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[[Image:RogueTraderSymbol.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Symbol of the Rogue Traders{{Fn|19}}]]
[[File: Rogue Trader RPG Cover.jpg|thumb|right|225px|A Rogue Trader and his retinue]]
A '''Rogue Trader''' is a combination of freelance explorer, conquistador and merchant. They are Imperial servants, given a ship, a crew, a contingent of marines or [[Imperial Guard|Guardsmen]] and ''carte blanche'' to roam the worlds beyond Imperial control.{{Fn|!b1b}}
In their task of exploring and exploiting uncharted regions of the galaxy, Rogue Traders might come across worlds harbouring long-forgotten [[Human]] civilizations which will be incorporated into the Imperium. Other times they find empty or [[Xenos|alien]]-dominated planets ripe for colonisation or exploitation.{{Fn|1b}}
*[[Goliath Class Factory Ship]]{{Fn|3c}}
*[[Scorpion Class Heavy Gun Sloop]]{{Fn|22}}
*[[Rogue Trader Cruiser]]{{citethisFn|28}}*[[Orion Class Star Clipper]]{{citethisFn|29a}}*[[Xenos Vessel]]{{citethisFn|28}}*[[Armed Freighter]]s{{citethisFn|30}}*[[Gun-Cutter]]s{{citethisFn|29b}}
==Known Rogue Trader Varieties==
*[[Rogue Trader Militant]]{{Fn|23}}{{Fn|15}}
*[[Rogue Trader Majoris]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[Calixian Privateer]]{{citethisFn|1f}}
==Retinue==
Rogue Traders invariably surround themselves with a coterie of allies and retainers. No Rogue Trader can undertake their mission alone, for no man or woman can be master of every single aspect of trade, exploration, exploitation, and war. As a result, all of the most successful Rogue Traders have the ingrained ability to recognise the value of others and their motivations and, as a leader, are able to utilise every weapon and ability in their human arsenal to their full potential.{{citethisFn|1h}}
Though they must rely on others for the most specialised of skills (not to mention certain needful resources), it falls to the Rogue Trader to know how and when to exercise their own judgement and how to delegate where needed. They may not steer the helm of their [[cruiser|void-cruiser]], nor fire and aim every [[macrocannon]] in person, but the Rogue Trader selects and commands those who do and it is their orders that are obeyed. Likewise they may know little of the arcane rites of the [[Imperial Fleet Equipment#Support Systems|augury]] and [[auspex]], but it is ultimately their decision whether or not to trust the word of the [[Explorator]] who claims it safe to breathe the air of a newly discovered world.{{Fn|1h}}
Known Members of a Rogue Trader's retinue include:{{Fn|1h}}{{Fn|1i}}{{Fn|1j}}*[[Arch-Militant]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Gland Warrior]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Astropath]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Transubstantial Initiate]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Witness of Dusk|Witnesses of Dusk]]{{Citethis}}*[[Explorator]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Genetor]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Lectro-Maester]]{{Citethis}}**[[Acolyte of Abraxas|Acolytes of Abraxas]]{{Citethis}}**[[Technoarcheologist]]{{Citethis}}*[[Missionary|Missionaries]]{{Citethis}}**[[Torchbearer (Missionary)]]{{Citethis}}*[[Navigator]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Navis Scion]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Elutrian Confederacy|Elutrian Devotee]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Seneschal]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Aquisitionist]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Void-Master]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Flight Marshall]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Voidsmen]]{{Citethis}}*[[Acolyte]]{{Citethis}}*[[Adept]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Adherent of Aleynikov|Adherents of Aleynikov]]{{Citethis}}*[[Augmenticist]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Beastmaster]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Blanks]]{{Citethis}}*[[Bounty Hunter]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Colchite Servo-Master]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Cold Trade|Cold Trade Brokers]]{{Citethis}}*[[Combat Servitor]]{{Citethis}}*[[Crusader]]{{Citethis}}*[[Death Cult Assassin]]{{Citethis}}*[[Defender of the Fourth Cipher]]{{Citethis}}*[[Drusian Adherent]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Heretek]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Hexicar]]s{{Citethis}}*[[House Operative]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Order of the Hammer Initiate]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Pirates]]{{Citethis}}*[[Primaris Psyker]]{{Citethis}}*[[Psylakis Warder]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Red Consecrator]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Reliquarist]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Secessionist]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Unsanctioned Psyker]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Witch Finders]]s{{Citethis}}*[[Xenographer]]s{{Citethis}}
*'''Sanctioned Xenos'''
**[[Drukhari]] {{Citethis}}***[[Kabalite Warrior]]s{{Citethis}}***[[Wych]]{{Citethis}}***[[Hellion|Skyterror]]{{Citethis}}***[[Haemonculi]]{{Citethis}}***[[Incubi|Incubus Initiate]]{{Citethis}}**[[Kroot]]{{Citethis}}***[[Carnivore Kindred|Kroot Mercenaries]]{{Citethis}}***[[Kroot Shaper]]s{{Citethis}}**[[Ork]] {{Citethis}}***[[Freebooter]]s{{Citethis}}***[[Kommando]]es{{Citethis}}***[[Mekboy]]z{{Citethis}}***[[Weirdboy]]z{{Citethis}}**[[Tau]] {{Citethis}}***[[Fire Warrior]]s{{Citethis}}***[[Pathfinder]]s{{Citethis}}***[[Drone|Drone Handler]]s{{Citethis}}***[[Shas'ui]]{{Citethis}}
==Known Rogue Traders Houses==
*[[House Arcadius]]{{Fn|14a}}
*[[House Brahms]]{{Fn|24e}}
*[[House Castyx]]{{citethisFn|31}}*[[House Ecale]]{{citethisFn|32}}
*[[House Faustus]]{{Fn|24d}}
*[[House Gibrahan]]{{Fn|26}}
*[[House Helvintr]]{{citethisFn|33}}*[[House Lamertine]]{{citethisFn|33}}
*[[House Leda]]{{Fn|14a}}
*[[House Mermidian]]{{Fn|21}}
*[[House Phalomor]]{{citethisFn|34}}*[[House Radrexxus]]{{citethisFn|33}}
*[[House Tantar]]{{Fn|24a}}
*[[House Trask]]{{Fn|12b}}
**{{Endn|1g}}: pg. 195
**{{Endn|1h}}: pg. 40
**{{Endn|1i}}: pgs. 43-68
**{{Endn|1j}}: pgs. 15-29
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 94
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Rogue Trader: Battlefleet Koronus]]
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Only War Core Rulebook]], pg. 376 - ''Chapter XII''
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Deathwatch: Know No Fear]], pg. 8 - ''The Year of Dreaming Depths''
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Magazine Issue 19]], pg. 5
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Rogue Trader: Into the Storm]]
**{{Endn|29a}}: pg. 151
**{{Endn|29b}}: pg. 183
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Battlefleet Gothic Armada]], pg. 160
*{{Endn|31}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay: Imperium Maledictum]], pg. 270 - The Powers of Dao Teyras
*{{Endn|32}}: [[ Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], pg.76
*{{Endn|33}}: [[The Martyr's Tomb (Novel)]], Chapter Thirteen
*{{Endn|34}}: [[War Zone Octarius - Book 2: Critical Mass]], pg. 30
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