| Term |
Age |
History |
|---|
| 1 |
18 |
Became a Scholar (Scientist). |
| 1 |
19 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 1 |
22 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 1. |
| 2 |
22 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
| 2 |
22 |
Switched to Scholar (Physician) with previous rank. |
| 2 |
26 |
Win a prestigious prize for Mertie Fields's work. |
| 3 |
26 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 3 |
28 |
Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing Mertie Fields's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 3 |
28 |
Mertie Fields's work is sabotaged by unknown parties. Mertie Fields start again from scratch. |
| 3 |
28 |
Gain an Enemy |
| 4 |
30 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 4 |
34 |
Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
| 5 |
34 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
| 5 |
34 |
Failed to qualify for Field Researcher (Scholar). |
| 5 |
34 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
| 5 |
38 |
Moved to a new world. |
| 6 |
38 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
| 6 |
38 |
Switched to Scholar (Field Researcher) with previous rank. |
| 6 |
40 |
Refuse to join a cheat in some fashion. |
| 6 |
42 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 2. |
| 7 |
42 |
Voluntarily left Field Researcher |
| 7 |
42 |
Became a Merchant (Free Trader). |
| 7 |
43 |
Embroiled in legal trouble. |
| 7 |
46 |
Promoted to Merchant (Free Trader) rank 1. |
| 8 |
46 |
Voluntarily left Free Trader |
| 8 |
46 |
Became a Believer (Mainstream Believer) with the new title Lay Person. |
| 8 |
50 |
Mertie Fields refuse to secretly provide religious rites for a dying leader or noble, because they do not share Mertie Fields's faith. |
| 8 |
50 |
Promoted to Believer (Mainstream Believer) rank 1 with the new title Initiate. |
| 9 |
50 |
Continued as Believer (Mainstream Believer). |
| 9 |
53 |
Mertie Fields is chosen to represent Mertie Fields's faith in a vid show or other highly public forum. |