Merchant brigands

Merchant brigands are groups of NPPs that sail to uncolonized islands and gather commodities that spawn there. They then ship them in bulk to the port where they will receive the most PoE for their commodities. Merchant brigands, unlike usual brigands carry the title  instead of  on their ship's panel. They can rank from sailors to imperials. Merchants are attackable while sailing, but they never give anything besides commodities.

Merchant brigands replaced the former game mechanic of player foraging for goods.