Term |
Age |
History |
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1 |
18 |
Became a Merchant (Free Trader). |
1 |
22 |
Promoted to Merchant (Free Trader) rank 1. |
2 |
22 |
Continued as Merchant (Free Trader). |
2 |
23 |
Embroiled in legal trouble. |
3 |
26 |
Continued as Merchant (Free Trader). |
3 |
30 |
Embroiled in legal trouble. |
3 |
30 |
Forced to muster out. |
4 |
30 |
Became a Navy (Line/Crew) with the new title Crewman. |
4 |
31 |
Vessel participates in a diplomatic mission. |
4 |
34 |
Promoted to Navy (Line/Crew) rank 1 with the new title Able Spacehand. |
5 |
34 |
Continued as Navy (Line/Crew). |
5 |
35 |
Colonel Oakden is tormented by or quarrel with an officer or fellow crewman. Gain that character as a Rival. |
6 |
35 |
Returned to Merchant (Free Trader). |
6 |
37 |
Good fortune |
6 |
39 |
Promoted to Merchant (Free Trader) rank 2. |
7 |
39 |
Continued as Merchant (Free Trader). |
7 |
43 |
Birth or Death involving a family member or close friend. |
7 |
43 |
Forced to muster out. |
8 |
43 |
Became a Scholar (Field Researcher). |
8 |
46 |
Make a breakthrough in Colonel Oakden's field. |
8 |
47 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 1. |
9 |
47 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
9 |
48 |
Cheated in some fashion, advancing Colonel Oakden's career and research by stealing another’s work, using an alien device, taking a shortcut and so forth. |
9 |
48 |
Gain an Enemy |
9 |
51 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 2. |
10 |
51 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |
10 |
51 |
Retired at age 51. |
10 |
51 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
10 |
53 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Colonel Oakden from Colonel Oakden's work. |
11 |
55 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
11 |
56 |
Make a breakthrough in Colonel Oakden's field. |
11 |
59 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 3. |
12 |
59 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
12 |
59 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
12 |
60 |
A rival researcher blackens Colonel Oakden's name or steals Colonel Oakden's research. Gain a Rival. |
13 |
63 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
13 |
63 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
13 |
67 |
Entangled in a bureaucratic or legal morass that distracts Colonel Oakden from Colonel Oakden's work. |
13 |
67 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 4. |
14 |
67 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 50,000 for medical bills. |
14 |
67 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
14 |
68 |
Make a breakthrough in Colonel Oakden's field. |
14 |
71 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 5. |
15 |
71 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 40,000 for medical bills. |
15 |
71 |
Continued as Scholar (Field Researcher). |
15 |
74 |
Assigned to work on a secret project for a patron or organisation. |
15 |
75 |
Promoted to Scholar (Field Researcher) rank 6. |
15 |
75 |
Forced to muster out. |
16 |
75 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 10,000 for medical bills. |
16 |
75 |
Retired. |
16 |
77 |
Gained a contact. |
17 |
79 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 20,000 for medical bills. |
17 |
80 |
A new romantic starts. Gain an Ally. |
18 |
83 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 30,000 for medical bills. |
18 |
87 |
Moved to a new world. |
19 |
87 |
Aging Crisis. Owe 60,000 for medical bills. |