Term |
Age |
History |
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1 |
18 |
Entered Merchant Academy with the Shipboard curriculum. |
1 |
20 |
Spent the college years partying. |
1 |
22 |
Graduated. |
2 |
22 |
Became a Merchant (Merchant Marine) with the new title Crewman. |
2 |
22 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 1 with the new title Senior Crewman. |
2 |
24 |
Refuse to smuggle illegal items onto a planet. Gain an Enemy. |
2 |
26 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 2 with the new title 4th Officer. |
3 |
26 |
Continued as Merchant (Merchant Marine). |
3 |
29 |
A good deal ensures Otho McDermot is living the high life for a few years. |
3 |
30 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 3 with the new title 3rd Officer. |
4 |
30 |
Continued as Merchant (Merchant Marine). |
4 |
33 |
A romantic relationship ends badly. Gain a Rival or Enemy. |
4 |
34 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 4 with the new title 2nd Officer. |
5 |
34 |
Continued as Merchant (Merchant Marine). |
5 |
38 |
A good deal ensures Otho McDermot is living the high life for a few years. |
5 |
38 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 5 with the new title 1st Officer. |
6 |
38 |
Continued as Merchant (Merchant Marine). |
6 |
42 |
Embroiled in legal trouble. |
6 |
42 |
Promoted to Merchant (Merchant Marine) rank 6 with the new title Captain. |
7 |
42 |
Voluntarily left Merchant Marine |
7 |
42 |
Became a Army (Cavalry) with the new title Private. |
7 |
43 |
Sent to a very unpleasant region (jungle, swamp, desert, icecap, urban) to battle against guerrilla fighters and rebels. Discharged because of stress, injury or because the government wishes to bury the whole incident. |
7 |
43 |
Gain rebels as Enemy |
8 |
43 |
Became a Scholar (Scientist). |
8 |
45 |
Gained a contact. |
8 |
47 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 1. |
9 |
47 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
9 |
51 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
10 |
51 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
10 |
54 |
Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
11 |
55 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
11 |
55 |
Failed to qualify for Field Researcher (Scholar). |
11 |
55 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
11 |
56 |
Caught cheating in some fashion, advancing Otho McDermot's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
11 |
56 |
A rival researcher blackens Otho McDermot's name or steals Otho McDermot's research. Gain a Rival. |
11 |
56 |
Gain an Enemy |
11 |
59 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 2. |
12 |
59 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
12 |
62 |
Cheated in some fashion, advancing Otho McDermot's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
12 |
62 |
Gain an Enemy |
13 |
63 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
13 |
63 |
Retired at age 63. |
13 |
63 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
13 |
65 |
Win a prestigious prize for Otho McDermot's work. |
13 |
67 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 3. |
14 |
67 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
14 |
67 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
14 |
69 |
Gained a contact. |
14 |
71 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 4. |
15 |
71 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
15 |
71 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
15 |
73 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Otho McDermot from Otho McDermot's work. |
15 |
75 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 5. |
16 |
75 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
16 |
75 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
16 |
78 |
Good fortune |
16 |
79 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 6. |
17 |
79 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |