Team: Judge & Juror

[John Robinson]

Team Design:

Take it all the way down to rock bottom, then work my way up. Slow and careful study of game elements, and how they relate to each other.
 I wanted complete control of how my Captain and Officers developed. This is why experience is set to  priority E.

1.)  Basic Difficulty:  
      a. Allows me to run more teams more quickly.
      b. No permanent death for Captain and Officers:  This allows me to learn from what would have killed me without having to start a new team.
          This is especially important when you've reached high enough ranks to test advanced talents.  Your Captain and Officers can be very badly
          damaged which causes it's own morale problems, and extended search for capable doctors.
      c. Your Officers will never desert you.
   

2.) Attributes A:  Priority provides the highest starting value with 52 points to spend.  Starting attributes are permanent and will not be increased as you level. 
                           Attributes are used in nearly every game pass/fail test. They are almost always standard dice.   Skills determine the majority of Talent bonuses.  
                           The Wisdom attribute is very important for successful Exploration saves.   Some attributes can have a random effect, such as discovering a crew trait.  
                           There are a few that directly affect Talent Bonuses.  For example.

	Merchant	Market Confident	Any trade > $5,000 (10% + Charisma) chance of finding a new contact.
	Military	Power Play	Completing steps in a mission, increase faction Rep bonuses by Charisma %
	Diplomat	Upstaged Success	Increase Contact Rep and influence bonuses when completing mission by Charisma %

3.) Contacts B:  ST2 thrives on the number of contacts your Captain can develop, and how quickly.  The argument could be made to set Contacts to A.
                          Priority B will start you with 6 contacts.  As of writing you also get a Bonus prince.  With luck you can get contacts outside your own faction right off the bat.
 
4.) Skills C:        As you level your Captain & Officers skills will increase with every rank in the jobs you have chosen for them.   So I used all 8 to boost my Captain's negotiation skill at the start of the game.
                          Primary will always be a higher value than Secondary skills. You may find this link helpful while planning your team. ST2 Skills Table


5.) Ship D          The Juror class is a very good test platform.  Small size crew of 16 allows me to study each type, and individual traits more closely than I could keep track of with a larger crew.
                          Payroll, repairs, and all the regular problems of running a ship are still there but on a smaller more manageable scale.  Smaller crews tend to level faster, there are fewer people to split XP with.
                          For the first time.  In this team I eventually upgraded to Barracks-2 to bring the ship up to it's full complement of 24.  This made it easy to hire characters such as pirates from my
                          Contacts without disturbing the balance of the ship's strong and standard dice pools. I've one more team to test, before trying one with a larger ship.                   

5.) Captain E:  No Captain's starter pack.The Captain and Officers start at Level(1).  Respec will take awhile to become available.  This is the closest thing too it.
                         I often find crew members better suited to my team goals than my starting officers.  I can promote a crew member to replace an Officer easily because I'm not losing any character levels.
                        This would not be true if I used the Captains starter pack.  With Captain-E I can slowly methodically watch how a ship's crew develops.  


What Worked?  

1.) Synergy between Merchant and Diplomat cannot be beat for missions requiring negotiation skills to succeed.
                   There are some new missions that once only had a violent solution but now have a diplomatic option, terrific!
                   I highly recommend this pairing.  Early game funding, and contacts were higher than any other combination I've tried before.  
                  This worked beautifully, I really enjoyed it, and will include this pair in my next team.
                  The Diplomat and Merchant talents topped out early because several high level ones have not been implemented yet.
                   Raising ranks raises the all important skill points so keep going!

2.) Synergy between pistol wielding Military officer, paired with a sword slashing Pirate officer formed the backbone of my combat team.
                    I always build 2 officers that remain on ship and 2 that fight.
                   One big advantage fighting officers have, is the ability to use the equipment slot.  Gear can be purchased to equip that can add +4 initiative and other powerful bonuses.
                   Initiative is often what stands between success and defeat in crew combat.

3.) Your starting crew will usually have 1 Pistoleer, and 1 Swordsman.  Promoting them to officers will save you time, and you won't waste a  Job rank point on something you don't want.
                  The roll is pretty random so you might end up with a really crappy pair of fighters.  Forget dismissing them, anything you hire will be weaker.
                   If you are convinced they cannot be salvaged, dump the game and start over, after all you're still basically in the setup stage.

4.)  Turn-1 Cull your crew : Dump the rotten apples before giving the crew it's first payday.  
                                          The first few levels come quickly, you don't want to be saddled with a bunch of negative traits while they increase in importance to the ship.
                                            Even if you make a risky flight to find a spaceport that will offer the right recruits, it's still worth dumping them.  To offset the early impact.
                                            On turn-1 I replace short range weapons, and the boarding chamber,
                                            with armored bulkheads and passenger cabins.  This will boost your Ship Ops and Gunnery skill pools until you can find suitable crew,
                                           or level enough of them level to fill the gap. Then you can  reassess your weapon requirements. 

5.  Level-1 Talents  In the last Twitch TB asked if any of us had tried the Swordsman's Sharp Counter talent yet?
                               That's when I realized a prejudice to bypass level 1 talents and save my points for something at a higher level.
                               I couldn't have been more wrong.  My Swordsman was already a level(27) and at level(28) I selected this talent.
                               Wow!  It's a buff that doesn't really sacrifice a turn to use, because if anyone in the first two  enemy positions attacks him there will be an automatic counter attack which bypasses initiative.
                               All of the character talents are meant to be strong, this isn't HoS where the power of a talent raises gradually. 

6.)   I'm worried spice addicts if fully enforced, the cumulative effects could cause an onerous game imbalance.
       It's like adding a high tax rate, without adding anymore dimension. Generating  a flat  feeling of financial penalty in order to play would be hard to ignore. 

What Didn't Work? 

1.)  Splitting my Captain's rank points between Merchant and Spy.  By the time we could run spy missions I had no interest in them because of the Merchant successes.
       As mentioned before Merchant talents tend to top out early.  So I've been experimenting with other jobs like Spy.  I don't know enough about Star Traders, and may split his points
       again at some future date just to discover the Star Trader captain's capabilities.
 
2.)  I put too great a load on the  Doctor.  In a past game there was a Combat Medic his skills boosted her's so much that in late stages of the game it was very seldom we failed a doctor test.
       I should have Split the Captain's job points between Merchant and Doctor.  Not Merchant and Spy. 

3.)  Forgetting I had a talent perfect for a situation and not using it.  Learning range limitations in ship combat.  I didn't know Barrel Roll wouldn't work a range 5, it's by far the best ship defense talent in the game.
      Timing my Incite Victory poorly,  It expired just before we boarded!  Ugggh.

What Next?
I've learned allot about the economics of running a ship. Especially  how low morale = $.
 
1.)  Create one more team:  Same as above except Captain will be Merchant / Doctor.  Late in the last game the Doctor was failing most of her tests during space flight in absence of storms or other
       obvious external influences.  Injury causes morale damage.  Getting an injured crew member healed can take a long time while looking for a Zendu doctor with a high enough skill. 
       I've always kept my crews well paid, and spiced.  It is amazing how high level crew members will jump ship at the first sign of trouble.  One little fight and they run for the nearest ship to sign on with.  
       Ungrateful #@hy*!es  Morale is hard to repair so the strategy is to prevent the loss in the first place.

2.)  Take the Merchant's Generosity Talent allot sooner.  It provides a morale boost bonus every time you pay the crew.

3.)  After that;  It's time to park the Juror in the garage and try my luck at using a larger ship.  I'll be trading speed for space and damage soaking mass.  Repair, payroll, medical care, and spicing will all go up.
      Have I learned enough to meet this new set of challenges. 

<<< I stopped playing this team when my Captain reached Level(29) because I had finished my testing goals.  With $1.9 million in the bank it was time to retire. >>>

ST2 Talents table: Will give you a better understanding of why this teams talents work together in such a powerful combination. 

Captain Merchant paired with Officer Diplomat.    Officer Military paired with Officer Pirate

Captain(29):  Merchant(22)	Officerl(30): Diplomat(14)		Officer(31)	Officer(30)
15 (23) Negotiate	13 Negotiate		Military(15)	Pirate(15)
9 Command	7 Command		Pistoleer(15)	Sword(15)
Talents	Talents		10 Command	10 Pilot
Friendly Banter	Settlement		21 Pistols	14 Blades
Market Confident	Upstaged Success		8 Evasion	13 (16) Evasion
Garner Favor	Winning Compromise		Power Play	7 (12) Intimidate
Generosity	Magnanimous Victory		Expert Planning	Icy Stare
Wise Counsel			Overriding Discipline	Barrel Roll
			Incite Victory	Menacing Demeanor
			Boarding Rush	Rash Courage
			Leader in the ranks	Blade Strike
			Swift Retort	Strength of Steel
			Terrifying Accuracy	Devastating Blow
			Flashing Steel	Rain of Steel
			Aimed Focus	Sharp Counter

Team Startup Build

Captain	Merchant	Spy	Basic Difficulty
Off-1	Diplomat	Doctor	No Captain's Starter Pack
Off-2	Pirate	Swordsman	24 Quadrants Standard Density
Off-3	Military	Pistoleeer	Thulun

Pri	Category	Name #	Attributes		| Traits	| Description
A	Attributes	52	Strength	16	| Gossip	+20% Chance to to learn rumor spicing
B	Contacts	6	Quickness	16	| Charmer	+2 Charisma
C	Skills	+8 Negotiate	Fortitude	26	|
D	Ship	Juror class	Charisma	26	|
E	Job-1	Merchant	Wisdom	26	|
			Resilience	26	|

Team Leveling checklists:  How each Captain and Officer developed and when.

Captain Checklist

Merchant

Spy

XP	LVL	Job/Rank	TP	Talent	Description
0	1	Merchant(1)	0	x	x
50	2	Merchant(2)	1	Friendly Banter	Spice Plate end of mission (10% + Charisma) = new contact
150	3	Merchant(3)	0	x	x
275	4	Merchant(4)	1	Market Confident	> $5,000 (10% + Charisma) = new contact
400	5	Merchant(5)	0	x	x
600	6	Merchant(6)	1	Garner Favor	> $5,000  +Rep = Negotiate local faction
800	7	Merchant(7)	0	x	x
1,000	8	Merchant(8)	1	Righteous Profit	> $5,000 Profit bonus (10% + Negotiate)
1,200	9	Spy(1)	0	x	x
1,500	10	Spy(2)	0	x	x
1,800	11	Spy(3)	0	x	x
2,100	12	Spy(4)	1	Sly Move	Autopass Stealth test
2,400	13	Spy(5)	0	x	x Should have taken Generosity (morale maint)
------->	--->	Spy(6)	0	x	x
2,700	14	Spy(7)	1	Scouring Search	Card Spy change 1 to intel records
3,100	15	Spy(8)	0	x	x
------->	--->	Merchant(9)	0	x	x
3,500	16	Merchant(10)	0	x	x
4,000	17	Merchant(11)	1	Espionage Sweep	Card Spy remove threat
4,500	18	Merchant(12)	0	x	x
5,000	19	Spy(9)	0	x	x
------->	--->	Spy(10)	0	x	x
5,500	20	Spy(11)	0	x	x
------->	--->	Merchant(13)	0	x	x
6,000	21	Merchan(14)	1	Bolt	Ship +30 Escape 3T
6,500	22	Merchant(15)	0	x	x
7,250	23	Merchant(16)	0	x	x
8,000	24	Merchant(17)	0	x	x
8,750	25	Merchant(18)	1	Generosity (R5)	Pay crew morale bonus
9,500	26	Merchant(19)	0	x	x
11,000	27	Merchant(20)	0	x	x
12,000	28	Merchant(21)	1	Wise Councel	Autopass Negotiation test
13,000	29	Merchant(22)	0	x	x
14,000	30		1
15,000	31		1
16,000	32		1
Total	36	---------------	13	---------------------	--------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx,xxx	xxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Officer-1:

Diplomat

Doctor

Job-3:

XP	LVL	Job/Rank	TP	Talent	Description
0	1	Gunner(1)	0	x	x
50	2	Doctor(1)	1	Medical Staff	Autopass Doctor test
150	3	Diplomat(1)	0	x	x
275	4	Diplomat(2)	1	Settlement	Autopass Negotiation test
400	5	Diplomat(3)	0	x	x
600	6	Diplomat(4)	1	Treat Wounded	Heal 20 + Doc  (Med x 3) crew
800	7	Diplomat(5)	0	x	x
1,000	8	Diplomat(6)	1	Upstage Success R5	+Rep % Influence Contact = %Charisma at end of mission
1,200	9	Doctor(2)	0	x	x
1,500	10	Diplomat(7)	0	x	x
1,800	11	Diplomat(8)	0	x	x
2,100	12	Doctor(3)	1	Win Compromise	(10% + Negotiate) profit each mission step
2,400	13	Doctor(4)	0	x	x
2,700	14	Doctor(5)	1	Life Saver	Saves a life combat, blockade, spy, patrol
--------	----	---------------	---	------------------->	Restore HP = (Doc + 3 x Medical rating)
3,100	15	Doctor(6)	0	x	x
3,500	16	Diplomat(9)	0	x	x
4,000	17	Diplomat(10)	1	Banked
4,500	18	Doctor(7)	0	x	x
5,000	19	Doctor(8)	0	xMedical Ward	Ship Victory +HP (10 + Doc) 3x shipmed crew
5,500	20	Doctor(9)	0	x	x
6,000	21	Doctor(10)	1	Banked
6,500	22	Doctor(11)	0	xSolace in Bt (R11)	Purge ship & crw Doc = Morale to 20 crew
7,250	23	Doctor(12)	0	x	x
8,000	24	Diplomat(11)	0	x	x
8,750	25	Diplomat(12)	1	Assisted Care	Medical bill discount (10% + Doc skl)
9,500	26	Diplomat(13)	0	x	x
11,000	27	Doctor(13)	0	x	x
12,000	28	Doctor(14)	1	Mag Victory	Ship victory reduce -Rep by Negotiation skl
13,000	29	Diplomat(14)	0	x	x
14,000	30		1
15,000	31		0	x	x
16,000	32		1
Total	32	---------------	12	---------------------	--------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx,xxx	xxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Officer-2:

Military

Pistoleer

Job-3:

XP	LVL	Job/Rank	TP	Talent	Description
0	1	Pistol(1)	0	x	x
50	2	Military(1)	1	Power Play	End of mission Bonus Faction Rep = Charisma%
150	3	Military(2)	0	x	x
275	4	Military(3)	1	Expert Planning	Autopass Tactics test
400	5	Military(4)	0	x	x
600	6	Military(5)	1	Perfect Aim	Pistol +40% Acc, +10% Crit
800	7	Military(6)	0	x	x
1,000	8	Military(7)	1	bank
1,200	9	Military(8)	0	xOveride Discipline	x (R) this is big ship buff see talent tbl
1,500	10	Military(9)	0	x	x
1,800	11	Military(10)	0	x	x
2,100	12	Military(11)	1	Incite Victory (R11)	Buff Ship +20% Board, 50% Acc/Dmg +25% Critical
---------	-----	--------------	---	-------------------->	Restore +Command to 10 crew
2,400	13	Pistol(2)	0	x	x
2,700	14	Pistol(3)	1	Boarding Rush	Make Init +6 Initiative +10% Acc/Dmg 3T
3,100	15	Pistol(4)	0	x	x
3,500	16	Pistol(5)	0	x	x
4,000	17	Pistol(6)	1	Leader Ranks (R1)	Group purge cripple & buff 10% Acc, 15% P/D 3T
4,500	18	Pistol(7)	0	x	x
5,000	19	Pistol(8)	0	x	x
5,500	20	S-Trader(1)	0	x	x
6,000	21	Pistol(9)	1	Swift Retort	Attk first 2 targ. +10% Acc, +20%Crit
6,500	22	Pistol(10)	0	x	x
7,250	23	Military(12)	0	x	x
8,000	24	Pistol(11)	0	x	x
8,750	25	Military(13)	1	Terrifying Acc (R11)	Buff all team; +40 Rng Acc, +20% Dmg 3T  (20 + Tactic) Morale
9,500	26	Pistol(12)	0	x	x
11,000	27	Military(14)	0	x	x
12,000	28	Military(15)	1	Flashing Steel	Make Init buff 10% Acc, +20% Crit 3T
13,000	29	Pistol(13)	0	x	x
14,000	30	Pistol(14)	1	Aimed Focus	+30 Rng Acc / Dmg / Crit 3T
15,000	31	Pistol(15)	0	x	x
16,000	32		1
Total	32	---------------	12	---------------------	--------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx,xxx	xxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Officer-3:

Pirate

Swordsman

Job-3:

XP	LVL	Job/Rank	TP	Talent	Description
0	1	Sword(1)	0	x	x
50	2	Pirate(1)	1	Icy Stare	Autopass Intimidation test
150	3	Pirate(2)	0	x	x
275	4	Pirate(3)	1	Banked
400	5	Pirate(4)	0	x	x
600	6	Pirate(5)	1	Barrel Roll (R5)	Buffs ship +60 Def, +10% shld 3 T
800	7	Pirate(6)	0	x	x
1,000	8	Pirate(7)	1	bank
1,200	9	Pirate(8)	0	xMenace Dem (R8)	x Per mission step removes -Rep = Intimidate
1,500	10	Sword(2)	0	xRash Courage	Cmbt +25% Acc/Dmg +2 AP 3T advance 1
1,800	11	Pirate(9)	0	x	x
2,100	12	Pirate(10)	1	Banked
2,400	13	Pirate(11)	0	x Blade Strike	Blade 10% Acc +30% Dmg
2,700	14	Sword(3)	1	Banked
3,100	15	Sword(4)	0	x	x
3,500	16	Sword(5)	0	x Skewer Thrust R5	Attk 2 targ, +10% Acc, +2AP, +25% Crit
4,000	17	Sword(6)	1	Strength Steel R5	Purge self all buff/crip +25% Par/Armor 3T
4,500	18	Sword(7)	0	x	x
5,000	19	Sword(8)	0	x	x
5,500	20	Sword(9)	0	x	x
6,000	21	Sword(10)	1	Devastating Blow	Blade attk -25 Acc  -25% Parry Knock back 1
6,500	22	Sword(11)	0	x	x
7,250	23	Pirate(12)	0	x	x
8,000	24	Pirate(13)	0	x	x
8,750	25	Sword(12)	1	Rain of Steel (R11)	Blade attk 2 targ, -20 armor, Stuns 2T
9,500	26	Sword(13)	0	x	x
11,000	27	Sword(14)	0	x	x
12,000	28	Pirate(14)	1	Sharp Counter (R1)	Purge crip, buff +25% Par/Arm Counter attk 6T
13,000	29	Sword(15)	0	x	x
14,000	30	Pirate(15)	1	Bravery Line	Make Init  get +6 Init +15% Crit 3T
15,000	31		0	x	x
16,000	32		1
Total	32	---------------	12	---------------------	--------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx,xxx	xxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxx	xxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxx

[grävling]

Very nice writeup, thank you.

These days (2.2.3 and above, I think) you can take the captain's starter pack with Exp level E and still only get 1 rank in your captain, so there is no reason not to take the starter pack. The crew start exactly the same, whether you do or do not.

I strongly suggest you try playing with a captain/officer that has the job Commander. You get several morale improving talents that way. And the invaluable Aura of Command which automatically makes you pass a command save. A very large percentage of morale problems can be traced to a failed command save, either in combat or just flying the ship from point A to point B.

Furious Prodding can help your crew retain morale when fighting. I think your Pirate/Swordsman would have been happier if he had taken this one and not one of his Swordsman talents, as he already had such a wide selection of combat choices. For me, the hard part, is remembering to use the talent, alas.

[John Robinson]

May 1, 2017 3:30:55 GMT -5 grävling said:

These days (2.2.3 and above, I think) you can take the captain's starter pack with Exp level E and still only get 1 rank in your captain, so there is no reason not to take the starter pack. The crew start exactly the same, whether you do or do not.

I strongly suggest you try playing with a captain/officer that has the job Commander. You get several morale improving talents that way. And the invaluable Aura of Command which automatically makes you pass a command save. A very large percentage of morale problems can be traced to a failed command save, either in combat or just flying the ship from point A to point B.

Furious Prodding can help your crew retain morale when fighting. I think your Pirate/Swordsman would have been happier if he had taken this one and not one of his Swordsman talents, as he already had such a wide selection of combat choices. For me, the hard part, is remembering to use the talent, alas.

grävling

Thanks   I originally got the idea about setting captain to E along time ago from something you said in a post.  Latest advice (first sentence) excellent!  That's going to be a big time saver.
You're right about the Commander officer, I recently used one in a test group with great results.  I hadn't tried a Pirate yet, so decided to test one.

We both know what a terrific talent Barrel Roll is.  A big surprise on this build?  The Navigator's Skip the void  turned out to be very good to use.  I stayed away from it earlier because of the engine
damage warning.  However,  I could use it right at the ship contact message, not having to fight and pay around $500 to fix the damage.  That can be allot cheaper compared to the damage taken
when doing nothing more than trying to escape the ship combat screen in the first round.       

Also lucked out and got a swordsman in the starting crew with decent stats.  Promoted the swordsman from the crew to create a pirate officer saving myself a job point.

You are so right. We have such a bounty of talents,  I'm constantly realizing at the end of a battle,  Darn why didn't I use a much more useful talent in time!

P.S.  I want to compare notes:  It appears when I fail a command test during flight it always seem to cause ship damage requiring repairs.  Do you think I'm right about that?

[fallen]

Amazing comprehensive break down of a full build. That is so cool!

Damage for Skip of the Void is mitigated by your Navigation skill pool. So, keeping a strong Navigation crew around will help that.

Lots of tests like failing Command and Tactics can result in mistakes that cause ship damage.

[grävling]

I have watched failing command tests cause morale failure, and kill crew, and badly injure crew as well as damage the ship.

When going for a bigger ship -- the 'costs an A choice' ships are easier for the inexperienced to fly than the 'costs a B
choice' ones. The Guardian Interceptor is the hardest of the lot, at least it has so proven for me. If you get in one you can watch your Exp E crew die left, right and centre as you fail command save after command save ....

[John Robinson]

May 1, 2017 14:34:33 GMT -5 fallen said:

Amazing comprehensive break down of a full build. That is so cool!

Damage for Skip of the Void is mitigated by your Navigation skill pool. So, keeping a strong Navigation crew around will help that.

Lots of tests like failing Command and Tactics can result in mistakes that cause ship damage.

Thanks for the feedback.  Feels good.  Took a couple of days to write up.  Yeah I would never have tried skip the void, if you hadn't made a comment about it in the last twitch.  
Boy was that great advice. (just like the advice on sharp counter).  
The Navigator's "Talk of far worlds" made me really load up on Navigators in the crew, didn't know I was getting extra protection on the ship damage.  Yes!!

[John Robinson]

May 1, 2017 14:46:23 GMT -5 grävling said:

I have watched failing command tests cause morale failure, and kill crew, and badly injure crew as well as damage the ship.

Ouch! Didn't know about the other effects. "All right which one of you idiots stored the oxygen bottles in the weapons locker?" Thanks

[athios]

Btw, looks like the Star Trader job also has a Rank 1 Command Save now.
Stern Leader

[Officer Genious]

May 1, 2017 14:53:19 GMT -5 John Robinson said:

May 1, 2017 14:46:23 GMT -5 grävling said:

I have watched failing command tests cause morale failure, and kill crew, and badly injure crew as well as damage the ship.

Ouch! Didn't know about the other effects. "All right which one of you idiots stored the oxygen bottles in the weapons locker?" Thanks

That's when you start to space people. Oh, I mean "show them the scenic route back to their home worlds". Yeah, that's it. Jemms, push him out the airlock.

But in all seriousness, I always look to get a doctor, a commander and a pirate. Those Intimidation tests screw me up every time. At least I can reliably get diplomats from the Politician now...

Now that I'm thinking about it, a pirate/commander should stack pretty well together.