There are two routes to the esteemed career of Sea Captain - either by fully completing the career of Navigator (taking all advances and skills) or by rising through the ranks of Seaman and Mate (taking all advances and skills in the latter case). Not surprisingly, Mates are great tellers of tall tales and always try to outdo each other with stories of the great Kraken, sea serpents, mermaids, and the like. Some of these tales may be true, but many have grown considerably in the telling and the majority are almost certainly completely ficticious.