Hmm ok so I had 44 years in sim, so that would be 304 days of downtime.
What Jake would be researching is around how to bypass his fate or destiny as it where. He has heard about the fates on this planet and wants to learn more and, if he can harness that knowledge in any way to sidestep his own fate. He hates feeling like a puppet on a string being controlled by some higher power. He wants to become the master of his own destiny. Unknown to him but what he is doing is beginning down the path to become fateless.