| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Line/Crew at age 18 |
| 1 | Is now a Crewman |
| 1 | Refuse to abuse your position for profit |
| 1 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 1 |
| 1 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 2 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 22 |
| 2 | Placed in the frozen watch (cryogenically stored on board ship) and revived improperly. |
| 2 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 2 |
| 2 | Is now a Petty Officer, 3rd class |
| 3 | Voluntarily left Line/Crew |
| 3 | Entered Naval Academy at age 26 |
| 3 | A prank goes horribly wrong. |
| 3 | Gain an Enemy. |
| 3 | Kicked out of military academy. |
| 4 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 26 |
| 4 | Special assignment or duty on board ship. |
| 4 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 3 |
| 4 | Is now a Petty Officer, 2nd class |
| 5 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 30 |
| 5 | Injured. Fully recovered. |
| 5 | Forced to muster out. |
| 6 | Became a Journalist at age 34 |
| 6 | You are betrayed by a peer. One Ally or Contact becomes a Rival or Enemy |
| 7 | Became a Physician at age 38 |
| 7 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 8 | Continued as Physician at age 42 |
| 8 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 9 | Continued as Physician at age 46 |
| 9 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 9 | Forced to muster out. |
| 10 | Switched to Flight at age 50 |
| 10 | Severely injured. |
| 11 | Switched to Scientist at age 54 |
| 11 | Cheated in some fashion, advancing your career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 11 | Gain an Enemy |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Continued as Scientist at age 58 |
| 12 | Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing your career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 12 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You may salvage what you can and give up. |
| 12 | Gain an Enemy |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Continued as Scientist at age 62 |
| 13 | Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing your career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 13 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You may salvage what you can and give up. |
| 13 | Gain an Enemy |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 14 | Continued as Scientist at age 66 |
| 14 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 14 | Forced to muster out. |
| 15 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 15 | Retired at age 70 |
| 15 | Betrayal. Convert an Ally into a Rival or Enemy. |
| 16 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 16 | Betrayal. Convert an Ally into a Rival or Enemy. |
| 17 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |