| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Line/Crew at age 18 |
| 1 | Is now a Crewman |
| 1 | Special assignment or duty on board ship. |
| 1 | Attempt at commissioned failed. |
| 1 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 1 |
| 1 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 2 | Continued as Line/Crew at age 22 |
| 2 | Special assignment or duty on board ship. |
| 2 | Promoted to Line/Crew rank 2 |
| 2 | Is now a Petty Officer, 3rd class |
| 3 | Voluntarily left Line/Crew |
| 3 | Became a Army Support at age 26 |
| 3 | Is now a Private |
| 3 | Assigned to an urbanised planet torn by war. |
| 3 | Promoted to Army Support rank 1 |
| 3 | Is now a Lance Corporal |
| 4 | Continued as Army Support at age 30 |
| 4 | Sent to a very unpleasant region (jungle, swamp, desert, icecap, urban) to battle against guerrilla fighters and rebels. Discharged because of stress, injury or because the government wishes to bury the whole incident. |
| 4 | Gain rebels as Enemy |
| 5 | Became a Worker at age 34 |
| 5 | Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
| 6 | Voluntarily left Worker |
| 6 | Became a Explorer at age 38 |
| 6 | You have no idea what happened to you – they found your ship drifting on the fringes of friendly space. |
| 7 | Became a Physician at age 42 |
| 7 | Good fortune |
| 7 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 8 | Continued as Physician at age 46 |
| 8 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 8 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 9 | Continued as Physician at age 50 |
| 9 | Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 10 | Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
| 10 | Continued as Physician at age 54 |
| 10 | Make a breakthrough in your field. |
| 10 | Promoted to rank 4 |
| 11 | Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
| 11 | Continued as Physician at age 58 |
| 11 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 11 | Promoted to rank 5 |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |