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