| Term | History |
| 1 | Became a Physician at age 18 |
| 1 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 2 | Continued as Physician at age 22 |
| 2 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Continued as Physician at age 26 |
| 3 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 4 | Continued as Physician at age 30 |
| 4 | Gained a contact. |
| 4 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 5 | Continued as Physician at age 34 |
| 5 | 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. |
| 5 | Injured. Fully recovered. Owe 1,250 for medical bills. |
| 5 | Gain an Enemy |
| 6 | Continued as Physician at age 38 |
| 6 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 7 | Continued as Physician at age 42 |
| 7 | Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 8 | Voluntarily left Physician |
| 8 | Became a Flight at age 46 |
| 8 | Is now a Crewman |
| 8 | Gained a contact. |
| 8 | Promoted to Flight rank 1 |
| 8 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 9 | Continued as Flight at age 50 |
| 9 | Placed in the frozen watch (cryogenically stored on board ship) and revived improperly. |
| 10 | Became a Ground Assault at age 54 |
| 10 | Is now a Marine |
| 10 | Advanced training in a specialist field |
| 10 | Commissioned in Marine/Ground Assault |
| 10 | Is now a Lieutenant |
| 10 | Forced to continue current assignment |
| 10 | Promoted to Ground Assault officer rank 2 |
| 10 | Is now a Captain |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Continued as Ground Assault at age 58 |
| 11 | Lightly injured, no permanent damage. Fully recovered. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Retired at age 62 |
| 12 | Good fortune |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |