| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Surveyor at age 18 |
| 1 | You spend a great deal of time on the fringes of Charted Space. |
| 1 | You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space. |
| 2 | Continued as Surveyor at age 22 |
| 2 | Gained a contact. |
| 3 | Continued as Surveyor at age 26 |
| 3 | Spend several years jumping from world to world in your scout ship. |
| 4 | Voluntarily left Surveyor |
| 4 | Became a Line/Crew at age 30 |
| 4 | Is now a Crewman |
| 4 | Gained a contact. |
| 5 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 34 |
| 5 | Advanced training in a specialist field |
| 5 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 1 |
| 5 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 6 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 38 |
| 6 | Nearly killed. |
| 7 | Became a Law Enforcement at age 42 |
| 7 | Is now a Rookie |
| 7 | Go undercover to investigate an enemy. |
| 7 | Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 7 | Is now a Corporal |
| 8 | Continued as Law Enforcement at age 46 |
| 8 | Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
| 8 | Forced to continue current assignment |
| 8 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 8 | Is now a Sergeant |
| 9 | Continued as Law Enforcement at age 50 |
| 9 | Given specialist training in vehicles. |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 9 | Is now a Detective |
| 10 | Continued as Law Enforcement at age 54 |
| 10 | Your work ends up coming home with you, and someone gets hurt. Contact or ally takes the worst of 2 injury rolls. |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Retired at age 58 |
| 11 | Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 12 | A new romantic starts. Gain an Ally. |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |