| Term |
Age |
History |
|---|
| 1 |
18 |
Entered University. |
| 1 |
22 |
Spent the college years partying. |
| 1 |
22 |
Graduated. |
| 2 |
22 |
Failed to qualify for Engineer/Gunner (Navy). |
| 2 |
22 |
Submitted to the draft. |
| 2 |
22 |
Became a Scout (Explorer). |
| 2 |
23 |
Spend several years jumping from world to world in Julian Mendoza's scout ship. |
| 3 |
26 |
Continued as Scout (Explorer). |
| 3 |
30 |
Julian Mendoza survey an alien world. |
| 3 |
30 |
Promoted to Scout (Explorer) rank 1 with the new title Scout. |
| 4 |
30 |
Continued as Scout (Explorer). |
| 4 |
32 |
Psychologically damaged by Julian Mendoza's time in the scouts. |
| 5 |
32 |
Became a Scholar (Field Researcher). |
| 5 |
36 |
Work leads to a considerable breakthrough. |
| 5 |
36 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 1. |
| 6 |
36 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
| 6 |
37 |
Cheated in some fashion, advancing Julian Mendoza's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
| 6 |
37 |
Gain an Enemy |
| 7 |
40 |
Voluntarily left Field Researcher |
| 7 |
40 |
Failed to qualify for Surveyor (Scout). |
| 7 |
40 |
Became a Drifter (Barbarian). |
| 7 |
43 |
Lightly injured, no permanent damage. Fully recovered. |