Crew

From the water

Sink a monster ship and the captain who did her the most harm may pull a survivor out — likelier, and likelier to be of rank, the harder the ship

From The Ferryman

Every raider with a share of the damage may haul one out, on far better odds of rank

By boarding

A monster ship won by boarding raises the odds of a survivor

Where they go

Into the hold, weighing nothing, and ashore with the rest when she docks at home

Signing on

At the Shipyard, into her berths — 1, 2, 3 and 5 by hull — for a small Silver fee

Trading

A hand not signed on is an item: traded, sold, or stored in a Crew Pub

What a hand does. Most carry TWO trades sharing one budget unevenly (5/1, 4/2 or 3/3 sixths); now and then a Pure Bred carries one trade with the whole budget in it. A hand of three trades, from before Pure Breds, is an Able Seaman.

Trade	Adds to her
Gunner	cannon damage
Powder Monkey	faster reload
Sailing Master	speed
Helmsman	turn rate
Ship's Carpenter	hull
Quartermaster	hold space
Lookout	sighting range
Gun Captain	cannon range

A hand's rank caps what they add in all, fully trained (level 5), split across their trades. Each level before that reaches its share of the cap.

XP comes only at sea. When a hand's bar is full, the level is bought with Silver at the Shipyard — and the bar stops until it is: an unpromoted hand banks nothing.

The ship's share, split evenly between the hands aboard: one hand takes it all, four take a quarter each. Your flag moves it (Peace, Blue, Black), and a boarding win adds to it. The Ferryman pays every hand aboard every raider's ship.

Every hand has a Boarding Attack and Defence by rank and level; a first trade of Gunner or Gun Captain leans to attack, Ship's Carpenter or Helmsman to defence. A side fights at its ship's condition — down to 44% with hull and sails gone — and a hungry hand at half.