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| type = RPG sourcebook |
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| title = Trader Captains and Merchant Princes |
| title = Trader Captains and Merchant Princes |
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| artist = [[David Deitrick|David R. Deitrick]] |
| artist = [[David Deitrick|David R. Deitrick]] |
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| series = [[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA)]] |
| series = [[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA)]] |
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| publisher = [[FASA Corporation]] |
| publisher = [[FASA Corporation]] |
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| format = paperback |
| format = paperback |
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+ | | published = {{srcdate|1987}} |
| pages = 127 |
| pages = 127 |
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− | | ISBN = ISBN |
+ | | ISBN = {{ISBN|0931787130}} |
| date = [[2287]] |
| date = [[2287]] |
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| stardate = [[Reference stardate]] 2/2308.09 |
| stardate = [[Reference stardate]] 2/2308.09 |
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− | '''''Trader Captains and Merchant Princes''''' was a [[rPG|role-playing game]] supplement released by [[FASA]], as part of their |
+ | '''''Trader Captains and Merchant Princes''''' was a [[rPG|role-playing game]] supplement released by [[FASA]], as part of their {{dis|Star Trek: The Role Playing Game|FASA}} series. Released in {{srcdate|1987}}, this module was a second edition, following [[trader Captains and Merchant Princes (1st edition)|the original ''Trader Captains and Merchant Princes'']]. Revised with expanded content, this second edition would be released as a two-book set with {{rpglk|FASA RPG|Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade}}. |
==Description== |
==Description== |
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+ | :''This two-book rules supplement for ''{{dis|Star Trek: The Role Playing Game|FASA}}'' includes all the rules and charts needed for creating traders, [[privateer]]s, merchants, con men, and rogues. A complete system for trading commodities, playing the [[stock market]], procuring a bank loan, and maintaining a [[starship]] are all presented in an easy-to-understand format.'' |
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− | {{stub-publishing}} |
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+ | :''[[Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade|Book 1]] contains comments and essays on the ups and downs of the merchant's life, written in the form of the Triangle Edition of the [[Interstellar Trader's Association]] [[magazine]]. Book 2 includes all the information necessary for the gamemaster to play and run characters who buy and sell merchandise, rent, lease, buy or steal a starship, find a cargo for hire, buy and sell on the [[black market]], and many other possibilities.'' |
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+ | ==Contents== |
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+ | * Introduction |
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+ | * Creating Trader Characters |
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+ | * Training Trader Characters |
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+ | * Equipping the Trader Character |
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+ | ** Starting Savings |
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+ | ** Starting Cash |
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+ | ** Guide to Equipment |
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+ | *** Land Vehicles |
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+ | *** Water Vehicles |
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+ | *** Air Vehicles |
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+ | *** Weapons |
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+ | *** Medical Equipment |
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+ | *** Clothing |
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+ | ** Guide to Services |
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+ | * Judging Trade |
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+ | ** Running the Corporate Bureaucracy |
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+ | ** Independent Trade |
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+ | ** Building a Business |
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+ | ** Judging Spaceport Operations |
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+ | * Judging the Merchant Adventure |
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+ | ** The Character Spokesman |
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+ | ** Adventure Types |
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+ | ** Adventure Preparation |
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+ | ** Creating a Campaign Setting |
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+ | ** NPCs |
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+ | ** Establishing the Adventure |
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+ | * Judging Illegal Operations |
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+ | ** Smuggling |
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+ | * Judging Finance and Investments |
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+ | ** Stocks and Securities |
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+ | ** Playing the Market |
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+ | ** Bonds |
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+ | ** Large-Scale Fleet Operations |
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+ | ** Loans and financial Speculation |
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+ | * Appendix A: Travel Time |
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+ | * Appendix B: Trade Ships |
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+ | ** Control Computers |
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+ | ** Engines |
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==References== |
==References== |
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+ | ===Characters=== |
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+ | :[[Lawrence Jordaine]] • [[C. Northcote Parkinson]] |
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+ | |||
+ | {{ref}} [[B'rintrae]] • [[Federiko Comstock]] • [[Aurora Fell]] • [[LeRoy Gannet]] • [[Cyrano Jones]] • [[Kevlath sutai-Plaviteem]] • [[James T. Kirk]] • [[Tristan Leeper II]] • [[Randolf Merriweather III]] • [[Harry Mudd]] • [[Sintar]] • [[Tirex]] • [[Sara Undara]] • [[Tamara Uvanca]] • [[Urden Victa]] |
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+ | ===Starships and vehicles=== |
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+ | :''[[Four Leaf Clover]]'' ({{class|Argon}}) • {{USS|John Paul Jones}} • ''[[Rare Earth]]'' ({{class|Argon}}) • {{class|Baka 'Re}} • {{class|Chameleon}} • {{class|Liberty}} • {{class|Lotus Flower}} • {{class|Mission}} • {{class|Mokal}} • {{class|Monarch}} • {{class|Nilron}} • {{class|Zeus}} |
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+ | |||
===Locations=== |
===Locations=== |
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+ | ;[[Milky Way Galaxy]] ([[alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]s) : [[Andor]] • [[Bonanza]] • [[Cait]] • [[Dalanda V]] • [[D'Livian VI]] • [[Duo III]] • [[Dvlaak]] • [[Earth]] • [[Edos|Edo]] • [[Enid VI]] • [[Facet]] • [[Janus VI]] • [[Katan III]] • [[Keef]] • [[Klaan]] • [[Klest]] • [[Klevaan]] • [[Mars]] • [[Organian Treaty Zone]] • [[RRiss]] • [[Shuridar]] • [[SSleen]] • [[Tellar]] • [[Torrt VI]] • [[T'Rillian]] • [[Tritium]] • [[Twilight Base]] • [[Twilight Nebula]] • [[Vulcan (planet)]] |
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− | ;[[Milky Way Galaxy]] ([[alpha Quadrant|Alpha]] and [[Beta Quadrant]]s) : [[Federation]] boundaries |
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===Races and cultures=== |
===Races and cultures=== |
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− | :[[Caitian]] • [[Human]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Orion]] • [[Romulan]] • [[Tholian]] • [[Vulcan]] |
+ | :[[Andorian]] • [[Caitian]] • [[Edoan]] • [[Human]] • [[Katan III native]] • [[Klingon]] • [[Orion]] • [[Romulan]] • [[RRissith]] • [[Tellarite]] • [[Tholian]] • [[Varadee]] • [[Vulcan]] |
===States and organizations=== |
===States and organizations=== |
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− | :[[Federation]] • [[Gorn |
+ | :[[Bio/Genetic Research Incorporated]] • [[Chiokis Starship Construction Corporation]] • [[Federation]] • [[Gorn Alliance]] • [[Ggramphud Histo-Cryogenics Incorporated]] • [[Klingon Empire]] • [[Leeper-Fell Universal, Ltd.]] • [[Multiplanet Metals Incorporated]] • [[New Amsterdam Gravitics Co.]] • [[Rantura Shipping Lines]] • [[Romulan Star Empire]] • [[Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies Incorporated]] • [[Starfleet]] • [[Tachyon Micromechanics, Ltd.]] • [[Tholian Assembly]] • [[Wilson Energies Limited]] • [[Xaxxi Mechanistics Ltd.]] |
− | === |
+ | ===Science and classification=== |
− | :[[phaser]] • [[phaser IIB]] • [[phaser pistol]] • [[pistol]] • [[shuttlecraft]] • [[space station]] • [[starship]] • [[type-2 phaser]] |
+ | :[[aqualantern]] • [[biocomputer]] • [[disruptor]] • [[environmental suit]] • [[gillpak]] • [[holographic camera]] • [[hypospray]] • [[ID forgery unit]] • [[laser scalpel]] • [[life support mask]] • [[phaser]] • [[phaser IIB]] • [[phaser pistol]] • [[pistol]] • [[police stunner]] • [[shuttlecraft]] • [[space station]] • [[starship]] • [[stun club]] • [[tricorder]] • [[type-2 phaser]] • [[universal translator]] |
===Ranks and titles=== |
===Ranks and titles=== |
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===Other references=== |
===Other references=== |
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− | :[[animal]] • [[calendar]] • [[clothing]] • [[credit]] • [[Federation Standard]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s)]] • [[galaxy]] • [[government]] • [[Klingonese]] • [[language]] • [[law]] • [[lifeform]] • [[money]] • [[outpost]] • ''[[piQaD]]'' • [[planet]] • [[primary universe]] • [[quadrant]] • [[races and cultures]] • [[rank]] • [[space]] • [[space-time continuum]] • [[star]] • [[star map]] • [[stardate]] • [[star system]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[Starfleet uniform (2270s-2350s)]] • [[state]] • [[technology]] • [[time]] • [[title]] • [[uniform]] • [[universe]] • [[weapon]] |
+ | :[[animal]] • [[black market]] • [[calendar]] • [[clothing]] • [[coradrenaline]] • [[credit]] • [[dylovene]] • [[Federation Standard]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks]] • [[Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s)]] • [[Four Years War]] • [[galaxy]] • [[government]] • [[hyronalin]] • [[Klingonese]] • [[language]] • [[law]] • [[lifeform]] • [[Masiform D]] • [[money]] • [[outpost]] • ''[[piQaD]]'' • [[planet]] • [[primary universe]] • [[quadrant]] • [[races and cultures]] • [[rank]] • [[space]] • [[space-time continuum]] • [[star]] • [[star map]] • [[stardate]] • [[star system]] • [[Starfleet uniform]] • [[Starfleet uniform (2270s-2350s)]] • [[state]] • [[sterilite]] • [[stock market]] • [[technology]] • [[time]] • [[title]] • [[tri-ox compound]] • [[uniform]] • [[universe]] • [[weapon]] |
===Chronology=== |
===Chronology=== |
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==Appendices== |
==Appendices== |
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+ | ===Background=== |
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+ | * Illustrator [[David Deitrick]] caught the misspelling of [[quarantine]] within the [[computer]] display in his cover illustration too late to fix it before printing. ([https://davidr3deitrick.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/trader-captains-and-merchant-princes/ Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 2nd edition] article at [https://davidr3deitrick.wordpress.com David R. Deitrick's blog]) |
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+ | * The back cover image is a flopped [[NASA]] photograph of the [[Orion Nebula]], a.k.a. [[Orion Nebula|Messier 42]] and [[Orion Nebula|NGC 1976]]. ([https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/orion-nebula-royalty-free-image/982514354 Orion Nebula] photo at [https://www.gettyimages.com Getty Images].) |
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===Images=== |
===Images=== |
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<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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− | + | tCMP2.jpg|Cover image. |
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+ | Orion Nebula M42.jpg|[[Orion Nebula]]. |
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</gallery> |
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Latest revision as of 13:46, 26 January 2024
Trader Captains and Merchant Princes was a role-playing game supplement released by FASA, as part of their Star Trek: The Role Playing Game series. Released in 1987, this module was a second edition, following the original Trader Captains and Merchant Princes. Revised with expanded content, this second edition would be released as a two-book set with FASA RPG module: Spacelanes: The Magazine of Interstellar Trade.
Description
- This two-book rules supplement for Star Trek: The Role Playing Game includes all the rules and charts needed for creating traders, privateers, merchants, con men, and rogues. A complete system for trading commodities, playing the stock market, procuring a bank loan, and maintaining a starship are all presented in an easy-to-understand format.
- Book 1 contains comments and essays on the ups and downs of the merchant's life, written in the form of the Triangle Edition of the Interstellar Trader's Association magazine. Book 2 includes all the information necessary for the gamemaster to play and run characters who buy and sell merchandise, rent, lease, buy or steal a starship, find a cargo for hire, buy and sell on the black market, and many other possibilities.
Contents
- Introduction
- Creating Trader Characters
- Training Trader Characters
- Equipping the Trader Character
- Starting Savings
- Starting Cash
- Guide to Equipment
- Land Vehicles
- Water Vehicles
- Air Vehicles
- Weapons
- Medical Equipment
- Clothing
- Guide to Services
- Judging Trade
- Running the Corporate Bureaucracy
- Independent Trade
- Building a Business
- Judging Spaceport Operations
- Judging the Merchant Adventure
- The Character Spokesman
- Adventure Types
- Adventure Preparation
- Creating a Campaign Setting
- NPCs
- Establishing the Adventure
- Judging Illegal Operations
- Smuggling
- Judging Finance and Investments
- Stocks and Securities
- Playing the Market
- Bonds
- Large-Scale Fleet Operations
- Loans and financial Speculation
- Appendix A: Travel Time
- Appendix B: Trade Ships
- Control Computers
- Engines
References
Characters
- Lawrence Jordaine • C. Northcote Parkinson
- Referenced only
- B'rintrae • Federiko Comstock • Aurora Fell • LeRoy Gannet • Cyrano Jones • Kevlath sutai-Plaviteem • James T. Kirk • Tristan Leeper II • Randolf Merriweather III • Harry Mudd • Sintar • Tirex • Sara Undara • Tamara Uvanca • Urden Victa
Starships and vehicles
- Four Leaf Clover (Argon-class) • USS John Paul Jones • Rare Earth (Argon-class) • Baka 'Re-class • Chameleon-class • Liberty-class • Lotus Flower-class • Mission-class • Mokal-class • Monarch-class • Nilron-class • Zeus-class
Locations
- Milky Way Galaxy (Alpha and Beta Quadrants)
- Andor • Bonanza • Cait • Dalanda V • D'Livian VI • Duo III • Dvlaak • Earth • Edo • Enid VI • Facet • Janus VI • Katan III • Keef • Klaan • Klest • Klevaan • Mars • Organian Treaty Zone • RRiss • Shuridar • SSleen • Tellar • Torrt VI • T'Rillian • Tritium • Twilight Base • Twilight Nebula • Vulcan (planet)
Races and cultures
- Andorian • Caitian • Edoan • Human • Katan III native • Klingon • Orion • Romulan • RRissith • Tellarite • Tholian • Varadee • Vulcan
States and organizations
- Bio/Genetic Research Incorporated • Chiokis Starship Construction Corporation • Federation • Gorn Alliance • Ggramphud Histo-Cryogenics Incorporated • Klingon Empire • Leeper-Fell Universal, Ltd. • Multiplanet Metals Incorporated • New Amsterdam Gravitics Co. • Rantura Shipping Lines • Romulan Star Empire • Shuvinaaljis Warp Technologies Incorporated • Starfleet • Tachyon Micromechanics, Ltd. • Tholian Assembly • Wilson Energies Limited • Xaxxi Mechanistics Ltd.
Science and classification
- aqualantern • biocomputer • disruptor • environmental suit • gillpak • holographic camera • hypospray • ID forgery unit • laser scalpel • life support mask • phaser • phaser IIB • phaser pistol • pistol • police stunner • shuttlecraft • space station • starship • stun club • tricorder • type-2 phaser • universal translator
Ranks and titles
Other references
- animal • black market • calendar • clothing • coradrenaline • credit • dylovene • Federation Standard • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • Four Years War • galaxy • government • hyronalin • Klingonese • language • law • lifeform • Masiform D • money • outpost • piQaD • planet • primary universe • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • space • space-time continuum • star • star map • stardate • star system • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2270s-2350s) • state • sterilite • stock market • technology • time • title • tri-ox compound • uniform • universe • weapon
Chronology
- 2287 (from reference stardate 2/2308.09)
- Current time period.
Appendices
Background
- Illustrator David Deitrick caught the misspelling of quarantine within the computer display in his cover illustration too late to fix it before printing. (Trader Captains and Merchant Princes, 2nd edition article at David R. Deitrick's blog)
- The back cover image is a flopped NASA photograph of the Orion Nebula, a.k.a. Messier 42 and NGC 1976. (Orion Nebula photo at Getty Images.)
Images
Connections
External link
- Trader Captains and Merchant Princes (2nd edition) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.