Term |
Age |
History |
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1 |
18 |
Became a Navy (Flight) with the new title Crewman. |
1 |
21 |
Vessel participates in a diplomatic mission. |
1 |
22 |
Promoted to Navy (Flight) rank 1 with the new title Able Spacehand. |
2 |
22 |
Voluntarily left Flight |
2 |
22 |
Became a Scholar (Physician). |
2 |
24 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
3 |
26 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
3 |
26 |
Failed to qualify for Scientist (Scholar). |
3 |
26 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
3 |
29 |
Win a prestigious prize for Wash Palmer's work. |
4 |
30 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
4 |
31 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Wash Palmer from Wash Palmer's work. |
4 |
34 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 1. |
5 |
34 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
5 |
35 |
Win a prestigious prize for Wash Palmer's work. |
5 |
38 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 2. |
6 |
38 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
6 |
39 |
Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing Wash Palmer's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
6 |
39 |
An expedition or voyage goes wrong, leaving Wash Palmer stranded in the wilderness. |
6 |
39 |
Gain an Enemy |
6 |
42 |
Promoted to Scholar (Physician) rank 3. |
7 |
42 |
Continued as Scholar (Physician). |
7 |
44 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
7 |
46 |
Forced to muster out. |
8 |
46 |
Became a Citizen (Corporate). |
8 |
48 |
Wash Palmer learn something Wash Palmer should not have – a corporate secret, a political scandal – which Wash Palmer can profit from illegally. |
8 |
50 |
Promoted to Citizen (Corporate) rank 1. |
9 |
50 |
Continued as Citizen (Corporate). |
9 |
52 |
Wash Palmer's business expands, Wash Palmer's corporation grows, or the colony thrives. |
9 |
54 |
Promoted to Citizen (Corporate) rank 2 with the new title Manager. |
10 |
54 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
10 |
54 |
Retired at age 54. |
10 |
54 |
Voluntarily left Corporate |
10 |
54 |
Became a Believer (Mainstream Believer) with the new title Lay Person. |
10 |
56 |
Wash Palmer is chosen to represent Wash Palmer's faith in a vid show or other highly public forum. |
11 |
58 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
11 |
58 |
Continued as Believer (Mainstream Believer). |
11 |
60 |
A notable academic consults with Wash Palmer about a publication or documentary he is working on. Gain a Contact in academia. |
11 |
62 |
Forced to muster out. |
12 |
62 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |
12 |
62 |
Retired. |
12 |
66 |
Moved to a new world. |
13 |
66 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
13 |
69 |
Accused of a crime. |
14 |
70 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |