The Capellan Free Merchants is a union of small companies that protects its members from mega-corps. This unusual conglomerate of retail outlets, distributors, manufacturers, and trading ships is much larger than most Frontier citizens realize. It specializes in the sale of exotic items, which can usually be found nowhere else but in a CFM shop, as well as in rentals. This renting or leasing of equipment to its members (at a flat rate) and up to nonmembers (at the going rate plus 20% per month) is extremely lucrative and has been a thorn in other mega-corps' sides for years.