Dockers / Sailors

Depends on the size of the port city/town, but can range from 5 to 50 individuals

Load/Unload ships, take care of passengers and cargo

In the largest coastal cities and capitals, the sailor's guilds use specially minted coins to identify their passengers; this will define the level of service they will receive onboard. Silver coin holders are the fewest non-working passengers. This guarantees a hammock below decks with the crew and at least one meal per day. Gold coin holders will share a state room on the boat, will get two meals a day, and will get a chance to be invited to the captain's table for one meal on the voyage. Platinum holders get a state room of their choice and are allowed to board before any other passenger; they are also automatically invited to the captain's table. 

  If someone wants passage on a ship, the other option is to work for the captain. Just like the passengers, there are three levels of work, depending on skill and experience. The first marker is wood; this guarantees you will work in the bilge and may never see the light of day during the whole voyage except to dump chamber pots. The cabin boy outranks you! In the next marker iron, you will be swabbing decks and running up and down the masts, rigging, and sailing; in short, you're crew. If you have a copper marker, you are basically fetching and carrying the captain and the platinum passengers.   It is not uncommon for dockers and sailors to hold on to their markers and over time collect enough of them to either show experience or to make the attempt to up their station or at least their place on the ship hierarchy. It cannot go without saying, that these markers are jealously guarded and one should lose theirs or they are stolen, the only option they have is to either start at the bottom again or find the thief. Woe be to the thief if they are caught.