With the Navy constantly stretched thin defending its vast domain from grave threats from within, without and beyond, it falls to the slow, ill-equipped and poorly-armed merchant vessels to keep the lines of commerce and communication open in a vast, uncaring universe filled with many grave dangers to both the bodies and souls of M an. On the other hand, the sight of ordinary passenger liners and cargo transports in an infinite variety of types and patterns are a common occurrence in even the most remote frontier worlds.
A vast majority of Imperial worlds may go decades or even centuries without a single visit from an Imperial warship. M ost rely on a brisk interstellar trade for a steady stream of foodstuffs and raw materials to maintain their productivity and way of life.
Only a very small fraction of the incalculable worlds upon which the children of M an tread can truly be called self-sufficient. While these hulking, powerful warships are the most notable representation of mankind‟s command of the stars, it is actually through the millions of humble merchant freighters, lumbering heavy transports and sleek fast clippers making up nearly 90% of M ankind‟s interstellar spacecraft that its vast domain is held together. It is a given fact that through the might and valour of the Imperial Navy, the raging tides of foul aliens and vile heretics that infest the galaxy have been stayed from overrunning the millions of worlds that over the millennia have come under the Emperor‟s beneficent rule.
ROGUE TRADERS, WOLFPACKS AND THE MERCHANT FLEETS OF MANKIND
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