Term |
Age |
History |
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1 |
18 |
Became a Citizen (Colonist). |
1 |
19 |
Good fortune |
2 |
22 |
Continued as Citizen (Colonist). |
2 |
23 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
2 |
26 |
Promoted to Citizen (Colonist) rank 1. |
3 |
26 |
Continued as Citizen (Colonist). |
3 |
28 |
Sanders Mahon learn something Sanders Mahon should not have – a corporate secret, a political scandal – which Sanders Mahon can profit from illegally. |
3 |
30 |
Promoted to Citizen (Colonist) rank 2 with the new title Settler. |
4 |
30 |
Continued as Citizen (Colonist). |
4 |
34 |
Scarred. Fully recovered. Owe 2,500 for medical bills. |
5 |
34 |
Became a Scholar (Scientist). |
5 |
35 |
Good fortune |
5 |
38 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 1. |
6 |
38 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
6 |
40 |
Win a prestigious prize for Sanders Mahon's work. |
6 |
42 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 2. |
7 |
42 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
7 |
44 |
Moved to a new world. |
7 |
46 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 3. |
8 |
46 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
8 |
48 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Sanders Mahon from Sanders Mahon's work. |
8 |
50 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 4. |
9 |
50 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
9 |
51 |
Good fortune |
10 |
54 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
10 |
55 |
Refuse to join a cheat in some fashion. |
10 |
58 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 5. |
11 |
58 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
11 |
62 |
Cheated in some fashion, advancing Sanders Mahon's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
11 |
62 |
Gain an Enemy |
11 |
62 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 6. |
12 |
62 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
12 |
62 |
Retired at age 62. |
12 |
62 |
Attempted to change assignments. |
12 |
62 |
Failed to qualify for Physician (Scholar). |
12 |
62 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
12 |
65 |
Make a breakthrough in Sanders Mahon's field. |
12 |
66 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 7. |
13 |
66 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
13 |
66 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
13 |
69 |
Work for an eccentric but brilliant mentor, who becomes an Ally. |
13 |
70 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 8. |
14 |
70 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
14 |
70 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
14 |
73 |
Make a breakthrough in Sanders Mahon's field. |
14 |
74 |
Promoted to Scholar (Scientist) rank 9. |
15 |
74 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
15 |
74 |
Continued as Scholar (Scientist). |
15 |
78 |
Advanced training in a specialist field. |
15 |
78 |
Forced to muster out. |
16 |
78 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |