| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Entered Marine Academy at age 18 |
| 1 | Become leader in social movement. |
| 1 | Gain an Ally and an Enemy. |
| 1 | Graduated at age 18. |
| 2 | Became a Star Marine at age 18 |
| 2 | Is now a Marine |
| 2 | A mission goes disastrously wrong due to your commander’s error or incompetence, but you survive. |
| 2 | Cover for the commander and gain an Ally. |
| 3 | Continued as Star Marine at age 22 |
| 3 | Assigned to the security staff of a space station. |
| 3 | Promoted to Star Marine rank 1 |
| 3 | Is now a Lance Corporal |
| 4 | Continued as Star Marine at age 26 |
| 4 | Commanding officer takes an interest in your career. |
| 4 | Promoted to Star Marine rank 2 |
| 4 | Is now a Corporal |
| 5 | Continued as Star Marine at age 30 |
| 5 | A mission goes wrong; you and several others are captured and mistreated by the enemy. Gain your jailer as an Enemy. |
| 6 | Became a Pirate at age 34 |
| 6 | Is now a Lackey |
| 6 | Injured. Fully recovered. Owe 1,250 for medical bills. |
| 7 | Became a Broker at age 38 |
| 7 | A sudden war destroys your trade routes and contacts, forcing you to flee that region of space. |
| 7 | Gain rebels as Enemy |
| 8 | Became a Surveyor at age 42 |
| 8 | Your scout ship is one of the first on the scene to rescue the survivors of a disaster but you fail to help. Gain an Enemy. |
| 8 | Psychologically damaged by your time in the scouts. |
| 9 | Continued as Surveyor at age 46 |
| 9 | When dealing with an alien race, you botch an opportunity to gather extra intelligence about them. |
| 9 | You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space. |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 9 | Is now a Scout |
| 10 | Continued as Surveyor at age 50 |
| 10 | When dealing with an alien race, you botch an opportunity to gather extra intelligence about them. |
| 10 | You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space. |
| 10 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Continued as Surveyor at age 54 |
| 11 | You survey an alien world. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |