| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Field Researcher at age 18 |
| 1 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 2 | Continued as Field Researcher at age 22 |
| 2 | Cheated in some fashion, advancing your career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 2 | Gain an Enemy |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Continued as Field Researcher at age 26 |
| 3 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You start again from scratch. |
| 4 | Continued as Field Researcher at age 30 |
| 4 | Betrayal. Convert an Ally into a Rival or Enemy. |
| 4 | Forced to muster out. |
| 5 | Became a Journalist at age 34 |
| 5 | Gain a patron in the arts. Gain an Ally |
| 5 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 5 | Is now a Freelancer |
| 6 | Voluntarily left Journalist |
| 6 | Became a Corporate at age 38 |
| 6 | You learn something you should not have – a corporate secret, a political scandal – which you can profit from illegally. |
| 6 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 7 | Continued as Corporate at age 42 |
| 7 | A revolution, attack or other unusual event throws your life into chaos, forcing you to leave the planet. |
| 8 | Became a Pirate at age 46 |
| 8 | Is now a Lackey |
| 8 | Arrested and charged. |
| 8 | Hired a lawyer to beat the charges. |
| 8 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 8 | Is now a Henchman |
| 9 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 9 | Continued as Pirate at age 50 |
| 9 | Arrested |
| 10 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 10 | Became a Inmate at age 54 |
| 10 | Nearly killed. Fully recovered. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Switched to Fixer at age 58 |
| 11 | Disgraced. Word of your criminal past reaches your homeworld. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Switched to Thug at age 62 |
| 12 | Disgraced. Word of your criminal past reaches your homeworld. |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Returned to Fixer at age 66 |
| 13 | Vocational Training. |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 14 | Continued as Fixer at age 70 |
| 14 | Persecuted by a prison gang. |
| 15 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 15 | Continued as Fixer at age 74 |
| 15 | Defeated a prison gang. Gain an Enemy. |
| 16 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |