| Term | History |
| 1 | Became a Scientist at age 18 |
| 1 | Gained a contact. |
| 1 | Forced to continue current assignment |
| 1 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 2 | Continued as Scientist at age 22 |
| 2 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 3 | Continued as Scientist at age 26 |
| 3 | Refuse to join a cheat in some fashion. |
| 3 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 4 | Continued as Scientist at age 30 |
| 4 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 4 | Promoted to rank 4 |
| 5 | Continued as Scientist at age 34 |
| 5 | Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 5 | Promoted to rank 5 |
| 6 | Continued as Scientist at age 38 |
| 6 | Work leads to a considerable breakthrough. |
| 6 | Promoted to rank 6 |
| 7 | Continued as Scientist at age 42 |
| 7 | 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. |
| 7 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You start again from scratch. |
| 7 | Gain an Enemy |
| 7 | Forced to muster out. |
| 8 | Became a Scavenger at age 46 |
| 8 | Offered job by a patron. Now owe him a favor. |
| 8 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 9 | Became a Thief at age 50 |
| 9 | Arrested |
| 10 | Became a Inmate at age 54 |
| 10 | Nearly killed. Owe 35,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Switched to Fixer at age 58 |
| 11 | Lightly injured, no permanent damage. Fully recovered. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Switched to Thug at age 62 |
| 12 | Scarred. Fully recovered. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Returned to Fixer at age 66 |
| 13 | A guard takes a dislike to you. |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 14 | Continued as Fixer at age 70 |
| 14 | Beaten by a prison gang. |
| 14 | Severely injured. Fully recovered. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 15 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 15 | Returned to Thug at age 74 |
| 15 | Disgraced. Word of your criminal past reaches your homeworld. |
| 16 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |