Freeloader, once called Olen X by the Orions, but since renamed by Human traders, is a major Triangle trade center. lts spaceport is the very model of a lively trade center, possessing the most rowdy mixture of Human and Orion port city characteristics imaginable. Vulcan family trade cartels have begun to move into the Triangle through Freeloader in recent years, creating some grumbling among Human traders. rnust of whom are small operators now having trouble competing with larger and more efficient Vulcan and Orion freighter lines.

Freeloader also is a rarity of a freeport essentially owned by one individual. Lithan Trade Developments, which nominally owns the world, is an Orion-chartered family corporation, but Tali Lithan is apparently the only living member of his family branch. Almost nothing is known about the reclusive Lithan, and the rest of the corporate management is a mix of Orions, Humans, and Vulcans. The visible presence of power is Lithan's executive secretary, the Vulcan T'Planna.