Editing Procyon's Guide to Character Management (section)

== Goals ==
If you plan on developing your characters to any significant level, first and foremost, you must have a goal in mind for the individual characters and plan the use or abuse of your characters around their specific goals.  The goal for most gangers should be, above all, to stay alive and risk death only to achieve secondary goals of value. This means, before any event, be it a travel, a scout, or a race, determine why you are going on this event. Each event invites the untimely demise of its participants and you must be prepared to accept this possibility. Weigh the possible gain against the possible loss before going on the event and ensure that the reward outweighs the risk for your tolerance level. Always remember though that '''fun''' is a reward unto itself. A good prioritization of goals might be:

# Stay Alive
# Steal rare items from pirates
# Train my characters through use
# Adjust my inventory between towns and camps
# Steal needed equipment from pirates
# Earn a much needed profit

If your goal for this event is simply to "have fun", you might think twice about using your best character in a poorly planned, dangerous mission. Perhaps a new recruit might be appropriate in this instance.