Lorden's just there for the expedition, it's a job. He'll work the ship when it comes to manual labor, and probably do some major body-building if he has the time, and isn't too beat. Also if it comes to Asen having to 'wrassle' something, he'll feel obliged pull her off it and stab it a few times. Basically, generally knightly-things like inspiring the Squires, training his physique, and making sure no one's getting eaten along the way, along with the aspects of keeping a ship running that require minimal instruction or skill.
As for OOC goals, I'd like to get some threads going with you guys that I haven't had the pleasure of writing with. Over all, the expedition is just a fun plot-point for me, but it is one that I'm greatly looking forward to.
I did have one question however, and it regards expenses. I'm going to go out on a limb, and guess that the Squires will have their expenses covered as per usual; but what about the knights(me) and the other non-Squire passengers? Will we receive wages paid by the Order, or will our expenses simply be covered without any other stipend, considering that we have food and lodging on-board? I'd assume we'd be paid, seeing as we are working, else there'd be no reason to take us along for the ride. Still, I just wanted to clear that point up, before we go on plotting.