Job description: strutting about in the first of a series of preposterous hats; making a colander out of one's own ship and taking on the biggest ships you can find while soloing. Perhaps by far the biggest responsibility which falls to the Officer is to make the jobbers continually change position in a totally illogical manner enforced by the use of that accursed boatswain's whistle. An Officer must also know how to count backwards from 10 (maximum) while waiting for spawn at a league point. And last but not least, it falls to the hapless Officer, to drink or gamble away at poker the restock money which has ended up in his pocket.
Requirements: Distinguished standing in battle navigation, Master standing in one of the piracy skills.
A common mistake made by the neophyte gunner is trying to load cannons even if the game has not spawned a good board. How does a good board look like? A good board allows the gunner to make a circuit (loop) deploying two arrows around two or more cannons. If you don't get a good board, don't waste any more time and leave the puzzle. There is no penalty for that.
Another frequent mistake is trying to fill all the cannons. Don't. Focus just on the bottom ones, unless you can make another easy loop on the top ones as well.
