Merchant Fleets
The merchant fleet operating across a sector typically consist of 2D6 vessels per subsector:
D6 merchant ships – the ships may be created randomly using Random Starships and Random Starships II, but do not roll for the ship’s purpose instead treat it as Merchant
D6 potentially re-purposed ships – the ships may be created randomly, when generating facilities, one facility automatically is the largest Cargo Hold facility that fits into the ship, other facilities are generated normally
Charters
For every vessel, the type of charter it is operating under can be randomly determined (also see White Dwarf 140):
| D6 | Charter |
| 1-3 | Fleet Charter |
| 4 | Free Charter |
| 5 | Hereditary Charter |
| 6 | Hereditary Free Charter |
Civil Fleets
Civil fleets may also be generated in this fashion, consisting of D3-1 ships per subsector. The individual ships are generated as normal.