Bulletin board page listing news, missions available, officers for hire, merchant ships looking for escort, and privateer and pirate captains looking for someone to sail with, etc.  A naval bulletin board at naval bases listing official dispatches, officers available, merchant ships requiring naval escort, etc.

Special forums will be provided for some port facilities like town halls, admiral's HQ, officers' club, pirate/privateer taverns etc. to provide character role playing and interaction, story development, special missions, and mission/voyage planning, etc.