| Term | History |
|---|
| 1 | Became a Physician at age 18 |
| 1 | Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts you from your work. |
| 2 | Continued as Physician at age 22 |
| 2 | Moved to a new world. |
| 2 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 3 | Continued as Physician at age 26 |
| 3 | Work leads to a considerable breakthrough. |
| 3 | Promoted to rank 2 |
| 4 | Continued as Physician at age 30 |
| 4 | Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 4 | Promoted to rank 3 |
| 5 | Voluntarily left Physician |
| 5 | Became a Flight at age 34 |
| 5 | Is now a Crewman |
| 5 | Placed in the frozen watch (cryogenically stored on board ship) and revived improperly. |
| 5 | Promoted to Flight rank 1 |
| 5 | Is now a Able Spacehand |
| 6 | Continued as Flight at age 38 |
| 6 | During a battle, defeat or victory depends on your actions. The ship suffers severe damage and you are blamed for the disaster. You are court - martialled and discharged. |
| 7 | Switched to Engineer/Gunner at age 42 |
| 7 | Nearly killed. Fully recovered. |
| 8 | Became a Broker at age 46 |
| 8 | Imperial trade restrictions force you out of business. |
| 9 | Switched to Field Researcher at age 50 |
| 9 | 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. |
| 9 | Severely injured. Owe 5,000 for medical bills. |
| 9 | Gain an Enemy |
| 9 | Promoted to rank 1 |
| 10 | Voluntarily left Field Researcher |
| 10 | Returned to Engineer/Gunner at age 54 |
| 10 | Nearly killed. |
| 11 | Became a Explorer at age 58 |
| 11 | Severely injured. Fully recovered. Owe 2,500 for medical bills. |
| 12 | Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |