Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade was an RPG reference book released by FASA in 1987. It was Included with the second edition release of the Trader Captains and Merchant Princes FASA RPG supplement.
In-universe, Spacelanes was a 23rd century trade magazine edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jackson McLain. It was published monthly by the UFP/ITA with regional editions, and this issue from 2289 featured several articles contributed by members of that trade association.
Description
- Enter the world of high finance and low dealing in the STAR TREK universe, and enjoy the freewheeling life of the independent trader.
- This supplement to FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game enables players to buy private ships, obtain cargoes, and turn profits no man has turned before. In addition, players and gamemasters will learn the ins and outs of the Federation economy — from pricing goods to trading on the UFP stock exchange, and more.
- The players' book, a copy of the 23rd century trade magazine Spacelanes, gives an inside look at the ways and means of merchant life.
- The gamemaster's book provides details on generating trader characters, and all the necessary information for running trader adventures.
- Start plying the space lanes today.
Contents
- Advertising
- Departments
- In This Issue, by Jackson McLain
- Glossary of Terms, by Bernard Reynolds
- UFP/ITA Guide to Equipment
- Columns
- Editorial: The Merchant in Space
- The Law and the Profits
- The Trader and the Law, by Leonard Lawrence Llewellyn
- The Trader's Law, by Captain Rita Martinez
- The Black Market
- Shadow Alley, by Roger Blacke
- What is the Black Market?, by Jessup van der Heeurn
- Making Your First Million: Investments, by Roberta S. Kominsky
- Feature Articles
- A Capsule History of Interstellar Trade, by Paul Jesse
- Becoming a Merchant Spaceman, by Kevin Devlin
- The Corporate Merchant, by Jackson McLain
- The Independent Merchant, by Paul Jesse
- Making the Freeloader Run, by Captain Anson Robertson
In Our Next Issue
- Feature Articles
- Trade, Diplomacy, and the Klingon Empire, by Gallagher Hansen
- The Imperial Way of Trade, by Kalvz tai-Hauvak
- The Road Paved with Sharp Stones (Gorn/UFP trade conference preview), by Quentin Carlyle
- The Riches of Romulan Trade, and Other Lies, by Colonel Janet Levine
- The Maze (Complexities of trading in the Organian Treaty Zone), by Chris Faltini and T'pan
- Changes in testing procedures for standard pay grades, by Bernard Reynolds
- Trade, Diplomacy, and the Klingon Empire, by Gallagher Hansen
- Columns
- The Law and the Profits, by Leonard Lawrence Llewellyn and Captain Rita Martinez
- Making Your First Million, by Roberta S. Kominsky
References
Characters
- Roger Blacke • Kevin Devlin • Garggash Dlumppheg • Jym Ggavittchh • Sarah Hastings • Hhervv • Jaan Holona • Paul Jesse • Roberta S. Kaminsky • Kinnda • Leonard Lawrence Llewellyn • Lockridge • Lovak • Janet MacReedy • Rita Martinez • Jackson McLain • Bernard Reynolds • Anson Robertson • Bob Taplin • Olvar Tarrelsen • T'pava • Jessup van der Heeurn • Linn Yland
- Referenced only
- Arnok • P.T. Barnum • Quentin Carlyle • Janet Chong-Armstrong • Zephram Cochrane • Isadore Cohen • Rachel Cohen • Abraham Dannon • Hansel deVries • Chris Faltini • Faj • Boris Falsworth • Gallagher Hansen • Hanz • Kalvz tai-Hauvak • Hak Hhallapphisg • Jaarod Holona • James William Hopper IV • E.A. Jacoby • Lisolette Jessup • Cyrano Jones • James T. Kirk • Krause • Ozcar Kyng • Beauregard Lee • Jasmine Lee • J.K. Leland • Janet Levine • Jeffrey MacLeod • Harry Mudd • Stella Mudd • Diana O'Day • Jon O'Day • Ovrull • Christopher Pike • Dal Rigdrr • E.M. Rogers • James C. Saterluy • Sehek • Silak • J.W. Swift • Largi Tavrinal • J'mm T'las • T'pan • Hansel deVries • Leo Walsh • Madam Zali
Locations
Colonies and planetary locations
- Alphaport • Bakersport • Bethlinsgate • Comstock City • Corbie • Deepshaft Spaceport • Founders' Lodge • Galish Central Starfield • Ggravvisht Tavern • Goldport • Javlisig • Lakeland Tourist Bureau • Landok • Lanroche City Commerce Center • Leesburg • Lithanport • Lunaville • Port Serene • San Francisco • Shadow Alley • Silverglow
Outposts and space stations
Planets and planetoids
- Alpha Centauri II • Andor • Archibald II • Baker's World • Cait • Carwile's World • Comstock • Coridan III • Daran V • Deneva • Denro IV • Edo • Epliey • Freeman's Port • Freeloader • Galish IV • Hoot • Jav VII • Jemison • Lakeland • Lanroche VIII • Laxala • Mantiev • Merimee • Morning Garden • New Aberdeen • Newlin III • Open Door • Rashile • Remfry • Rigel VII • Tellar • Terra • Vulcan • Wall • Wrigley's Pleasure Planet • Zannaduu IV
Stars and star systems
- Denro • Gamma Demetrius • Organian Treaty Zone • Rigel • Schull • Sirius • The Triangle • Ungethiem
States and organizations
- Affiliation of Outer Free Worlds • Andorian Empire • Andorian Imperial Navy • Association of Star Merchants • Federation Council • Imperial Klingon States • Klingon Empire • Lakeland Tourist Bureau • Loyal States Industrial Alliance • Mantiev Colonial Association • Orion Colonies • Orion Frontier Mercantile Association • Romulan Star Empire • Royal Newlin Atmospheric Project • Starfleet • Star Fleet Marines • Tholian Assembly • T'las Memorial Academy for Interstellar Merchants • United Federation of Planets • UFP/ITA
Businesses
- Al's Intergalactic Bar & Grill Shoppe • Anthrax Minerals, Inc. • Atlas Cargo • Cohen, T'tavria and Glag • Farley Horse Farms • First Vulcan Interplanetary Securities and Loans • General Entertainment Concepts • Highliner Cruises • Jav Freetrade Corporation • Jean Carislon Brokerage • Lost Secrets Publishing • Marsfoods Corporation • Merimee Mining Corporation • New Age Dynamics • O'Day's Midnight Rangers • Paladin Flexible Spacefreight, Inc. • Perculator Furriers • Phasers Are Us! • Rashile Gourmet Foods • Rantura Shipping Lines • Remfry Plaza Hotel/Casino • Saterluy Trading Company • Tavrinal Trade Brokerage • Triangle Shipping • Usar Mining and Industry • Waggajj Brothers
Races and cultures
Science and technology
- aqualantern • biocomputer • disruptor • environmental suit • gillpak • green plague • ID forgery unit • laser • laser scalpel • life support mask • medical tricorder • phaser • police stunner • protoplaser • stun club • tricorder
Events
Materials and substances
- amino acid • aphrodisiac • carrotine • coradrenaline • dextrose • dilithium • dylavene • glucose • hemlock • hyronalin • Masiform D • plasteel • silica • sterilite • tri-ox compound • vanilla • water • zathium
Foods
- Andorian chow • antelope • anything-on-a-shingle • beef • bossy-on-a-board • Caitian chow • chewable tablet • cubes • french dressing • goo-goo ga joob • helium-a-roni • instant water • khol-rabi • Klingon-ayse • lizard bits • Luna pie • mango • mangonaisse • noodles-vino • peanut • quadrotriticale thins • Rigellian wine • rocky road • savoy truffle • sheep dip • spiff • splunge-on-a-stick • spud • styro chip • syntho-nummies • Terran chow • Terran chow with cheese • turkey • Vulcan chow • walrus • zot tamale
Starships and vehicles
- Referenced only
- Alisa • USS Atlas • USS Bohr • USS Defiant • IKV Devisor • Endless Prairie • USS Enterprise • Fflaad • Finagle's Law • USS Flying Fortress • John Paul Jones • UNSS Marco Polo • Millie Sue • Oregon Trail • USS Peking • USS Phantom • USS Sentry • Argon-class • Laweya-class • Liberty-class • Lotus Flower-class • Mission-class • Monarch-class • Nilron-class • SS Sheowulf • Starroamer • Sunshine-class • Zeus-class
Other references
- Andorian chittermouse • credit • datanet • Federation Medal of Valor • Galaxy Week • glommer • herb • holozine • Interstellar Merchant • magazine • Organian Peace Treaty • Quadrilateral Trade Pact • Rigellian fever • tribble • Triventure Trade Pact • The UFP/ITA Guide to Goods and Services, Edition XXXVII • Youth Life
Appendices
Background
- The supplement is set 22 years after the establishment of the Organian Treaty Zone (which occurred in 2267). The most recent entry in the history of interstellar trade article was for reference stardate 2/2111, in the early or mid-2280s.
- The cover image is a flopped NASA photograph of the Trifid Nebula, which is located in the Scutum Arm of the galaxy and visible from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. (Trifid Nebula photo at Getty Images.)
- Various in-universe print advertisements appeared throughout the publication. One ad by Perculator Furriers asked, "Troubled by tribbles? We buy all kinds & sizes". Jade Orion Spaceport solicited the companionship of Orion slave girls on Denro IV, while Marsfoods Corporation offered delicacies from antelope to zot tamales.
- Solicitation copy in FASA catalogs referred to the UFP/ITA (Independent Trader's Association) as the Interstellar Trader's Association.
Images
Cover image
