| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Scientist at age 18 |
| 1 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You start again from scratch. |
| 2 | Continued as Scientist at age 22 |
| 2 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 3 | Continued as Scientist at age 26 |
| 3 | 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. |
| 3 | A disaster or war strikes. |
| 3 | The planetary government interferes with your research for political or religious reasons. You continue working secretely. |
| 3 | Gain an Enemy |
| 3 | Forced to muster out. |
| 4 | Became a Line/Crew at age 30 |
| 4 | Is now a Crewman |
| 4 | Placed in the frozen watch (cryogenically stored on board ship) and revived improperly. |
| 5 | Became a Barbarian at age 34 |
| 5 | Suffer from a life-threatening illness. |
| 6 | Switched to Scavenger at age 38 |
| 6 | Betrayed by a friend. One of your Contacts or Allies betrays you, ending your career. That Contact or Ally becomes a Rival or Enemy. |
| 7 | Returned to Barbarian at age 42 |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 8 | Continued as Barbarian at age 46 |
| 8 | Find valuable salvage. |
| 8 | Forced to muster out. |
| 9 | Switched to Flight at age 50 |
| 9 | Scarred. Fully recovered. Owe 2,500 for medical bills. |
| 10 | Returned to Barbarian at age 54 |
| 10 | Severely injured. Fully recovered. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Returned to Scavenger at age 58 |
| 11 | Suffer from a life-threatening illness. |
| 12 | Returned to Barbarian at age 62 |
| 12 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 12 | Is now a Warrior |
| 13 | Continued as Barbarian at age 66 |
| 13 | You do not know what happened to you. There is a gap in your memory. |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
| 14 | Retired at age 70 |
| 14 | Gained a contact. |
| 15 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
| 15 | A romantic relationship ends badly. Gain a Rival or Enemy. |
| 16 | Aging Crisis. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |