Really Great Star Traders Strategy Post

Brand New Merchant Player Guide

http://www.tresebrothers.com/strpgwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Merchant+Guide

Our friend Slayer(NZ) put up an excellent post about Star Traders RPG techniques:

http://startradersrpg.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=642&page=1#5607

I definitely think it is worth a read regarding one way to advance up the difficulty ladder.