Ship & skills unavailalbe after membership?

[Maximvs]

Before dropping to Basic - make sure you have a Light Ship in your list (Light Sloop, Gal or Frigate) so when your other ships are locked you still have one ship to use.

Weapons usually just drop to L7 functions, which may / may not be helpful depending and cannot obtain more REP.

Your Pirate can only get more REP from Drops (paintings, treasures) if they are over L12 (some pirates have made L14-15 from Drops alone - but its a long process).