| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Scientist at age 18 |
| 1 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 2 | Continued as Scientist at age 22 |
| 2 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Continued as Scientist at age 26 |
| 3 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 3 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 4 | Continued as Scientist at age 30 |
| 4 | Work leads to a considerable breakthrough. |
| 4 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 5 | Continued as Scientist at age 34 |
| 5 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 5 | Forced to muster out. |
| 6 | Became a Pirate at age 38 |
| 6 | Is now a Lackey |
| 6 | A crime lord considers you his protégé. |
| 6 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 6 | Is now a Henchman |
| 7 | Continued as Pirate at age 42 |
| 7 | Backstab a fellow rogue for personal gain. |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 7 | Is now a Corporal |
| 8 | Voluntarily left Pirate |
| 8 | Switched to Thief at age 46 |
| 8 | You spend months in the dangerous criminal underworld. |
| 9 | Continued as Thief at age 50 |
| 9 | Involved in a feud with a rival criminal organization. |
| 9 | Lightly injured, no permanent damage. Fully recovered. |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 10 | Continued as Thief at age 54 |
| 10 | Involved in the planning of an impressive heist. |
| 10 | Forced to muster out. |
| 11 | Switched to Physician at age 58 |
| 11 | Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 11 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 12 | Continued as Physician at age 62 |
| 12 | Cheated in some fashion, advancing your career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 12 | Gain an Enemy |
| 12 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Continued as Physician at age 66 |
| 13 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |