Add random faction deal and prediction draft

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ open mode gates.
 
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
+**Faction allocation at setup — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.** Hosts can
+deal random enabled factions or start a draft in descending prediction-number
+order. Human seats choose in order, bots choose automatically, and choices
+apply together after the draft. Seat identities remain; human readiness clears.
+Direct selection still works. Nine related unit files pass 43 cases; four
+isolated HTTP cases include a four-seat/two-controller draft and game start.
+An isolated browser room exercised a random deal, a human draft choice and an
+automatic AI pick through completion.
+Consensual swaps, wider combinations and deployed acceptance remain open.
+[Scope](FACTION_ALLOCATION.md).
+
 **Advanced Voice names for ordinary cards — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Native and borrowed Voice can require or forbid an exact ordinary battle-card
 face in Advanced. Generic Voice and Basic choices remain; matching covers