Description

Free Trader (Non-Standard Classified Type NS18):
 Using an unorthodox 600 ton frame and hull, this artefact is allowed in Imperial commerce under the salvage laws provided the ship is registered with Imperial authorities (typical registration fee: Cr. 100,000). The ship has 8 staterooms (of non-standard sizes) for the crew (captain/navigator, chief engineer, two ordinary engineers and medic), with provision for ordinary members (gunners, pinnace pilots, or passengers). There are no low berths. The ship has two jump-drives which operate independently (at Jump 2, and Jump 3, respectively), but may not sum their power.
 There are no manoeuvre drives (the pinnaces act as tugs to a minor extent); there is no power plant. A stellar collector absorbs and collects energy for internal power and jump drives. Two single turrets each mount a single laser cannon. The computer is a non-standard model equivalent to a Model/3, but of considerable mass. The ship is not streamlined.
 Two 40 ton pinnaces travel in trailing positions. Construction cost is impossible to calculate, but current market value can be placed at approximately Cr. 400,000,000.