| 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 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 3 | Continued as Scientist at age 26 |
| 3 | An expedition or voyage goes wrong, leaving you stranded in the wilderness. |
| 4 | Became a Explorer at age 30 |
| 4 | Spend several years jumping from world to world in your scout ship. |
| 4 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 4 | Is now a Scout |
| 5 | Continued as Explorer at age 34 |
| 5 | Gained a contact. |
| 5 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 6 | Continued as Explorer at age 38 |
| 6 | You spend a great deal of time on the fringes of Charted Space. |
| 6 | Scarred. Fully recovered. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 7 | Continued as Explorer at age 42 |
| 7 | Your ship is damaged, and you have to hitch-hike your way back across the stars to the nearest scout base. |
| 7 | Gain 1 Contacts. Gain 1 Enemies. |
| 8 | Became a Barbarian at age 46 |
| 8 | You do not know what happened to you. There is a gap in your memory. |
| 9 | Became a Intelligence at age 50 |
| 9 | Your work ends up coming home with you, and someone gets hurt. Contact or ally takes the worst of 2 injury rolls. |
| 10 | Switched to Wanderer at age 54 |
| 10 | Severely injured. Fully recovered. Owe 6,250 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Retired at age 58 |
| 11 | Good fortune |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | A romantic relationship deepens, possibly leading to marriage. Gain an Ally. |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |