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.
Every Term closes to one of four formal outcomes, set by the Governor and entered on the permanent record. None of them are automatic.
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 Governor writes a note alongside whichever outcome applies. The outcome is the category; the note is the detail — both stay on the permanent record.
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.
Two optional paths sit around that closure — neither is a default, and both are offered, never assumed. Both start with a real day-range: every Term already runs within its own limits, free of charge.
Offered alongside the completion notice, once the outcome's already decided — a bonus wind-down, not a way to delay the verdict. Ten days for a Standard Term, twenty-one for an Extended one, for a flat fee set at offer.
Structure lightens, it doesn't disappear. In place of two musters a day, a lighter self-rated check-in — the House Officer reads it, but doesn't chase a late one. Routine check-ins stay between you and the House Officer; anything urgent or welfare-relevant still reaches the Governor directly, exactly as it always does. On the rare occasion a real pattern shows up in the record, not a single rough day, a new Term may be suggested — never as a standing offer.
Either party can end it early, any time, no penalty. A License Period that runs its full course clean earns a Certificate of Completion and a permanent commendation on file — the same way an excellent Term outcome already eases a future admission.
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.
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, regardless of whether a License Period follows; a License Period changes what happens to the applicant next, not how long a partner stays informed. 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 a License Period or Extension follows.
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.