Travelling in Charted Space
In a sector-spanning world with little standardization and decentralized governance, travelling the stars can be a risky proposition. The individual government of any world may greatly differ in culture and technology from its neighbor. Yet, some individuals possess a wanderlust and sense of adventure that compels them to seek the stars.
Please see the following AAB articles for more information:
- Interstellar Commerce
- Trading Starship Types (Merchants - Civilian Starship Types)
- Commercial Merchants
- Jump Carrier
- Jumpliners (Passenger travel)
- Longliners
- Luxury Liners
- Merchant Liners
- Starliners
- Private Merchants
- Far Traders (J-2+)
- Fat Traders (Enhanced cargo capacity)
- Free Traders (J-1)
- Frontier Traders (Enhanced survivability)
- Commercial Merchants
- Trading Starship Types (Merchants - Civilian Starship Types)
Description (Specifications)
There are many ways to travel the stars of Charted Space.
Starpass
A Starpass is a widely accepted prepaid travel voucher ensured by a large financial interest, usually a world government or large interstellar polity. The Starpass investors group keeps the starship crews paid and are sought after by captains for their reliability of income. An individual with a Starpass is a sought after commodity. Travel costs are ensured and reliable. The tickets get paid.
Jumpliners
Jumpliners are the most common ways of travelling the stars. They are large passenger starships optimized to carry many passengers at low prices.
Private Merchants & Tramp Liners
Smaller worlds with less developed economies may not regularly receive significant interstellar traffic. In such cases, passengers may charter passage with individual captains offering berth on postal union or small trading runs.
Interstellar Yachts
The very wealthy individually maintain personal starships and crew retainers. They travel where and when they want. They are still subject to world or system law and may seek Imperial or other supra-polity sanction before entering certain areas.
Colony Ships & Colonial Expeditions
As the Imperial Fringe and other frontiers are developed , colony ships and colonial expeditions frequently send message ahead of their route looking for bodies to fill their berths if not at capacity. Due to low berth losses and the unreliability of passengers, many such starships find themselves with unexpected empty slots. Beggars can't be choosers and sometimes signing onto a colony ship is the most expedient way off a world.
Aslan Ihatei
Aslan cooperatives regularly launch ihatei expeditions looking for fresh land. It is not unknown for Aslan to allow paying passengers to accompany them.
Vargr Wanderlust
In the Vargr Extents, it is almost a rite of passage to join a corsair crew and satisfy one's travelling curiosity. Outside of the Extents, Vargr often channel this energy into joining starship crews or signing onto colonial expeditions.
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- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science