Spacer

Spacer, or mariner&lt;ref&gt;the&lt;/ref&gt;, was a slang term that referred to those who made their living flying across space, including pilots and crew. Most spacers ran freight, charter, or information collection operations, although many worked or moonlighted as mercenaries, bounty hunters, and smugglers. Some were hyperspace explorers. Other slang terms for "spacer" included star-hopper, which became famously attached to a Star-Hoppers o of spacers on ; star-jumper; star-rover; and planet-jumper. The term was usually used only to describe civilians within spacefaring professions.

, and  were examples of spacers.

Behind the scenes
Spacer is used much in the same way that sailor is used today.

Star-hopper was originally used in the first issues of as a synonym of spacer.

In [, author A] attributed the death of [[Necrosis to "a motley band of spacers." In this instance he was referring to the players of '', who kill Necrosis in a quest on

The term spacer is used to refer to the player's character in '', as many of the quests completed by the player are considered canon.