| Term |
Age |
History |
|---|
| 1 |
18 |
Became a Scholar (Physician). |
| 1 |
22 |
Refuse to join a cheat in some fashion. |
| 2 |
22 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 2 |
26 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 2 |
26 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 1. |
| 3 |
26 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 3 |
30 |
Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 3 |
30 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 2. |
| 4 |
30 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 4 |
32 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Melissa Hicks from Melissa Hicks's work. |
| 4 |
34 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 3. |
| 5 |
34 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 5 |
38 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 6 |
38 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 6 |
42 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 6 |
42 |
Forced to continue current assignment. |
| 6 |
42 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 4. |
| 7 |
42 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 7 |
45 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 7 |
46 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 5. |
| 8 |
46 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
| 8 |
46 |
Switched to Scholar (Field Researcher) with previous rank. |
| 8 |
47 |
Cheated in some fashion, advancing Melissa Hicks's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 8 |
47 |
Gain an Enemy |
| 8 |
50 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 6. |
| 9 |
50 |
Voluntarily left Field Researcher |
| 9 |
50 |
Failed to qualify for Broker (Merchant). |
| 9 |
50 |
Became a Drifter (Barbarian). |
| 9 |
52 |
Amnesia. |