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by bell-cot 399 days ago
> There would be little incentive for captains to take the unfavorable commissions. But the RN did have a very...

I suspect the RN was quite aware of the incentives facing captains, and could think a few moves ahead. And that captains understood their offers of commission weren't random - if you turned down a less-desirable one, you'd need friends in really high places for the RN to offer you anything better.