Items to Improve officers

[FireBat]

Ok, so you hire an officer...Lets say a doctor...but lets say he doesnt have the best equipment? So you buy him a better doctors kit
By getting him that, his skills governing his abilities as a doctor improve. perhaps 4 different levels of kits, or 4 different items that could improve his abilites.
We can improve the gear of our Fighters, why not the rest of the officers?

Alternatively, or additionaly, upgrades to your ship that allow you officers to work more effectively. IE in the Medical Bay, Nurses, or better beds.

A Short list of other ideas in this regard:

Fighters: The book of Talhoffer vol 1-4 (thanks to Thomas the Terror for the idea, tho he probably doesnt know it yet :
Aboard: Sparing Equipment

Navigator: Compass, Sextan (various degress of quality)
Aboard: Barometer

Cannoneer (any thoughts here?)

Doctor: Med kits of various qualities
Aboard: Nurses, Beds

Treasurer: Abacus, Automatically receives catelogs from rumours when going ashore
Aboard: Office space?

Carpenter: Better Tool kits
Aboard: Eractable crane for larger repairs

(If we find that different officer types can be added)
Cook: recipe books
Aboard: Pots and pans of different quality, stove

 

[Luke159]

Alternatively, or additionaly, upgrades to your ship that allow you officers to work more effectively. IE in the Medical Bay, Nurses, or better beds.

That part struck me as leaving the realistic feel out because it was hard to get good doctors and secondly they worked on the ship bellow the waterline as to aviod the penertrating shots from enemy ships, the doctor worked in poorly lit area's and there was no actual medic bay so they didn't have the option for beds.

The idea of better surgical instruments which in turn boosts the skills of the doctor is a nice idea, as is the navigators gadgets too.

 

[FireBat]

ooh, I didnt know that about the doctors...okay then, scratch the ship upgrades for the doc.

 

[Captain Maggee]

The Build Mod does this already, I think the highest level of skill upgrade you can get is to level 8 (to get higher you need to actually need to be level 9-10 in that skill

Only a certain ammount of skill boosting items can be used by anyone person though at a certain time

 

[FireBat]

ah...well then...I'll be looking out for that then