You can recruit a gang of mercenaries in any town or city. However, they aren't professional soldiers, don't have any sea going experience and aren't interested in extra training or becoming sailors. They are, however, prepared to take a share of the loot as payment for their services.

• They are Warrior-1 characters who can act as crew for siege engines and can attack or defend vessels.
• They are easy to recruit
• They do not add to the crew required to sail the ship.
• They do add to the crew numbers when calculating loot shares.

These aren't the organised warriors of a mercenary company, the town guard or the army and don't have Profession(Soldier) as a skill - instead they might have been casual 'bashers' for a Rogues Guild, ad hoc caravan guards, occasional militiamen, or something similar. They will be a bit of a disorganised rabble, but know how to fight and bash people. They come unequipped, apart from a light weapon (d6 damage)

Average stats are

AC-11: HP-15: Melee weapon +2 (d6, Crit d20x2)

Detailed profile

Recruiting

Ask around town, spend 220gp getting contacts, and checking them out. Once you have found one, they will know the others.