Support selected Nexus decks with leader skills

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

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 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Selected Nexus with Leader Skills and unused families — 29 October.
+Prototyped / Partial.** Basic and Advanced previews support selected decks,
+Nexus and Leader Skills even when some families are unseated, without requiring
+independent Ecaz cards. Discovery may also be selected. Twelve related files
+pass 121 cases; public-start fixtures train leaders and exercise a real worm,
+Nexus draw and shipment, and Discovery blow with controlled unopened cards.
+Advanced Harkonnen with Ecaz or Moritani, wider interactions, complete games
+and deployed verification remain open.
+[Scope](LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md#selected-nexus-with-unused-families--29-october-2026).
+
 **Selected decks with Nexus or Discovery without extra cards — 29 October.
 Prototyped / Partial.** Basic and Advanced Nexus previews admit selected but
 unseated families without independent Ecaz cards, optionally with Discovery;
 Discovery also admits a lone E3 deck with classic seats. Public-start fixtures
 exercise an actual worm, Nexus draw, card-powered shipment and Discovery blow.
-Fifteen related files pass 118 cases. Leader Skills, Advanced Harkonnen with
-Ecaz or Moritani in the new Nexus profile, deeper interactions, complete games
+Fifteen related files pass 118 cases. The newer Skills entry above extends this
+profile; Advanced Harkonnen with Ecaz or Moritani, deeper interactions, complete games
 and deployed verification remain open. [Nexus scope](NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md#selected-decks-without-independent-cards--29-october-2026);
 [Discovery scope](DISCOVERY_PROTOTYPE.md#selected-but-unused-e3-deck--29-october-2026).
 

docs/LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md

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 # Leader Skills first functional prototype
 
+## Selected Nexus with unused families — 29 October 2026
+
+**Prototyped / Partial.** A fresh Basic or Advanced Nexus table can train
+leaders while using selected expansion decks without independent Ecaz cards,
+even when a selected family has no seated native faction. Existing Skills and
+Nexus controls and physical components remain in use. Ecaz Occupy and Advanced
+Moritani assassination retain their native setup; Advanced Harkonnen with
+Ecaz or Moritani remains guarded. Twelve related files pass 121 cases. Public
+Basic/Advanced starts train leaders, trigger a real Nexus draw and shipment,
+and resolve Discovery with controlled unopened card order. Optional-module
+interactions, complete games and deployed verification remain open.
+
 ## Independent band inventory — 26 October 2026
 
 A bounded delivery inventory finds connected first versions of all28 independent

docs/NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md

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 **Prototyped / Partial.** Fresh Basic and Advanced Nexus previews can select
 original expansion decks without the independent Ecaz cards when at least one
 selected family has no seated native faction. Discovery may also be selected.
-Existing seat and module prerequisites remain; Leader Skills and Advanced
-Harkonnen with Ecaz or Moritani retain their separate boundaries. Ecaz Occupy,
+Existing seat and module prerequisites remain; Leader Skills can now be selected.
+Advanced Harkonnen with Ecaz or Moritani retains its separate boundary. Ecaz Occupy,
 Moritani assassination and their shared arrival use their existing handlers.
 
 Public-start fixtures cover classic and native seats, original selected card

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Selected Nexus with Leader Skills — 29 October 2026
+
+Selecting Nexus and Leader Skills with expansion decks does not require every
+selected family to be seated or independent Ecaz cards. Existing capture and
+optional-module boundaries remain. [Scope](LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md#selected-nexus-with-unused-families--29-october-2026).
+
 ## Selected decks with Nexus or Discovery — 29 October 2026
 
 Selecting an expansion deck does not require seating its faction or enabling