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ROGUE TRADERS
To limit the moral pollution caused by contact withalien and non-Imperial cultures in millennia past, theAdeptus Terra outlawed trade and dealing beyondthe Imperium. Only those individuals with Warrantsof Trade or similar documents are allowed to exploreplanets not yet under Imperial control, encounteralien civilizations and regressed human societies,and claim barren worlds rich with minerals or otherresources. Such men are the Rogue Traders.Operating beyond Imperial Control, they are a lawunto themselves. Some are highly pious individuals,bringing the Emperor’s light beyond his rule; othersare nothing more than glorified pirates andscoundrels. Not all who claim to be Rogue Tradersactually are, while many Warrants of Trade arecenturies old – handed down through familygenerations, exchanged in gambling dens, stolenfrom their rightful owners or have otherwise falleninto the hands of those who might abuse the powerthey bestow.Rogue Traders exude confidence, they are highlycharismatic, often charming and roguish, skilleddiplomats (some would say confidence tricksters)and hardened killers when the situation demands.Rogue Traders will often gather an entourage of hangers on and companions much like an Inquisitordoes, and this may contain alien warriors, mutantsand other undesirables, which many Inquisitorswould take to marking the Rogue Trader out as aheretic. Many Rogue Traders have highly unstablepersonalities – some destroy worlds on a whim, orexperiment with alien species out of macabrecuriosity.Rogue Traders often dress extravagantly andflamboyantly – like Inquisitors each one has theirown style and manner. They carry the best weaponsand equipment they can acquire, including allmanner of alien weapons and gadgets. Jokaerodigital weapons are popular – miniature lasers andneedlers that are worn as rings but contain the samepower as a pistol. They might be carrying C’tanphase weapons that can bypass armour, Ha’Kaidanneuro-stars, or one of a million other pieces of strange and bizarre wargear.It is not uncommon for a Rogue Trader to have oncebeen a high ranking member of the Adeptus Terra,perhaps ousted from power and falling back totrading to regain his position and authority. SuchRogue Traders often wear the finery of Imperial
 
aristocracy mixed with garments from worldsbeyond the Emperor’s rule, often sporting a weaponfrom military service such as a Naval cutlass orOfficer’s sabre. They might also carry ornate duelingpistols in lacquered holsters, or ancient-lookinghunting rifles slung rakishly across the shoulder.Rogue Traders usually return to Imperial space everyfew years, to unload their exotic wares and resupply,recruit and rest until their next foray into thedarkness. During these periods they may haveencounters with members of the Inquisition. AnyInquisitor who hears news of a Rogue Trader in hislocality will more than likely seek him out to find outwhat he has discovered. Rogue Traders wieldincredible power and it is easy for them to forgetthat once back within the Imperium they do nothave free reign to act as they wish, and this will alsodraw the attention from the Inquisition. ManyRogue Traders dispute the right of the Inquisition topersecute them, as they see it. As men who havewandered amongst alien stars and conversed with allmanner of cultures, Rogue Traders are susceptible toall kinds of heresies, from wayward philosophies toinfection by alien creatures or possession by warpentities that live in the darkness between stars. Allthese factors can lead to violent confrontation,particularly if the Rogue Trader has knowledge or anartifact that an Inquisitor s keen to get his hands on.Occasionally the Inquisition may approach a RogueTrader to work from them, either leading his ownmen or and the companion to an Inquisitor.Whether this works comes down to the RogueTrader and Inquisitor involved – Rogue Traders canbe highly irrelevant at times, and Inquisitors with ahard-line view often take offense to the jibes at theImperium and its organizations.
 
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Arty Dolgachev

Thanks for this great work! )

reply06 / 29 / 2011
solkathos

Holy ****! I wrote this about 2 years ago. We done a revised edition that is way better looking then this one. I don't know how this one got here though so I wouldn't know how to put the other one up. Thanks for the props though guys, hope you have some fun games with it!

reply03 / 23 / 2010
igwelsh

brillrant codex to read all ready made a army list

reply02 / 15 / 2010
01 / 06 / 2010This doucment made it onto the Rising List!
aveaugustus8473

This is a fan codex, not GW official. Still, excellent read.

reply12 / 04 / 2009
Gretski00

God i love reading these old codexes :)

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