Freighters

Freighters are trading vessels of the caliber available in the original Freelancer game. They range from the Liberty Rhino to the Camara heavy freighter, and are used by many NPCs.

Rules-wise, a freighter is a trade vessel marked as a freighter by the Freelancer ship types, but with less than 500 units of cargo space, larger ships are transports. Gunboats, Cruisers and Battleships are also not freighters, despite being marked as such in the ship purchase window.

Another oddity about freighters is their shields, freighter shields range from class 1 to class 6, instead of class 1 to class 10 like fighter shields, This is because freighter shields classes 7 - 10 are reserved for transports and capital ships. But don't start hyperventilating thinking you will be stuck with that class 6 Advanced Sentinel Freighter Shield because freighter shields keep progressing even though they are still marked "class 6". Really, this is a good thing, it means if your freighter can handle a class 6 shield, it can handle any freighter shield. If you want to know what class your freighter shield really is, just look at the shield of the same name sold for light or heavy fighters.

Pre-Discovery Freighters

Name	Weapons	Cargo (Original)	Cargo (Discovery)	Hull	NB/SB	Price(Original)	Price(Discovery)	Notes
Clydesdale	3/5	125	125	2200	15/15	$23,010	?	Bretonia
Drone	2/6	175	175	3600	23/23	$62,820	?	Kusari
Dromedary	3/5	275	275	3600	23/23	$62,820	?	Borderworld
Humpback	2/6	250	275	5800	33/33	$170,940	488,690	Rheinland
Mule	4/4	90	90	2200	15/15	$20,590	?	Liberty Rogues
Rhino	3/5	80	80	1600	12/12	$9,100	?	Liberty

Discovery Freighters

Name	Weapons	Cargo	Hull	NB/SB	Price	Notes
Bactrian	4/4	280	10100	65	986,000	Pirate heavy freighter
CSV	2/1	140	6000	50	162,500	Junkers' Combat Support Vehicle
Camara	0/6	345	8900	70	866,000-ish	Civilian heavy freighter