| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Surveyor at age 18 |
| 1 | Nearly killed. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 2 | Became a Field Researcher at age 22 |
| 2 | 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. |
| 2 | Severely injured. Owe 1,250 for medical bills. |
| 2 | Gain an Enemy |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Voluntarily left Field Researcher |
| 3 | Became a Line/Crew at age 26 |
| 3 | Is now a Crewman |
| 3 | Advanced training in a specialist field |
| 3 | Attempt at commissioned failed. |
| 3 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 1 |
| 3 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 4 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 30 |
| 4 | Accused of a crime |
| 4 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 2 |
| 4 | Is now a Petty Officer, 3rd class |
| 5 | Became a Fixer at age 34 |
| 5 | Nearly killed. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 6 | Switched to Inmate at age 38 |
| 6 | Disgraced. Word of your criminal past reaches your homeworld. |
| 7 | Returned to Fixer at age 42 |
| 7 | Persecuted by a prison gang. |
| 8 | Switched to Thug at age 46 |
| 8 | Persecuted by a prison gang. |
| 9 | Continued as Thug at age 50 |
| 9 | Vocational Training. |
| 10 | Returned to Inmate at age 54 |
| 10 | Assigned to difficult or backbreaking labour. |
| 10 | Paroled from prison. |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |