The ship's captain is a non-player character. Anyone can write for him. Fill him with the arrogance of a British aristocrat.

Captain David Leonard Knight, (born 1971) comes from the upper crust of society. His father, Sir Charles Leonard Knight, served as a Minister of Parliament in the House of Lords for most of his adult life. The man was a commanding figure in the legislature. The younger Knight was obviously born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His self-superiority and arrogance are abundant. He has been known to berate lower enlisted sailors in front of the crew if necessary.

David Leonard Knight 50 served in the Royal Navy from 1993 to 2018, initially as a Helicopter pilot rated in the ASW variant of the Sea King, then as a Warfare Officer. He attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, also known simply as Dartmouth where he was commissioned as an Ensign. He also attended the All Arms Commando Course authorizing his wearing of the Green Beret of the Royal Marine Commandos. Instead of accepting a position in 3 Marine Commando Brigade he remained aboard the HMS Invincible as an ASW pilot.

Prior to promotion to Lieutenant Commander in 2005, David Knight transferred to the Warfare Officer School. Upon completion of this school and with his promotion, he was assigned as the Executive Officer of the HMS Gloucester (D96), Batch 3, Type 42 Destroyer. In 2011 David Knight was promoted to Commander and given command of the HMS York.

While aboard the York, Commander Knight evacuated British citizens from Libya, monitored Argentine drilling activity near the Falklands and shadowed a Russian Aircraft Carrier task force north of Scotland for a week. He was the final commander of the York when it was decommissioned on 27 September 2012.

After the decommissioning, Commander Knight was assigned to HMNAB Portsmouth working for the base commander. In 2015, David Knight was promoted to Captain and assigned Commander of the HMS Daring, Type 45 Anti-Air Destroyer. Captain Knight would complete his career in 2018 after 25 years of service in the Royal Navy.

Shortly after his retirement from the Navy in 2018, he was offered command of the Charles Henshaw registered with the Merchant Navy out of Southampton, England (UK). During his time in the Royal Navy he gained the attention of Prince Charles, Duke of York. The Prince supported the Waverly Group which searched for lost artifacts from the ocean floor. One of the company’s ships is the Charles Henshaw. Prince Andrew asked Captain Knight to take command of this ship based on his experience with the Royal Navy.

Occupation:
Freelance Bell Diver and Scuba Diver

Description:
Prudence Beauregard is a woman in her early thirties; she is 5’ 7”. Her hair is short, strawberry blond, and in a pixie cut. Her face is relatively oblong, with a long and somewhat crooked nose dividing her small brown eyes. She has naturally high eyebrows and an average forehead. Her ears are somewhat large and obtruding, and she often has her hearing aids in them. She rarely wears much makeup, except for the most formal of events, and she never does anything with her hair. Typically, she wears denim and flannels with the occasional fisherman’s sweater, that is when she is not in her scuba suit ready for diving.

Biography:
Prudence Beauregard was born to Alden and Priscilla Beauregard in 1990 in Annapolis, Maryland. Her parents were of upper middle-class status and had well paying jobs within the city. She was the second of 3 children; her older sister being named Amelia and her younger brother being named Charlie. She lived near the edge of the city, although the coast was never too far away. Of course, she did not get to share in the same luxuries her siblings did when it came to the atmosphere of living in a coastal city. Although she could smell the salt on the air, feel the wind on her face, and see the shore crashing against the sand, she has never gotten to hear the ocean as well as one would hope.

Prudence was born deaf, the only one of her family with any disability. Growing up was certainly challenging in some ways, having to read lips and learn sign language in a special school, but she was content with life. She did get hearing aids at the age of 10, but they were not exactly perfect. They allowed her to begin to understand the magical sounds around her, but they were still faint, garbled, and unrecognizable without context. Regardless, she was happy with the gift of sound, which helped her navigate the world around her.

Often, she would forsake her hearing aids as a teenager, as she began to explore her love for nature. There were times on family trips to her grandmother’s home in the Adirondacks where she kept them in to try and hear what she was told was the sound of birds. But when she went on hunting trips with her father, she left the hearing aids in the cabin. She always felt comfortable with a rifle, after all, not having to deal with ringing ears or bulky headphones helped her focus, and there was something exciting about the shudder and vibration of the gun as it fired. She felt a similar joy back in Annapolis when she first began diving, feeling free from the burdens of society of sounds when under the water and free from a world of sounds. In this world she was an equal and felt every movement and every shudder around her from marine life via the currents in the water.

Her experiences in scuba diving and bell diving would lead her to become a certified diver in Miami Florida, working as an instructor as she also took classes at Miami Dade College. With her associates degree and some business experience she eventually went freelance and has since traveled around America and abroad working for everything from tourist attractions to recording for marine biology studies to diving for salvage. This of course has led to her recent involvement on the Charles Henshaw, where she has been offering her services so long as the work is interesting.

Personality:
Prudence is a bold and kind woman, if not foolhardy at times. When she sees a problem her first response is to solve it without any regard for herself or to check with others. This, of course, has led some more authoritative figures to dislike her, but her good intentions often make up for this oversight. When talking to her she is a very considerate person, taking her time to listen and respond in her odd personal accent, full of odd sounds said with gusto. Overall, she is self-assured, but she has a heart made for action.

DRMs:
-Scuba Diving: +4
-Undersee Life Identification: +2
-Vision: +2
-Knife Fighting: +1
-Shotgun Shooting: +2
-Skinning: +1
-Rifle Shooting: +1
-Situational Awareness: +2
-Perception: +1
-Hearing: -4
-Hunting: +2
-Sign Language: +1