Connect the Basic Ecaz new-ally Duke loan

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ first-death own leader for free instead of returning forces. Private choices,
 zero price and legal AI are connected. Independent allowance treatment is
 provisional; repeat-death/shared-disc and income interactions remain for refinement.
 One Basic arrival-and-bot smoke passes.
+**Basic Ecaz new-ally Duke loan.** After an Ambassador alliance is accepted,
+Ecaz can lend the available existing disc to that new ally or continue without
+lending it. Owned controls and legal AI are connected; the entrant resumes once.
+One-battle use and turn-end set-aside expiry are provisional first-version policies.
+One direct Basic alliance-and-loan smoke passes; no broad suite was run.
+
 
 
 **7 October 2026 — five pending rulings resolved by the user.** The user

docs/DUKE_VIDAL_RULES.md

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The [base Harkonnen capture rules, p. 17](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-c
 | Moritani acquisition from captured or ghola custody | Ecaz’s Ambassador explicitly excludes both; Moritani’s acquisition excludes only Tanks and says to take Duke from any controller. Do not silently copy the Ecaz exclusions as a confirmed Moritani rule. The interaction with concealed capture and the apparent ghola restriction needs an explicit supported policy. |
 | Duke used in a lost battle against Harkonnen        | One-battle tenure and postbattle capture both apply. No retrieved Duke-specific text orders release versus selection into the capture pool. Removing him first changes the random pool; keeping him first can change custody. Gate this combination until resolved rather than choosing by handler order.              |
 | Returning a captured Duke                           | Native identity is Ecaz, but temporary prior custody may be Moritani or a loaned ally. Base capture return plus Duke’s special acquisition restrictions do not explicitly settle active-control versus set-aside destination in every combination. Preserve prior custody rather than discarding that information.     |
-| Loan to the new Ecaz ally                           | The printed loan lasts this turn. No retrieved passage resolves unused-loan return destination, an alliance breaking mid-loan, or one-battle tenure for a non-Moritani/non-Ecaz recipient. Preserve owner/controller/loan expiry separately and gate unresolved combinations.                                          |
+| Loan to the new Ecaz ally | The printed loan lasts this turn. The 8 October Basic-first prototype now offers the loan after an accepted Ambassador alliance, with the same physical disc. One-battle tenure and unused living turn-end set-aside are explicitly provisional implementation policies. Advanced, capture and alliance-break interactions remain for refinement; no publisher clarification is claimed. |
 | Ecaz co-occupied battles                            | Ecaz’s Occupy rules distinguish participating forces from the faction chosen to fight. Duke eligibility excludes battles involving Ecaz, but no direct combined example decides every Ecaz-ally designation case. Ordinary faction-pair battle lists alone do not certify the full Occupy interaction.                 |
 | Revival alternatives                                | Ecaz’s Tleilaxu Ambassador effect and sharing an Ambassador benefit may interact with the absolute Ecaz-only restriction. No retrieved specific exception permits another faction to revive Duke. Keep that restriction unless a primary clarification establishes otherwise.                                          |
 

docs/ECAZ_DUKE_ACQUISITION.md

@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ Integrated 7 September 2026. Ecaz can now choose **Acquire Duke Vidal for Ecaz**
 
 The direct acquisition and tenure follow the publisher’s [Ecaz & Moritani rules, pp.7–9](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/EcazMoritani-Rulebook-LOWRES.pdf). Fresh indexed publisher retrieval rechecked eligibility outside Tanks, captured or ghola custody. The prior [Duke source audit](DUKE_VIDAL_RULES.md) and [remaining effects readiness review](ECAZ_REMAINING_EFFECTS_READINESS.md) record the separate unresolved combinations. This implements the direct self-acquisition choice; it does not certify the token’s alliance and loan alternatives, full Ecaz or a complete expansion game.
 
+## Basic new-ally loan first version — 8 October 2026
+
+After the reusable Ambassador alliance is accepted in Basic, Ecaz receives a
+separate optional loan choice when Duke is available. The new ally controls
+the same disc; no native leader or Traitor card is created. Ecaz may decline,
+leaving the disc unchanged. The original entrant resumes after this choice.
+Private decision ownership and a minimal legal bot choice are connected.
+
+The first version uses one-battle tenure and sets an unused living loan aside
+at turn end. These are labelled implementation policies under the Basic-first
+instruction, not a publisher clarification of return destination or mid-loan
+alliance changes. Advanced loans and exceptional custody remain for later work.
+A direct Basic arrival → consent → legal bot loan → resumed entrant smoke passes.
+
 ## Rules and authoritative execution
 
 `game/ecaz-duke-acquisition.ts` quotes a detached next `DukeState` using the existing custody helper. It requires a current seated Ecaz owner and the existing canonical shared disc. It preserves identity, death history and `usedAt`; it never appends a leader to a native roster, adds a Traitor card, manufactures a replacement disc, samples randomness or grants new battle-use permissions. Starting-force initialization remains the normal disc-creation boundary.