diff --git a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/roguetown/sidefolk/veteran.dm b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/roguetown/sidefolk/veteran.dm
index 6912fa7d157..137345254df 100644
--- a/code/modules/jobs/job_types/roguetown/sidefolk/veteran.dm
+++ b/code/modules/jobs/job_types/roguetown/sidefolk/veteran.dm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	allowed_sexes = list(MALE, FEMALE) //same as town guard
 	allowed_races = RACES_ALL_KINDS //Caustic edit from RACES_NO_CONSTRUCT
 	tutorial = "You've known combat your entire life. There isn't a way to kill a man you havent practiced in the tapestries of war itself. You wouldn't call yourself a hero--those belong to the men left rotting in the fields where you honed your ancient trade. You don't sleep well at night anymore, you don't like remembering what you've had to do to survive. Trading adventure for stable pay was the only logical solution, and maybe someday you'll get to lay down the blade and rest your weary body..."
-	allowed_ages = list(AGE_OLD) //VETERANS!! ARE!!! OLD!!!
+	allowed_ages = list(AGE_MIDDLEAGED, AGE_OLD) //being a veteran means knowing when to quit before you are truly disabled
 	advclass_cat_rolls = list(CTAG_VETERAN = 20)
 	display_order = JDO_VETERAN
 	whitelist_req = TRUE