Compose native faction Tech and Advanced Strongholds without Skills

tools/faction-games.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { readFileSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { nativeFactionTechProfile } from '../game/faction-module-profile';
 import { botActions } from '../game/bots';
 import { treacheryDeck } from '../game/cards';
 import { richeseCards } from '../game/richese-cards';
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ import { privateOutputDirectory, sourceSnapshot } from './verification';
 const DEFAULT_SEED = 20_260_926;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_ACTIONS = 3_500;
 const DIFFICULTIES = ['Easy', 'Medium', 'Hard', 'Brutal'] as const;
-type Profile = 'base' | 'choam' | 'ecaz' | 'ecaz-treachery' | 'ecaz-occupy' | 'moritani-assassinate' | 'stronghold-factions' | 'combined' | 'combined-nexus' | 'combined-homeworld-nexus' | 'homeworld' | 'nexus' | 'homeworld-nexus' | 'choam-roster' | 'ecaz-roster' | 'ix-roster' | 'choam-nexus' | 'ecaz-nexus' | 'ix-nexus' | 'moritani-skills' | 'tleilaxu-skills' | 'ix-skills' | 'choam-skills' | 'richese-skills' | 'ecaz-skills' | 'skills-tech' | 'skills-stronghold' | 'skills-stronghold-tech';
+type Profile = 'base' | 'choam' | 'ecaz' | 'ecaz-treachery' | 'ecaz-occupy' | 'moritani-assassinate' | 'stronghold-factions' | 'combined' | 'combined-nexus' | 'combined-homeworld-nexus' | 'homeworld' | 'nexus' | 'homeworld-nexus' | 'choam-roster' | 'ecaz-roster' | 'ix-roster' | 'choam-nexus' | 'ecaz-nexus' | 'ix-nexus' | 'moritani-skills' | 'tleilaxu-skills' | 'ix-skills' | 'choam-skills' | 'richese-skills' | 'ecaz-skills' | 'skills-tech' | 'skills-stronghold' | 'skills-stronghold-tech'
+  | 'factions-tech' | 'stronghold-factions-tech';
 type Rules = 'basic' | 'advanced';
 
 type Scenario = {
@@ -353,6 +355,15 @@ const STRONGHOLD_FACTIONS_SCENARIOS: readonly Scenario[] = [
     roster: (['ixians', 'tleilaxu', 'choam', 'richese', 'emperor', 'fremen'] as FactionId[]).slice(0, players),
   })),
 ];
+const NATIVE_TECH_SCENARIOS: readonly Scenario[] = STRONGHOLD_FACTIONS_SCENARIOS
+  .filter(scenario => scenario.roster.length >= 3)
+  .flatMap((scenario, index): Scenario[] => [
+    { ...scenario, ordinal: 700 + index * 3, profile: 'factions-tech', rules: 'basic' },
+    { ...scenario, ordinal: 701 + index * 3, profile: 'factions-tech' },
+    { ...scenario, ordinal: 702 + index * 3, profile: 'stronghold-factions-tech' },
+  ]);
+const nativeTechProfile = (profile: string) => profile === 'factions-tech' || profile === 'stronghold-factions-tech';
+const nativeStrongholdProfile = (profile: string) => profile === 'stronghold-factions' || profile === 'stronghold-factions-tech';
 const SKILLS_TECH_SCENARIOS: readonly Scenario[] = [
   ...[3, 4, 5, 6].flatMap(players => (['basic', 'advanced'] as const).map((rules, band) => ({
     ordinal: 308 + (players - 3) * 2 + band, profile: 'skills-tech' as const,
@@ -380,7 +391,7 @@ const strongholdSkillProfile = (profile: string) => profile === 'skills-strongho
 const skillProfile = (profile: string) => profile === 'moritani-skills' || profile === 'tleilaxu-skills' || profile === 'ix-skills' || profile === 'choam-skills' || profile === 'richese-skills' || profile === 'ecaz-skills' || profile === 'skills-tech' || strongholdSkillProfile(profile);
 const assassinationScenario = (scenario: Scenario) => scenario.rules === 'advanced' &&
   scenario.roster.includes('moritani') &&
-  (scenario.profile === 'moritani-assassinate' || scenario.profile === 'stronghold-factions' || skillProfile(scenario.profile));
+  (scenario.profile === 'moritani-assassinate' || nativeStrongholdProfile(scenario.profile) || nativeTechProfile(scenario.profile) || skillProfile(scenario.profile));
 
 type TraceEntry = {
   attempt: number;
@@ -418,7 +429,7 @@ type Result = {
 function usage() {
   return (
     'Usage: node --import tsx tools/faction-games.ts --out NEW_PRIVATE_DIR ' +
-    '[--seed UINT32] [--profile all|base|choam|ecaz|ecaz-treachery|ecaz-occupy|moritani-assassinate|stronghold-factions|combined|combined-nexus|combined-homeworld-nexus|homeworld|nexus|homeworld-nexus|choam-roster|ecaz-roster|ix-roster|choam-nexus|ecaz-nexus|ix-nexus|moritani-skills|tleilaxu-skills|ix-skills|choam-skills|richese-skills|ecaz-skills|skills-tech|skills-stronghold|skills-stronghold-tech] ' +
+    '[--seed UINT32] [--profile all|base|choam|ecaz|ecaz-treachery|ecaz-occupy|moritani-assassinate|stronghold-factions|factions-tech|stronghold-factions-tech|combined|combined-nexus|combined-homeworld-nexus|homeworld|nexus|homeworld-nexus|choam-roster|ecaz-roster|ix-roster|choam-nexus|ecaz-nexus|ix-nexus|moritani-skills|tleilaxu-skills|ix-skills|choam-skills|richese-skills|ecaz-skills|skills-tech|skills-stronghold|skills-stronghold-tech] ' +
     '[--rules both|basic|advanced] [--players all|2|3|4|5|6] [--max-actions POSITIVE] ' +
     '[--resume FAILED_GAME.json]\n' +
     'Runs genuine setup and gameplay offline. Default/all keeps the six expansion samples; combined-nexus and combined-homeworld-nexus add five/six-seat Basic/Advanced all-expansion samples. Base, Homeworld, Nexus, Homeworld-Nexus, expansion roster, paired expansion Nexus, Ecaz card variant, Advanced Moritani assassination and skill profiles select their documented rosters. Stronghold-factions is Advanced only: Ixians + CHOAM, native Ixians + Tleilaxu, or native CHOAM + Richese with classic opponents, two through six seats; mixed four-native rosters also run at four through six seats. Selected Ix/CHOAM decks determine the canonical 47/35 Treachery Cards; Richese has a separate ten-card cache and all samples have six separate Stronghold Cards without other modules. Scenario names identify their native roster. --players requires a supported profile. Output must be a new private directory outside the checkout.' +
@@ -429,6 +440,7 @@ function usage() {
     + '\nSkills-tech uses three-through-six unique seats in Basic/Advanced: classic/base33, supported E1/E2 native skill rosters with original ix/choam decks/cache, or standalone Ecaz/Moritani ecaz33 rosters. All fourteen Skills and three original Tech Tokens retain original setup/native owners, phase-end income, aftermath and mandatory original-winner token transfer before Face Dance. Other modules, mixed E3 families, public starts and played-game conversion stay separate.'
     + '\nSkills-stronghold uses fresh Advanced classic or supported native two-through-six-seat skill rosters with all14 skills and six original Stronghold Cards. Skills-stronghold-tech adds three original Tech Tokens and requires three-through-six seats. Original native decks/cache, real end-Mentat Stronghold ownership and printed/first-Storm Tech assignment remain; other modules, mixed E3 families, public starts and played-game conversion stay separate.'
     + '\nAll three combined skill/module profiles additionally admit standalone native Ecaz OR Moritani with classic opponents and the exact ecaz33 deck. Original five-disc Ecaz/Duke assignment and Advanced Harkonnen exclusion remain; Advanced Moritani retains its original non-Harkonnen skill-first assassination and normal-traitor forfeiture. E3 pairs, mixed-family rosters, allied Occupy skills and other overlays stay guarded.'
+    + '\nFactions-tech uses native E1/E2 families or standalone Ecaz OR Moritani plus classics, three-through-six seats, Basic/Advanced, original selected decks and three Tech Tokens without Skills. Stronghold-factions-tech is its Advanced six-card Stronghold composition. Native Tech setup, real payments, typed battle rewards and selected Ecaz lead attribution remain; Basic odd Occupy, Richese cache/No-Field rulings, other modules and public starts stay guarded.'
   );
 }
 
@@ -464,7 +476,7 @@ function scenarioName(scenario: Scenario) {
     const extraIx = scenario.expansions.includes('ix') && !native.some(faction => faction === 'ixians' || faction === 'tleilaxu');
     return `${scenario.profile}-${native.join('-')}${extraIx ? '-ix-deck' : ''}-${scenario.roster.length}-${scenario.rules}`;
   }
-  if (scenario.profile === 'stronghold-factions') {
+  if (nativeStrongholdProfile(scenario.profile) || nativeTechProfile(scenario.profile)) {
     const native = scenario.roster.filter(faction =>
       ['ixians', 'tleilaxu', 'choam', 'richese', 'ecaz', 'moritani'].includes(faction));
     return `${scenario.profile}-${native.join('-')}-${scenario.roster.length}-${scenario.rules}`;
@@ -491,7 +503,7 @@ function scenarioName(scenario: Scenario) {
 
 function parseProfile(value: string | undefined) {
   const profile = value ?? 'all';
-  if (!['all', 'base', 'choam', 'ecaz', 'ecaz-treachery', 'ecaz-occupy', 'moritani-assassinate', 'stronghold-factions', 'combined', 'combined-nexus', 'combined-homeworld-nexus', 'homeworld', 'nexus', 'homeworld-nexus', 'choam-roster', 'ecaz-roster', 'ix-roster', 'choam-nexus', 'ecaz-nexus', 'ix-nexus', 'moritani-skills', 'tleilaxu-skills', 'ix-skills', 'choam-skills', 'richese-skills', 'ecaz-skills', 'skills-tech', 'skills-stronghold', 'skills-stronghold-tech'].includes(profile))
+  if (!nativeTechProfile(profile) && !['all', 'base', 'choam', 'ecaz', 'ecaz-treachery', 'ecaz-occupy', 'moritani-assassinate', 'stronghold-factions', 'combined', 'combined-nexus', 'combined-homeworld-nexus', 'homeworld', 'nexus', 'homeworld-nexus', 'choam-roster', 'ecaz-roster', 'ix-roster', 'choam-nexus', 'ecaz-nexus', 'ix-nexus', 'moritani-skills', 'tleilaxu-skills', 'ix-skills', 'choam-skills', 'richese-skills', 'ecaz-skills', 'skills-tech', 'skills-stronghold', 'skills-stronghold-tech'].includes(profile))
     throw new Error('--profile must name a documented base, module, expansion or native skill sample profile.');
   return profile as Profile | 'all';
 }
@@ -537,7 +549,7 @@ function freshGame(scenario: Scenario) {
     player.ready = true;
   }
   if (scenario.ecazTreachery) game.ecazTreachery = true;
-  if (scenario.profile === 'skills-tech' || scenario.profile === 'skills-stronghold-tech') game.techTokens = createTechTokens();
+  if (scenario.profile === 'skills-tech' || scenario.profile === 'skills-stronghold-tech' || nativeTechProfile(scenario.profile)) game.techTokens = createTechTokens();
   if (strongholdSkillProfile(scenario.profile)) game.strongholdCards = createStrongholdCards();
   if (scenario.profile === 'homeworld' || scenario.profile === 'homeworld-nexus' || scenario.profile === 'combined-homeworld-nexus')
     game.homeworlds = { custody: null };
@@ -553,7 +565,7 @@ function freshGame(scenario: Scenario) {
     return initializeEcazOccupyGameForAudit(game);
   if (scenario.profile === 'moritani-assassinate')
     return initializeMoritaniAssassinateGameForAudit(game);
-  if (scenario.profile === 'stronghold-factions')
+  if (nativeStrongholdProfile(scenario.profile))
     return initializeStrongholdFactionsGameForAudit(game);
   return skillProfile(scenario.profile)
     ? initializeLeaderSkillsGameForAudit(game)
@@ -604,20 +616,20 @@ function resumedGame(path: string) {
     game.discoveries ||
     game.discoveryStash ||
     game.greatMaker ||
-    (game.techTokens && !composedSkills) ||
+    (game.techTokens && !composedSkills && !nativeFactionTechProfile(game)) ||
     game.mentatQuestionPreview
   )
     throw new Error('--resume sample scenarios exclude unsupported optional modules.');
-  const scenario = [...SCENARIOS, ...COMBINED_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...COMBINED_HOMEWORLD_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...BASE_SCENARIOS, ...MODULE_SCENARIOS, ...EXPANSION_ROSTER_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_TREACHERY_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_OCCUPY_SCENARIOS, ...PAIRED_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...MORITANI_ASSASSINATE_SCENARIOS, ...STRONGHOLD_FACTIONS_SCENARIOS, ...MORITANI_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...TLEILAXU_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...IX_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...CHOAM_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...RICHESE_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...SKILLS_TECH_SCENARIOS, ...SKILLS_STRONGHOLD_SCENARIOS].find(
+  const scenario = [...SCENARIOS, ...COMBINED_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...COMBINED_HOMEWORLD_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...BASE_SCENARIOS, ...MODULE_SCENARIOS, ...EXPANSION_ROSTER_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_TREACHERY_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_OCCUPY_SCENARIOS, ...PAIRED_NEXUS_SCENARIOS, ...MORITANI_ASSASSINATE_SCENARIOS, ...STRONGHOLD_FACTIONS_SCENARIOS, ...MORITANI_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...TLEILAXU_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...IX_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...CHOAM_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...RICHESE_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...ECAZ_SKILLS_SCENARIOS, ...SKILLS_TECH_SCENARIOS, ...SKILLS_STRONGHOLD_SCENARIOS, ...NATIVE_TECH_SCENARIOS].find(
     (candidate) =>
       (candidate.profile === 'homeworld' || candidate.profile === 'homeworld-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'combined-homeworld-nexus') === !!game.homeworlds &&
       (candidate.profile === 'nexus' || candidate.profile === 'homeworld-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'choam-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'ecaz-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'ix-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'combined-nexus' || candidate.profile === 'combined-homeworld-nexus') === !!game.nexusCards &&
       skillProfile(candidate.profile) === !!game.leaderSkills &&
-      (candidate.profile === 'skills-tech' || candidate.profile === 'skills-stronghold-tech') === !!game.techTokens &&
-      (candidate.profile === 'stronghold-factions' || strongholdSkillProfile(candidate.profile)) === !!game.strongholdCards &&
+      (candidate.profile === 'skills-tech' || candidate.profile === 'skills-stronghold-tech' || nativeTechProfile(candidate.profile)) === !!game.techTokens &&
+      (nativeStrongholdProfile(candidate.profile) || strongholdSkillProfile(candidate.profile)) === !!game.strongholdCards &&
       (candidate.profile === 'ecaz-treachery' || candidate.ecazTreachery === true) === !!game.ecazTreachery &&
       assassinationScenario(candidate) === !!game.moritaniAssassinatePreview &&
-      (candidate.profile === 'ecaz-occupy') === !!game.ecazOccupyPreview &&
+      (candidate.profile === 'ecaz-occupy' || (nativeTechProfile(candidate.profile) && candidate.roster.includes('ecaz'))) === !!game.ecazOccupyPreview &&
       assassinationScenario(candidate) === !!game.moritaniAssassinate &&
       candidate.rules === (game.advanced ? 'advanced' : 'basic') &&
       JSON.stringify(candidate.expansions) ===
@@ -631,7 +643,7 @@ function resumedGame(path: string) {
     );
   // Projection validates the engine-facing shape and every private seat boundary.
   for (const player of game.players) viewGame(game, player.id);
-  if (scenario.profile === 'stronghold-factions')
+  if (nativeStrongholdProfile(scenario.profile))
     verifySampleCustody(game, sampleInventory(game));
   return { game, scenario, hash, path: resolve(path) };
 }
@@ -824,7 +836,7 @@ async function main() {
   const profile = parseProfile(values.profile);
   const rules = parseRules(values.rules);
   const players = parsePlayers(values.players);
-  if (supplied('players') && !['base', 'homeworld', 'nexus', 'homeworld-nexus', 'combined-nexus', 'combined-homeworld-nexus', 'choam-roster', 'ecaz-roster', 'ecaz-treachery', 'ecaz-occupy', 'moritani-assassinate', 'stronghold-factions', 'ix-roster', 'choam-nexus', 'ecaz-nexus', 'ix-nexus'].includes(profile) && !skillProfile(profile))
+  if (supplied('players') && !nativeTechProfile(profile) && !['base', 'homeworld', 'nexus', 'homeworld-nexus', 'combined-nexus', 'combined-homeworld-nexus', 'choam-roster', 'ecaz-roster', 'ecaz-treachery', 'ecaz-occupy', 'moritani-assassinate', 'stronghold-factions', 'ix-roster', 'choam-nexus', 'ecaz-nexus', 'ix-nexus'].includes(profile) && !skillProfile(profile))
     throw new Error('--players requires a roster or optional-module profile.');
   if ((profile === 'combined-nexus' || profile === 'combined-homeworld-nexus') && players !== 'all' && ![5, 6].includes(players))
     throw new Error(`--profile ${profile} supports only five or six players.`);
@@ -842,6 +854,7 @@ async function main() {
     : profile === 'ecaz-occupy' ? ECAZ_OCCUPY_SCENARIOS
     : profile === 'moritani-assassinate' ? MORITANI_ASSASSINATE_SCENARIOS
     : profile === 'stronghold-factions' ? STRONGHOLD_FACTIONS_SCENARIOS
+    : nativeTechProfile(profile) ? NATIVE_TECH_SCENARIOS
     : profile === 'skills-tech' ? SKILLS_TECH_SCENARIOS
     : strongholdSkillProfile(profile) ? SKILLS_STRONGHOLD_SCENARIOS
     : profile === 'choam-nexus' || profile === 'ecaz-nexus' || profile === 'ix-nexus' ? PAIRED_NEXUS_SCENARIOS

tools/prototype-room.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export const PROTOTYPE_PROFILES = [
   'leader-skills',
   'banker-income',
   'factions',
-  // Advanced native E1/E2 factions plus classic opponents; selected family decks only.
+  // Advanced selected native families or standalone E3; optional Tech requires 3+ seats.
   'stronghold-factions',
   'nexus',
   'moritani-assassinate',

tools/start-prototype.ts

@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ async function main() {
   });
   if (values.help) {
     console.log(
-      'Usage: node --import tsx tools/start-prototype.ts --profile ix|discovery|leader-skills|banker-income|factions|stronghold-factions|nexus|moritani-assassinate|ecaz-treachery|ecaz-occupy|semuta|kull|richese-betrayal|nexus-kull|guild-betrayal|ixian-replacement|ixian-betrayal|harkonnen-betrayal --db PATH --room CODE --version NUMBER --out /private/new-directory\nStarts only a fresh ready lobby for the selected development prototype. Stronghold-factions opts a fresh ready 2–6-seat Advanced roster with at least one selected native Ixians, Tleilaxu, CHOAM or Richese faction and otherwise classic opponents into Stronghold Cards alone. Select one or both distinct Ix/CHOAM decks; each native faction requires its family deck. The selected decks supply 47 Ix or combined, or 35 CHOAM canonical physical Treachery Cards, with a separate ten-card Richese cache when Richese plays. Native setup choices, HMS placement, Face Dancers, Richese cache and CHOAM Auditor remain genuine; custody starts unowned and is claimed by actual END Mentat. It does not redeal, reset or retrofit a saved game. Banker-income opts a fresh 2–6-seat classic Basic/Advanced base-deck roster, supported Basic Ixian/Tleilaxu/CHOAM/Moritani skill roster with its single required deck, or Advanced native Ixians, Tleilaxu and/or CHOAM plus classic roster with distinct required family decks, into automatic deferred normal income and native Mentat collection with all fourteen Leader Skills. Original bank payer costs exclude the separate Tleilaxu free-revival award; already-earned spice stays with its original faction under the existing provisional policy. Nexus enables the existing private Nexus setup. Moritani-assassinate explicitly opts into the bounded Advanced assassination preview. Semuta opts a fresh Richese roster into bounded clean-discard reactions; an included Ix deck supplies physical Thumper without opening public starts. Kull opts a fresh eligible CHOAM roster into the user-selected Karama interception preview. Richese-betrayal opts a fresh paired CHOAM/Richese Nexus roster into cache-purchase veto and sale-bank diversion. Nexus-kull opts a fresh CHOAM-plus-classic roster with CHOAM/Ix decks and Nexus into source-aware printed or any-Treachery-fueled Cunning Kull. Guild-betrayal opts a fresh classic roster with native Guild into full funded shipment-payment replacement; it preserves an explicitly enabled Homeworld module for Junction routes. Ixian-replacement opts a fresh classic Basic/Advanced base-deck roster, or Basic Tleilaxu plus classic opponents with the original Ix47 deck and no optional Sandtrout, into the exact normal-auction purchased-card replacement with Nexus alone. Native Ixians, Harkonnen buyers and special purchase sources remain unsupported. Ixian-betrayal opts a fresh 2–6-seat Basic/Advanced native Ixian plus classic/Tleilaxu roster with Ix 47-card Treachery and Nexus only into prevention of one actual native Bidding draw or Advanced Technology exchange, after native Karama counters. Harkonnen-betrayal opts a fresh 2–6-seat classic Basic/Advanced roster with native Harkonnen, base 33-card Treachery and Nexus alone into cancellation of an actual declared personal or allied Harkonnen Traitor Card after native counters, physical retirement and shuffle, and one private actual Mentat replacement. Modules, overlays, public starts and old-game retrofits remain excluded. Nexus is not dealt initially: a qualifying alliance requires at least three seats; two unallied receivers require four. Backs up all rooms first, preserves sessions and existing games, and rejects stale versions. Normal game-start and publication gates remain closed.',
+      'Usage: node --import tsx tools/start-prototype.ts --profile ix|discovery|leader-skills|banker-income|factions|stronghold-factions|nexus|moritani-assassinate|ecaz-treachery|ecaz-occupy|semuta|kull|richese-betrayal|nexus-kull|guild-betrayal|ixian-replacement|ixian-betrayal|harkonnen-betrayal --db PATH --room CODE --version NUMBER --out /private/new-directory\nStarts only a fresh ready lobby for the selected development prototype. Stronghold-factions opts a fresh ready 2–6-seat Advanced roster with at least one selected native Ixians, Tleilaxu, CHOAM or Richese faction and otherwise classic opponents into Stronghold Cards, optionally preserving unused Tech Tokens at 3–6 seats. Select one or both distinct Ix/CHOAM decks; each native faction requires its family deck. The selected decks supply 47 Ix or combined, or 35 CHOAM canonical physical Treachery Cards, with a separate ten-card Richese cache when Richese plays. Native setup choices, HMS placement, Face Dancers, Richese cache and CHOAM Auditor remain genuine; custody starts unowned and is claimed by actual END Mentat. It does not redeal, reset or retrofit a saved game. Banker-income opts a fresh 2–6-seat classic Basic/Advanced base-deck roster, supported Basic Ixian/Tleilaxu/CHOAM/Moritani skill roster with its single required deck, or Advanced native Ixians, Tleilaxu and/or CHOAM plus classic roster with distinct required family decks, into automatic deferred normal income and native Mentat collection with all fourteen Leader Skills. Original bank payer costs exclude the separate Tleilaxu free-revival award; already-earned spice stays with its original faction under the existing provisional policy. Nexus enables the existing private Nexus setup. Moritani-assassinate explicitly opts into the bounded Advanced assassination preview. Semuta opts a fresh Richese roster into bounded clean-discard reactions; an included Ix deck supplies physical Thumper without opening public starts. Kull opts a fresh eligible CHOAM roster into the user-selected Karama interception preview. Richese-betrayal opts a fresh paired CHOAM/Richese Nexus roster into cache-purchase veto and sale-bank diversion. Nexus-kull opts a fresh CHOAM-plus-classic roster with CHOAM/Ix decks and Nexus into source-aware printed or any-Treachery-fueled Cunning Kull. Guild-betrayal opts a fresh classic roster with native Guild into full funded shipment-payment replacement; it preserves an explicitly enabled Homeworld module for Junction routes. Ixian-replacement opts a fresh classic Basic/Advanced base-deck roster, or Basic Tleilaxu plus classic opponents with the original Ix47 deck and no optional Sandtrout, into the exact normal-auction purchased-card replacement with Nexus alone. Native Ixians, Harkonnen buyers and special purchase sources remain unsupported. Ixian-betrayal opts a fresh 2–6-seat Basic/Advanced native Ixian plus classic/Tleilaxu roster with Ix 47-card Treachery and Nexus only into prevention of one actual native Bidding draw or Advanced Technology exchange, after native Karama counters. Harkonnen-betrayal opts a fresh 2–6-seat classic Basic/Advanced roster with native Harkonnen, base 33-card Treachery and Nexus alone into cancellation of an actual declared personal or allied Harkonnen Traitor Card after native counters, physical retirement and shuffle, and one private actual Mentat replacement. Modules, overlays, public starts and old-game retrofits remain excluded except for each profile’s documented composition. Nexus is not dealt initially: a qualifying alliance requires at least three seats; two unallied receivers require four. Backs up all rooms first, preserves sessions and existing games, and rejects stale versions. Normal game-start and publication gates remain closed.',
       '\nEcaz-occupy (--profile ecaz-occupy) opts only a fresh ready 2–6-seat lobby with native Ecaz and classic/Ixian/Tleilaxu/CHOAM/Richese opponents (optional native Moritani). Advanced uses distinct selected ecaz/ix/choam decks; Basic uses the exact ecaz deck with classic/optional Moritani opponents. Ordinary33/47/35 cards retain real original offers/HMS/Auditor/Face Dancers and Richese cache. Explicit --ecaz-treachery independently adds the three physical variant cards, making36/50/38 (Advanced only). Basic combined battles require an even Ecaz force count; the preserved publisher odd-force casualty-rounding conflict rejects before any lead choice. Native Richese ordinary and marker-only pools compose with selected lead plans; original own mixed No-Field dialing, whole-plan disclosure and optional overlays remain guarded.' +
       '\nLeader-skills retains existing classic and Basic native entries and adds native Basic Richese/CHOAM. Advanced Ixians, Tleilaxu, CHOAM and/or Richese plus classic rosters use distinct required family decks and all fourteen skills, with original cache, Face Dancers, Auditor exclusion and typed aftermath. Foreign revival grants no new skill. Separate non-Harkonnen Advanced Moritani uses the ecaz deck and original skill-first assassination preview. Native Ecaz supports its five ordinary discs, original Ambassador/Duke custody and ecaz deck with classic opponents in Basic/Advanced; Advanced Harkonnen retains its existing Duke capture exclusion. Explicit --mentat-question stays private; banker-income additionally supports native Richese and Ecaz, never ordinary seller/allowed Emperor income or a bank grant as a payer cost. Basic auction recipients remain unchanged. Public activation, exhausted-cache counts, native Ixian Technology on Richese lots, own mixed No-Field, captured replacement, shared-Duke assignment, combined Occupy skills and other pending module/rulings remain guarded.',
-      '\nStronghold-factions additionally admits standalone Advanced Ecaz OR Moritani with classic opponents and the exact ecaz deck, six Stronghold Cards only. Original setup and actual end-Mentat claims remain. Ecaz holds shared-control cards and only the actual selected holder-plan benefits. Native Moritani retains original assassination with printed bounty and one private Mentat replacement; Harkonnen is excluded there. An E3 pair, E1/E2/E3 mixtures and other modules remain separate.' +
+      '\nStronghold-factions additionally admits standalone Advanced Ecaz OR Moritani with classic opponents and the exact ecaz deck, six Stronghold Cards with optional unused Tech Tokens at 3–6 seats. Original setup and actual end-Mentat claims remain. Ecaz holds shared-control cards and only the actual selected holder-plan benefits. Native Moritani retains original assassination with printed bounty and one private Mentat replacement; Harkonnen is excluded there. An E3 pair, E1/E2/E3 mixtures and other modules remain separate.' +
       '\nLeader-skills and banker-income preserve canonical unused Tech Tokens selected in fresh three-through-six-seat classic or supported native Basic/Advanced lobbies. Original selected decks, Richese cache, all fourteen skills, printed native Tech owners, phase-end income and mandatory original-winner reward before Face Dance remain. Banker income and --mentat-question stay separate existing opt-ins. Mixed E3 families, other modules and played-game conversion remain excluded.',
       '\nLeader-skills and banker-income also preserve canonical unused Stronghold Cards in fresh Advanced classic or supported native two-through-six-seat lobbies. Optional Tech Tokens requires three-through-six seats. All14 original skills, decks/cache and actual end-Mentat Stronghold assignment remain. Basic Strongholds, mixed E3 families, other overlays, public activation and save conversion stay excluded.',
       '\nThese skill/module entries additionally preserve standalone Ecaz OR Moritani ecaz33/all14 profiles. Tech is Basic/Advanced three-through-six seats; Strongholds is Advanced two-through-six. Native Ecaz five-disc/Duke assignment and Advanced Harkonnen exclusion, plus original Advanced Moritani skill-first assassination/normal-call forfeiture, remain. E3 pairs, mixed families, allied Occupy skills and other overlays are not opened.',
+      '\nWithout Skills, factions preserves unused original Tech Tokens in fresh 3–6-seat Basic/Advanced selected E1/E2 native or standalone Ecaz OR Moritani lobbies with classic opponents; stronghold-factions composes them with Advanced Stronghold Cards. Original physical inventories, first-Storm owners, selected Ecaz lead rewards, even-force Basic Occupy and non-Harkonnen Advanced Moritani assassination remain. Skills, unrelated overlays, paired/mixed E3 rosters and public starts remain separate.',
     );
     return;
   }