Swabbie

Swabbies are NPPs that are hired onto a ship when a crewmember of officer rank or above clicks the "hire jobbers" checkbox, provided there are less than a specific number of yellow-named pirates on the ship.

The number of swabbies available depends on the ship. On a sloop, up to three swabbies can be hired. On other ships, up to four swabbies can be hired.

They consistently get "Fine" on duty reports, can't be ordered to navigate, and randomly switch between opponents during the sea battle swordfight, but otherwise behave as normal pirates that can be ordered about. They are Able in every puzzle and consume a small amount of rum.

Swabbies are also called aboard the ship when players leave in the middle of a sea battle. The first swabbie comes aboard when one player departs, subsequent swabbies come aboard for every three players leaving. Once the sea battle ends, these swabbies will leave the ship.

=See Also=
 * Swabbie Ship Transport
 * List of known swabbie adjectives
 * List of known swabbie names
 * List of NPP quotes

=Historical Notes=

Swabbies were introduced with. Before that, NPPs had to be hired from the islands to sail on a ship. At first, swabbies had to be paid in much the same manner that the NPPs before them had to be paid, but this part was removed with which also changed the number of swabbies brought aboard vessels.

Prior to Release 2010-06-29, swabbies could not load cannons and could not be ordered to gun.