[list] [] Stage 1 - Prof (sailor), Club) [] Stage 2 - Know (Geography), Dagger [] [Now deckhand equivalent] [] Stage 3 – Intimidate, Boarding Pike [] Stage 4 – Perception, LXB [] Stage 5 – Acrobatics, ??? [] Stage 6 – Survival, ??? [] Stage 7 – Skill Specialisation (Prof Sailor) [*] Stage 8 – full Expert-1 (but with a limited skill set) [/list]

Now Deckhand(plus) with some raiding skills :) who is ready to move onto a more sophisticated (lets say Half-Pirate) role? Second Class and appropriate skills come in at Stage 9 - probably when you guys go to L6? Which gives you guys time to decide on sailor or shipmate.