GLOBAL FLEET & TRADE · HANDBOOK
A rare special guest occupies the encounter slot for twelve hours. Reloading the page or reopening the tavern does not replace that person during the active cycle.
Opening the tavern loads the stored encounter slot. While it remains valid, the same person stays visible. The game can select the next special contact only after the twelve hours have elapsed. A resolved encounter is not replaced early.
Adventurers make up the normal sequence of special encounters. The game moves through the catalogue without immediately repeating the same person. The encounter window describes their proposal. If acquisition is disabled, that adventure is not yet enabled in the normal player flow.
As soon as you buy or acquire an adventure, your personal adventure slot is occupied. You cannot acquire another adventure while it remains active. The slot is released only after successful completion or an explicit cancellation. Changing pages, signing out or the twelve-hour tavern encounter expiring does not release the adventure slot.
Spies join the encounter pool only after Espionage Contacts has been researched at 650 reputation. No further spy appears while you employ an active spy. When eligible, the normal spy chance is 5%. After ten adventurer encounters, the next eligible special contact is guaranteed to be a spy.
The signing bonus can be set from £0 to £5,000. A higher offer raises the acceptance chance from a minimum of 5% to a maximum of 95%. One offer per spy and Berlin day is allowed, and the bonus is charged only after acceptance.
These 50 people and portraits come from the same catalogue used by special tavern encounters.
Move the pointer over a portrait or focus it with the keyboard to enlarge it.
Rare recruitable specialists. Their appearance and recruitment depend on espionage research and the player's current staff.
Spies & Agents
47 · London, United Kingdom
Former naval intelligence officer
I obtain reliable intelligence on fleet movements and secret routes. If you require discretion and military experience, I will place my network at your service.
Spies & Agents
36 · Odessa, Russian Empire
Cipher expert and courier handler
I decipher intercepted messages and can introduce convincing false reports when required. Your correspondence will remain as secure with me as your intentions.
Spies & Agents
52 · Marseille, France
Counterintelligence agent and false-identity specialist
I expose foreign agents before they can harm your company and lay false trails for your rivals. Give me a name and I will discover where that person’s loyalty truly lies.
Spies & Agents
31 · Alexandria, Egypt
Diplomatic courier with access to consulates
My dispatches grant me entry to consulates, harbour offices and diplomatic circles. I offer information from rooms ordinary merchants are never permitted to enter.
Spies & Agents
44 · Yokohama, Japan
Code specialist and discreet intelligence courier
I carry company messages unnoticed and compose communications capable of deceiving experienced inspectors. For a reliable employer, I keep routes and sources strictly separate.
Spies & Agents
29 · Shanghai, China
Leader of a harbour-messenger network
My harbour messengers see, hear and reach more than any single agent. I can establish and direct a local intelligence network without revealing your involvement.
Spies & Agents
58 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Master forger of documents and harbour seals
Documents, harbour seals and ownership records can be altered by someone who understands the craft. I offer originals that never existed and trails that lead to no one.
Spies & Agents
39 · Trieste, Austria-Hungary
Disguise artist and social infiltrator
I become the person your rivals expect and move safely through companies and high society alike. Name the circle into which you require access.
Spies & Agents
42 · Dakar, French West Africa
Harbour observer and covert-handover specialist
I observe ships, cargoes and secret meeting places without becoming part of anyone’s memory. I can record harbour movements and secure covert handovers for you.
Spies & Agents
55 · Boston, United States
Financier of industrial espionage
I discover who truly owns fortunes, contracts and production facilities. My capital and contacts provide your company with insight into your competitors’ accounts.
Spies & Agents
33 · Havana, Cuba
Undercover cargo clerk and master of false roles
I can fit into any warehouse and any role, provided the pay is right. I can read, alter or remove cargo manifests without anyone learning my real name.
Spies & Agents
61 · Vladivostok, Russian Empire
Exiled intelligence matriarch
I built agent networks before some of your rivals owned their first ship. For a determined employer, I plan and direct operations even in the most distant regions.
Spies & Agents
38 · Calcutta, British India
Railway courier and mathematical cryptographer
I recognise patterns in encrypted movements and carry messages where every minute matters. Your assignments will receive mathematical precision and a courier who keeps his timetable.
Spies & Agents
27 · Beirut, Ottoman Empire
Multilingual infiltrator and passport specialist
Languages, borders and guarded doors are obstacles I know how to solve. I provide your people with new identities and access to places that officially remain closed.
Spies & Agents
49 · Antwerp, Belgium
Mechanical saboteur and marine engineer
I know machinery well enough to improve it or bring it quietly to a halt. If your company needs a technically skilled man who asks no unnecessary questions, I am available.
Spies & Agents
34 · Stockholm, Sweden
Wireless signals-intelligence specialist
I intercept wireless messages and disrupt communications at precisely the decisive moment. Give me a station and your competitors’ voices will no longer remain secret.
Spies & Agents
46 · Lisbon, Portugal
Thief of colonial dispatches and covert-handover expert
I obtain dispatches and replace them before their loss is noticed. For the right employer, I arrange handovers that reveal neither origin nor recipient.
Spies & Agents
40 · Zanzibar, Sultanate of Zanzibar
Maritime informant with contacts across islands and trading houses
Across islands, trading houses and coastal settlements, I know people who notice every change first. I can use this network for your company and report foreign movements at an early stage.
Spies & Agents
63 · Cape Town, Cape Colony
Retired field agent and organiser of dangerous operations
I plan espionage and sabotage operations so that every participant knows only their own step. My years in the field are available to a company that understands risk and makes clear decisions.
Spies & Agents
32 · New Orleans, United States
Social spy and master of discreet blackmail
People rarely reveal their secrets under pressure, but often do so from vanity. I earn their trust and provide precisely the leverage that negotiations alone cannot secure.
Special guests who bring personal adventure proposals. Their portraits and biographies come directly from the active game catalogue.
Adventurers & Special Guests
41 · Dubrovnik, Austria-Hungary
Underwater archaeologist and expert on ancient coastal cities
Sunken harbour ruins and recovered ancient cargo.
Adventurers & Special Guests
59 · Cairo, Egypt
Archaeologist of temple archives and vanished expeditions
Lost temple stores and encrypted expedition reports.
Adventurers & Special Guests
30 · Bombay, British India
Epigraphist of ancient coastal inscriptions
Deciphering clues to hidden coastal treasures.
Adventurers & Special Guests
48 · Belém, Brazil
Jungle archaeologist and river-expedition leader
Overgrown river settlements and lost research camps.
Adventurers & Special Guests
44 · Bonny, Niger Coast
Coastal historian and collector of oral traditions
Forgotten coastal kingdoms and locations preserved only by oral tradition.
Adventurers & Special Guests
45 · Bergen, Norway
Helmet diver and wreck-recovery specialist
Deep-lying wrecks and heavy salvage work.
Adventurers & Special Guests
28 · Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii
Free diver and expert on hidden reef caves
Reef caves, pearl caches and submerged island paths.
Adventurers & Special Guests
52 · Marseille, France
Demolition diver and salvage contractor
Sealed wreck chambers and dangerous underwater blasting.
Adventurers & Special Guests
37 · Accra, Gold Coast
Wreck diver and specialist in powerful coastal currents
Wrecks in dangerous surf and strong-current zones.
Adventurers & Special Guests
33 · Valparaíso, Chile
Cable diver and seabed surveyor
Seabed anomalies and technical underwater discoveries.
Adventurers & Special Guests
24 · Nagasaki, Japan
Ama diver and finder of sunken coastal shrines
Sunken shrines, coastal caves and ritual artefacts.
Adventurers & Special Guests
57 · Boston, United States
Collector of forbidden wreck charts and former whaler
Lost whalers, secret charts and valuable wreck cargoes.
Adventurers & Special Guests
26 · Guangzhou, China
River cartographer and seeker of sunken junks
Sunken junks and shifting river channels.
Adventurers & Special Guests
40 · Veracruz, Mexico
Treasure hunter and expert on colonial silver fleets
Silver fleets, coastal caches and rival treasure hunters.
Adventurers & Special Guests
43 · Auckland, New Zealand
Ocean navigator and keeper of ancient island routes
Hidden island routes and places reachable only under particular stars.
Adventurers & Special Guests
31 · Gothenburg, Sweden
Arctic cartographer and seeker of lost expeditions
Ships trapped in ice and lost polar expeditions.
Adventurers & Special Guests
38 · Copenhagen, Denmark
Polar explorer and geologist
Rare minerals and cave systems beneath the ice.
Adventurers & Special Guests
50 · Port Natal, South Africa
Expedition leader, tracker and former big-game hunter
Dangerous overland expeditions and unusual animal discoveries.
Adventurers & Special Guests
29 · Sevastopol, Russian Empire
Cave explorer and geologist of underground coastal systems
Flooded caves, crystal chambers and hidden coastal tunnels.
Adventurers & Special Guests
46 · Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Desert scout and seeker of lost caravan ports
Buried ports and vanished caravan treasures.
Adventurers & Special Guests
44 · Sydney, Australia
Naturalist and surveyor of remote islands
Uncharted islands, rare species and natural-history mysteries.
Adventurers & Special Guests
53 · Cape Town, Cape Colony
Big-game hunter and leader of dangerous mountain expeditions
Dangerous hunting and recovery expeditions in inaccessible terrain.
Adventurers & Special Guests
62 · Toulon, France
Former warship captain and witness to a vanished convoy
Missing warships, secret cargoes and old naval minefields.
Adventurers & Special Guests
47 · Nagasaki, Japan
Former blockade-running captain
Blockade routes, sunken supply ships and secret military stores.
Adventurers & Special Guests
55 · Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Former torpedo-boat captain and mine expert
Historic minefields, sunken torpedo boats and explosive salvage.
Adventurers & Special Guests
39 · Lagos, Niger Coast
Former gunboat navigator and river-warfare veteran
Sunken gunboats, river forts and lost military strongboxes.
Adventurers & Special Guests
68 · Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Former lighthouse keeper and witness to a ghost ship
Ghost ships, false beacons and vanished crews.
Adventurers & Special Guests
34 · Zanzibar, Sultanate of Zanzibar
Storm survivor and finder of a strange artefact
Mysterious storm zones and unknown objects from the sea.
Adventurers & Special Guests
43 · Danzig, German Empire
Shipwrecked wireless operator with memories of an impossible island
Uncharted islands, mysterious wireless signals and vanished stations.
Adventurers & Special Guests
22 · Galway, Ireland
Coastal courier and witness to moving lights beneath the water
Underwater lights, cave entrances and hidden coastal paths.
