[quote=@aviendha]
Hi, I'm new to the site, but a veteran with RP- I would love to take on the role of Sailing Master, or Surgeon. For the former, an astronomer who has settled for the seas though longs for the skies, for the latter, a disgraced female physician denied access to proper medical training past a certain point. Would either be acceptable?
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Hello [@Aviendha]!

We could use as many and varied characters as possible of course! Can you play both?
Kidding! I think the surgeon one is the better one as it makes all the sense to me, but only because a sailing master is a profession in it's own right. Usually a sailing master is career sailor who's eventually been made a master's mate and made his way to the rating himself over years. Somehow I doubt that an astronomer would have wanted the years swabbing decks it involves. Unless he was swept up by a press gang while celebrating in a tavern as an astronomy student, which is quite possible. That path would traditionally be male tho. Or s/he might be a passenger. A scientist with an interest in astronomy and natural philosophy on his/her way to study the natural wonders of the americas and look at the stars from another angle and would thus be able to handle charts, taking on the position -after- the mutiny?