| Term |
Age |
History |
|---|
| 1 |
18 |
Became a Navy (Engineer/Gunner) with the new title Crewman. |
| 1 |
19 |
Douglas Shackley join a gambling circle on board. |
| 1 |
22 |
Promoted to Navy (Engineer/Gunner) rank 1 with the new title Able Spacehand. |
| 2 |
22 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
| 2 |
22 |
Switched to Navy (Flight) with previous rank. |
| 2 |
25 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 2 |
26 |
Promoted to Navy (Flight) rank 2 with the new title Petty Officer, 3rd class. |
| 3 |
26 |
Voluntarily left Flight |
| 3 |
26 |
Became a Scholar (Scientist). |
| 3 |
28 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Douglas Shackley from Douglas Shackley's work. |
| 3 |
30 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 1. |
| 4 |
30 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
| 4 |
31 |
Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing Douglas Shackley's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 4 |
31 |
Douglas Shackley's work is sabotaged by unknown parties. Douglas Shackley start again from scratch. |
| 4 |
31 |
Gain an Enemy |
| 5 |
34 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
| 5 |
37 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Douglas Shackley from Douglas Shackley's work. |
| 5 |
38 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 2. |