Somebody was working on a new skill and it brought this old idea to mind.
Once a ship has been cleared of wicked pirates... A canny merchant
can use this skill to recover some of the materials that went into making
the room that.. the skill is being used in.

-could perhaps further compromise the integrity of the ship ie..
you try to salvage some materials but deem that this ship is too far gone
to recover anything.

-you unearth a smugglers cache of.. loot., treasure map, etc

Although i don't know if facilitating the gathering of resources this way
would really help the game at all.. anyway. just a thought.