| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Physician at age 18 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 1 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You start again from scratch. |
| 1 | Gain an Enemy |
| 2 | Continued as Physician at age 22 |
| 2 | Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
| 3 | Continued as Physician at age 26 |
| 3 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 4 | Continued as Physician at age 30 |
| 4 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 5 | Continued as Physician at age 34 |
| 5 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 6 | Continued as Physician at age 38 |
| 6 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 6 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 7 | Voluntarily left Physician |
| 7 | Became a Scavenger at age 42 |
| 7 | Forced to muster out. |
| 8 | Switched to Wanderer at age 46 |
| 8 | Scarred. Fully recovered. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 9 | Became a Surveyor at age 50 |
| 9 | Perform an exemplary service for the scouts. |
| 10 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
| 10 | Continued as Surveyor at age 54 |
| 10 | A new romantic starts. Gain an Ally. |
| 10 | Forced to continue current assignment |
| 10 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 10 | Is now a Scout |
| 11 | Continued as Surveyor at age 58 |
| 11 | When dealing with an alien race, you botch an opportunity to gather extra intelligence about them. |
| 11 | Scarred. Owe 2,500 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |