Merchant Ship

## Minimap

* Normal
* Raider

*"A stranded merchant frigate. Only a light security team remain on board to secure its cargo until help arrives."*
— In-game description

The **Merchant Ship**, also known internally as the **Cargo Ship** or **Merchant Frigate**, is a location and ship class found in *Marauders*. The Merchant Ship was added in the beta.

## Overview

The Merchant Ship is a static location found in raids. It is set on a stranded Merchant Frigate used by the Central Empire for transporting cargo. The Merchant Ship still contains a majority of its cargo onboard, leading to consistent raids by Marauders. It is only lightly defended by a small security team. The Central Empire uses Merchant Ships as a core part of its logistics. The Merchant Ship can only be accessed by breaching with a Breacher Pod. The Merchant Ship was available as a map in Raider Mode prior to the Guilds Update.

## Layout

The Merchant Ship is separated into 4 main sections - a vehicle maintenance featuring Escape Pods, a cargo hold featuring shipping containers and an office, a storage area containing a medical bay, and a command center, known as the **Merchant Ship Bridge**, with an attached armoury. When breaching the Merchant Ship, the player spawns at the cargo hold on the bottom floor, or the Escape Pods on the floor above. A locked shipping container, located in the cargo hold and marked with the logo of the Central Empire, is able to be unlocked with C.E. Pass Codes. The container houses a spawn for the Full Panzer Rig in a wooden crate. The ship contains four escape pods.

The Central Empire sends contractors to investigate the failure of the Security Personnel on the Merchant Ship to defend Central Empire cargo, citing potential treason. The United Allies seek intel on shipments of Central Empire propaganda being delivered behind enemy lines, while the Kingdom Alliance seek to gain information on food shipments and disrupt Central Empire supply lines through raids on Merchant Ships.

The marked container with the logo of the Central Empire.Inside the marked container.
Two red shipping containers that double as vaults can be found in the center cargo hold of the Merchant Ship, requiring a Blowtorch to open.

* Points of Interest
* AI Spawns
* Raider Mode AI Spawns

 **Film Review**3 seconds
 **Food Run**3 seconds
 **Import Export**12 seconds
 **Merchant Piracy**45 seconds
 **Repo Man**3 seconds
 **Traitor Call**3 seconds

 Commando Squad | 6.25%

## Gallery

The Merchant Ship.A security team in the storage area.The Merchant Ship.
## Trivia

* There are five Breacher Pods tangled in chains and crashed on the floor in a hangar that have the names *L. Lord*, *Z. Chum*, *E. Devon*, *Omid. L* and *S. Dekie*, all referencing different streamers.
	+ *L. Lord* stands for "Loot Lord", and is a reference to AquaFPS.
	+ *Z. Chum* is a reference to ZChum.
	+ *E. Devon* is a reference to ExfilCamper.
	+ *Omid. L* is a reference to OmidLive.
	+ *S. Dekie* is a reference to Sterdekie.
* The couches found in the kitchen/quarters room adjacent to the second floor of the center portion of the ship are inspired by similar designs found in Cowboy Bebop. The couches contain metal fixtures that is used by a loader to lift them up to be transported.
* There are four lockers found in the Armoury next to the bridge that have the names *Mettler*, *Remy*, *Kerch* and *Maller*, all referencing four SIG employees.
	+ *Mettler* is a reference to METTtheDoc, a Community Manager for Small Impact Games.
	+ *Remy* is a reference to Remynistik, a QA staff member for Small Impact Games.
	+ *Kerch* is a reference to Sherogorat, one of the QA Management staff for Small Impact Games.
	+ *Maller* is a reference to Gohjira, the second of the QA Management staff for Small Impact Games.

## References

1. ↑ Marauder's Beta Date Reveal - July 11th, 2022 - Steam
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Import Export mission
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Merchant Piracy mission
4. ↑ Guilds 1.0 Update Released! - December 14th, 2023 - Steam
5. ↑ Traitor Call mission
6. ↑ Film Review mission
7. ↑ Food Run mission
8. ↑ ExfilCamper - whose pods are these??? - Twitch Clip
9. ↑ General Sam - Oct 23, 2022 - Marauders Concerns Me