| Term |
Age |
History |
|---|
| 1 |
18 |
Became a Scholar (Field Researcher). |
| 1 |
19 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
| 1 |
22 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 1. |
| 2 |
22 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
| 2 |
25 |
Work for an eccentric but brilliant mentor, who becomes an Ally. |
| 2 |
26 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 2. |
| 3 |
26 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
| 3 |
28 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Ethel McNamara from Ethel McNamara's work. |
| 3 |
30 |
Forced to muster out. |
| 4 |
30 |
Became a Scout (Surveyor). |
| 4 |
33 |
Serve as the courier for an important message from the Imperium. |
| 4 |
34 |
Promoted to Scout (Surveyor) rank 1 with the new title Scout. |
| 5 |
34 |
Voluntarily left Surveyor |
| 5 |
34 |
Became a Citizen (Colonist). |
| 5 |
38 |
Hard times caused by a lack of interstellar trade costs Ethel McNamara Ethel McNamara's job. |