Closure

A Term ends on the record.
Not by drifting off.

Every Term closes to one of four formal outcomes, set by the Governor and entered on the permanent record. None of them are automatic.

Before The Outcomes

An ending you didn't decide is still an ending.

Alone, a program just stops — you get busy, or bored, or the spreadsheet quietly disappears from your bookmarks, and nothing marks the moment it happened. Here, a Term closes to a specific, dated outcome that someone else wrote down. Whatever it says, it's real in a way "I sort of stopped in March" never was.

The Four Outcomes

How a Term
is judged.

The Governor writes a note alongside whichever outcome applies. The outcome is the category; the note is the detail — both stay on the permanent record.

I
Outcome I
Standard Exceeded
Sustained compliance and initiative beyond minimum expectation — more than the standard required, not just enough to pass. Makes any future Term easier to be admitted to.
✦
II
Outcome II
Standard Met, With Reservations
The minimum standard was held, but the record isn't clean — late musters, a checklist item that took two tries, a Correction Window that had to be used, a reading list left unfinished without ever saying the pace was wrong. Reservations are named specifically, not left vague.
✦
III
Outcome III
Standard Not Met
A sufficient record exists to judge the Term, and the standard wasn't held — repeated infractions, a Tier 3 event, a pattern read as genuine non-compliance rather than a rough patch. It still closes formally, not as a silent failure.
✦
IV
Outcome IV
Incomplete
Withdrawal, an unresolved Red safety flag, or an administrative reason prevented a complete record from existing. Not a verdict on the applicant — an honest label for a Term that can't be judged either way.
The corridor out — walked once, on whichever outcome the record shows.
Before The Paths

None of the four outcomes are a punishment.

A Term that closes to Outcome III isn't a verdict on your worth — it's what an honest record looks like when the standard wasn't held. The four outcomes exist so nothing gets softened into "it's complicated." What happens next is a separate question entirely.

One Optional Path

Close,
or keep going.

One optional path sits around that closure — never a default, and offered, never assumed. It starts with a real day-range: every Term already runs within its own limits, free of charge.

60 75 INCLUDED — NO EXTRA CHARGE EXTENSION — BY PETITION ONLY
Shown for a Standard Term. Extended Terms follow the identical shape at 90–110 days.
Included Within Range · By Petition Beyond ItExtension

A Standard Term already includes 60 to 75 days at admission — a Governor can move the end date anywhere inside that range freely. The petition mechanism only exists for time beyond it.

If a Term is already at day 75 and there's a real reason to keep going, the Governor can offer an extension arranged per day. Never offered while room remains, never a default suggestion at review.

After Closure

What the record
actually shows.

The moment a Term closes

The applicant receives a final notice naming the outcome, with a short window — a day or so — before it takes effect. Any nominated partner is told the same thing at the same time, and access closes when that window ends. Choosing to extend instead of closing means none of this fires at all — no notice, no outcome, no access change, just a partner told their person chose to stay. The record itself — musters, infractions, notes, and the Governor's closing note — is retained permanently, whether or not an Extension follows.

Before You Continue

The record doesn't need you to keep believing in it.

A private resolution only holds as long as you keep choosing to honor it — which is exactly the part that's never worked before. A closed Term holds whether you feel like it or not, because it isn't yours to edit after the fact.

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