Each of these can be chosen once to gain an ability point. With the GM's approval, a player may invoke a Spacer Beat mid-job, gaining and spending an ability point immediately and integrating the Beat's scene into the job's narrative. For best effect, these should be moments of catharsis and defiance in a desperate situation.

Earning Their Respect

8 Ambition | Captain-only
You risk it all to be there for your crew; standing up for them against an overwhelming threat, taking responsibility for a disastrous mistake, or take out a debt you can never repay to see their dreams achieved

Cracking the Code

8 Ambition | Operator-only
You make a breakthrough that no-one thought possible; you find a powerful rival's critical vulnerability, discover an opportunity almost too good to be true, or risk frying your brain uncovering a lead to a crewmate's dream

Baring the Wolf's Fangs

8 Ambition | Duster-only
You grit your teeth and make it through an impossible situation; you hold a last stand against impossible odds, somehow survive when any reasonable person would leave you for dead, or stand backs-to-the-wall alongside a crewmate to defend their dream

Just Crazy Enough to Work

8 Ambition | Wrench-only
You pull off the impossible with just a toolbox and an insane idea; you jury-rig a solution when everything seems lost, coax a crippled system back to life at a crucial moment, or cannibalise priceless technology to salvage a crewmate's dream

The Perfect Score

8 Ambition | Savvy-only
You land a score everyone considered impossible; you break into a facility built to hold off an army, make someone fall for your plans even when they know you're tricking them, or risk your life and your reputation tracking a lead to a crewmate's dream

What Made Me

8 Ambition
You recall a defining moment of your past; a hard lesson learned, a soul-crushing regret, or a wound still unhealed; and channel it to drive you forward

What I made Myself

8 Ambition | Requires What Made Me
You confront your past with sober eyes, think on how it has shaped you, and swear to the stars on what you will become.