Support staged group shipment funding

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ cases. The three-member option remains
 unavailable: faction benefits, funding, and other group interactions still
 need integration. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-nexus-negotiation--28-october-2026).
 
+**Staged group shipment funding — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.** Two
+allies can pledge separately to a group member, who may use named shares for
+one ordinary Basic shipment; an outside Guild receives the payment and unspent
+pledges return to their donors. The staged table has private pledge and share
+controls. The related eight-file batch passes 48 cases, with real Nexus and
+shipment actions following a staged starting position. Guild-member groups,
+group bidding and special transports remain
+unsupported; group play is still not exposed in the lobby.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-ordinary-shipment-funding--28-october-2026).
+
 **Basic allied No-Field transit — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.** Richese
 may offer its ally an immediately revealed shipment into a Richese-occupied
 territory. The recipient may depart or accept the existing provisional loss
@@ -132,10 +142,10 @@ enabled or claimed complete by the standalone foundation. Shipment entry and
 visitor consequences now use the group-aware receipt and physical baseline.
 The staged Nexus negotiation is connected; group funding, faction benefits
 and other engine paths still need integration before the option can be offered.
-Connected staged Nexus controls and a funding quote model unanimous consent,
-explicit donor allocations and edge-bound pledge authorizations. The engine
-still must issue and revoke unique edge authorizations, settle and refund
-escrow atomically, and connect group funding controls to native actions and AI.
+Connected staged Nexus and shipment controls model unanimous consent, explicit
+donor allocations and edge-bound pledge authorizations. The engine issues and
+revokes those authorizations and refunds shipment escrow; group-funded bidding,
+special transport and Guild-allied rates still require integration.
 The separate printed unlimited-size / three-stronghold variant remains missing;
 the current group model deliberately caps membership at three. The combined
 earlier batch passed 189 cases; the shipment batch passed 58 cases. The latest

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Optional three-stronghold alliance victory
 
+## Group ordinary-shipment funding — 28 October 2026
+
+**Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** Group allies can set
+aside separate amounts for each other during Shipment and Movement. A shipper
+may explicitly allocate amounts from each pledged donor to an ordinary physical
+reserve shipment; the authoritative payment rechecks those exact pledges,
+charges the shipper's remainder once, and retains each donor's identity. An
+outside Guild receives the eligible payment. Unspent pledges return to their
+respective donors at phase end. Alliance edge authorizations are renewed on
+formation, preserved for surviving edges and revoked on departure, with
+aggregated refunds for removed edges. Controls show only the viewer's own
+outgoing and incoming pledges; bots may continue using their own spice.
+
+This first path is limited to Basic classic-faction staged groups without a
+Guild member, optional modules, Karama shipment pricing or special transport.
+Guild-allied rates, other shipment types, group-funded bidding, and the
+remaining faction benefits and interactions are not connected. No lobby can
+start a group game yet. The recipient-specific pledge and allocation procedure
+is a provisional online convention rather than a printed worked example.
+
 ## Group Nexus negotiation — 28 October 2026
 
 **Integrated groundwork, not a selectable game mode.** In a staged Basic

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Rule decision index
 
+## Group shipment funding — 28 October 2026
+
+The unexposed Basic group prototype uses recipient-specific escrow and
+explicit donor allocations for an ordinary physical shipment. Those online
+controls are provisional; Guild-allied pricing, bidding and other transports
+remain separate. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-ordinary-shipment-funding--28-october-2026).
+
 ## Group Nexus negotiations — 28 October 2026
 
 For the unexposed Basic group foundation, unanimous consent, a held Nexus