Other Traders

Many corporations of all sizes
are getting rich through cross-world
trading. Goods that are cheap
on Homeline are often valuable
elsewhere, and vice versa. As always,
though, The Secret must be kept.
When a new timeline is opened up,
the traders’ agents are the first in,
looking for new goods and new mar-
kets. Some are unscrupulous, dealing
even in slaves and drugs; others are
the best allies the Patrol has.
White Star dominates the inter-
world trading scene, but there is so
much business that there’s no need to
hog it all. One of the largest corpora-
tions involved is Time Truckers, Inc.,
whose trained conveyor operators hire
out to various businesses.