| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Entered Naval Academy at age 18 |
| 1 | Good fortune |
| 1 | Graduated at age 18. |
| 2 | Became a Line/Crew at age 18 |
| 2 | Is now a Crewman |
| 2 | Commanding officer takes an interest in your career. |
| 3 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 22 |
| 3 | Gained a contact. |
| 3 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 1 |
| 3 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 4 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 26 |
| 4 | You are falsed accused for an accident that causes the death of several crew members. Gain the officer who blamed you as an Enemy. |
| 5 | Became a Scientist at age 30 |
| 5 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 5 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 6 | Continued as Scientist at age 34 |
| 6 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 6 | Forced to muster out. |
| 7 | Became a Surveyor at age 38 |
| 7 | You survey an alien world. |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 7 | Is now a Scout |
| 8 | Continued as Surveyor at age 42 |
| 8 | Spend several years jumping from world to world in your scout ship. |
| 9 | Continued as Surveyor at age 46 |
| 9 | Gained a contact. |
| 10 | Continued as Surveyor at age 50 |
| 10 | When dealing with an alien race, you botch an opportunity to gather extra intelligence about them. |
| 10 | Psychologically damaged by your time in the scouts. |
| 11 | Continued as Surveyor at age 54 |
| 11 | A new romantic starts. Gain an Ally. |
| 12 | Continued as Surveyor at age 58 |
| 12 | Your ship is damaged, and you have to hitch-hike your way back across the stars to the nearest scout base. |
| 12 | Gain 4 Contacts. Gain 1 Enemies. |
| 13 | Became a Scavenger at age 62 |
| 13 | Offered job by a patron. Now owe him a favor. |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |