Help needed for a game featuring a ship.

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Help needed for a game featuring a ship.

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For a new game I need functions on board of a ship.

Best if each function has a different letter.
So C=Captain and P=Purser.

I want as many persons as possible in the game so enter your free functions.
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What type of boat, a sailboat, a warship or a commercial boat?

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I need persons, not systems or attributes.

You can recognize the person on the letter it will show.
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as for the boat (or the name)

I want to keep that until the release of the game.
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Maybe this Wikipedia page helps.

C - Chief mate
D - Deck officer
S - Second mate
T - Third mate
B - Boatswain
A - Able seaman
O - Ordinary seaman
C - Chief engineer
S - Second engineer
T - Third engineer
F - Fourth engineer
M - Motorman
O - Oiler
W - Wiper
E - Electro-technical officer
C - Chief steward
C - Chief cook

In alphabetical order:
A - Able seaman
B - Boatswain
C - Captain
C - Chief cook
C - Chief engineer
C - Chief mate
C - Chief steward
D - Deck officer
E - Electro-technical officer
F - Fourth engineer
M - Motorman
O - Ordinary seaman
O - Oiler
S - Second engineer
S - Second mate
T - Third engineer
T - Third mate
W - Wiper

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thanks sofar but you got a lot of C’s which I will use for Captain.
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Yes, lots of titles with the same first letter.

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dr beep wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 4:50 pm For a new game I need functions on board of a ship.

Best if each function has a different letter.
So C=Captain and P=Purser.

I want as many persons as possible in the game so enter your free functions.
SD = self destruct
NK = nuke
TW = time warp
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Re: Help needed for a game featuring a ship.

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Crayon21 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 2:57 am
dr beep wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2025 4:50 pm For a new game I need functions on board of a ship.

Best if each function has a different letter.
So C=Captain and P=Purser.

I want as many persons as possible in the game so enter your free functions.
SD = self destruct
NK = nuke
TW = time warp
These are actions not persons also none of these apply or relate to a ship at sea which I believe is what is required as opposed to a star-ship.

SM=Ships Master ( a Merchant Navy term historically used for Captain according to Mrs Moggy whose late father was one. )

MM=Master Mariner interchangeable with Ships Master.
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Re: Help needed for a game featuring a ship.

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it doesn’t have to be a perfect ships function.

I.E. Entertainer or Singer in the show is also allowed.

I just want as many persons as possible where 1 letter (shown when moveing on the ship) will identify who is where.
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