Trader
A trader is an independent businessman who excels at moving goods from one world to another.
While most galactic trade among "core world" regions involves large corporations, mercantile conglomerates, trading leagues and other "big businesses", the free trader rejects that sort of lifestyle. Instead, most free traders prefer the liberty of being their own bosses and the opportunity to grow rich from their own courage, luck, and acumen. To guide his own starship full of cargo, to live by his wits and ingenuity, and to hold dear the dreams of private riches - these are the things that drive and motivate the free trader.
Missions
A free trader commonly plies frontier regions, trading wares among colonies and other establishments far from the main trade routes. He earns a living by buying plentiful goods cheaply and transporting them to areas where scarcity and demand drive the price high.
Traveling from place to place, a free trader can find himself caught in the middle of a war, confronted by a stellar anomaly, or pursued by hostile raiders. He might have to open a dialog with unusual aliens - potential suppliers and customers. His missions might involve transporting and selling dangerous cargoes. Free traders vie to establish networks of customers who count on them to deliver supplies and bring news of the latest developments in core world affairs.
