Marc Miller interview

[aramis]

12 terms?

A quick peek at Starter Traveller says that humans can serve a max of seven terms voluntarily. Retirement is mandatory after Term 7, and the only way to make it to Term 8 is to throw boxcars for mandatory reenlistment.

Both Cryton and I have seen players hit 12 terms under CT and MT, even with the boxcars.

Note however, there is a hard limit built into MGT of 12 terms, as in term 12, you can no longer roll over your terms.