| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Scientist at age 18 |
| 1 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 2 | Continued as Scientist at age 22 |
| 2 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Continued as Scientist at age 26 |
| 3 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 4 | Voluntarily left Scientist |
| 4 | Switched to Physician at age 30 |
| 4 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 5 | Continued as Physician at age 34 |
| 5 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 5 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 6 | Continued as Physician at age 38 |
| 6 | Win a prestigious prize for your work. |
| 6 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 7 | Continued as Physician at age 42 |
| 7 | Your work is sabotaged by unknown parties. You may salvage what you can and give up. |
| 8 | Continued as Physician at age 46 |
| 8 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 8 | Forced to continue current assignment |
| 8 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 9 | Continued as Physician at age 50 |
| 9 | Refuse to join a cheat in some fashion. |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 4 |
| 10 | Continued as Physician at age 54 |
| 10 | 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. |
| 10 | An expedition or voyage goes wrong, leaving you stranded in the wilderness. |
| 10 | Gain an Enemy |
| 10 | Promoted to rank 5 |
| 11 | Continued as Physician at age 58 |
| 11 | Gained a contact. |
| 11 | Forced to muster out. |
| 12 | Became a Dilettante at age 62 |
| 12 | Is now a Wastrel |
| 12 | Your reign is acclaimed by all as being fair and wise – or in the case of a dilettante, you sponge off your family’s wealth a while longer. Gain either a jealous relative or an unhappy subject as an Enemy. |
| 12 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 13 | Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
| 13 | Continued as Dilettante at age 66 |
| 13 | Your reign is acclaimed by all as being fair and wise – or in the case of a dilettante, you sponge off your family’s wealth a while longer. Gain either a jealous relative or an unhappy subject as an Enemy. |
| 13 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 13 | Is now a Ingrate |
| 14 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 14 | Continued as Dilettante at age 70 |
| 14 | Your reign is acclaimed by all as being fair and wise – or in the case of a dilettante, you sponge off your family’s wealth a while longer. Gain either a jealous relative or an unhappy subject as an Enemy. |
| 14 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 15 | Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |