the [[Vilani]] were the first to the [[star]]s who still remain within the current order. Their tramp vessels first created and manufactured by the mighty [[Bureaux]], the [[Vilani]] [[megacorporation]]s, have been borrowed, purchased, stolen, and widely copied by nearly every sophont species with an [[FTL]] [[Jump Drive]] and a little hope. Some Type-A designs are literally over a thousand years old... They have seen empires rise and fall, a [[Long Night]], mass conquest, and whatever other drama the reaches of [[Charted Space]] can provide. Desperate little [[crew]]s still patch these vessels together with bailing wire and scrap metal, often cobbling together [[Ship Equipment|parts]] and [[technologies]] from very different sources. The original [[Vilani]] designs have been copied, cloned, further developed, modified, edited, mangled, and mutilated into a variety of mercantile mutt traders. Yes, they're glorious! Long live the venerable Type-A Tramps in their many guises! 
 
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=== Selected Variant Types & Classes ===
 
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'''[[Merchant Vessel]] - [[Tramp Liner]]:''' <br>
 
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{{:Referral-Tree-Type-A-Merchant-Vessel-Tramp-Liner}}
 
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=== Ship Summary List ===
 
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{{Ship summary list|name= Free Trader / Tramp Vessel |tdes= A}}
 
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{{Ship summary list|name= Far Trader / Tramp Vessel |tdes= A1}}
 
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{{Ship summary list|name= Far Trader / Tramp Vessel |tdes= A2}}
 
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{{Ship summary list|name= Deep Trader / Fast Trader / Tramp Vessel |tdes= A3}}
 
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{{Ship summary list|name= Armored Trader / Frontier Trader / Tramp Vessel |tdes= AA}}
 
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
 
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{{Advanced}}
 
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{{Sources
 
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|S2= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
 
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|S3= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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[[Category: Ship Organization]]
 
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[[Category: Supraclass]]
 
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