Route Advanced Emperor allied auction funding

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

@@ -158,11 +158,24 @@ entry remain unfinished.
 **Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** Fulfilled and released
 Truthtrance records no longer disable later group Nexus negotiations or group
 funding. The later scope above allows departures with live bribe answers and
-funding with outsider-only commitments; group-member funding with unresolved
-records remains fenced until reconciliation. The existing committed-bid
+funding with outsider-only commitments. The later negative-answer extension
+below permits current-turn No bribe commitments while other unresolved
+group-member commitments remain fenced. The existing committed-bid
 settlement exception is retained. Other combinations remain unfinished, and no
 lobby exposes group play.
 
+## Group funding with negative bribe answers — 29 October 2026
+
+**Staged Basic and Advanced prototypes, not selectable game modes.** A current
+No answer to a simple or grouped bribe question remains binding while members
+pledge and spend group funding on an ordinary bid or physical shipment. Those
+transactions are not ordinary bribes. Current Yes answers and unreconciled
+older No answers still fence group funding; unrelated commitment guards and
+the existing committed-bid exception remain. Group-member recipient controls
+also exclude all allies, not just a single pair ally. Allocation and group
+extension are provisional online procedures; other commitments, modules,
+special transport and complete group play remain unfinished.
+
 ## Group funding with Karama shipment pricing — 29 October 2026
 
 **Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** Group members can
@@ -243,6 +256,13 @@ provisional online procedures. This scope is Basic classic-faction ordinary
 auctions; optional modules, competing Truthtrance commitments, special
 auctions and complete group play remain separate. No lobby exposes group play.
 
+The later staged Advanced group path also retains each donor's original
+ordinary-bid payment destination. Under the authorized supplied revised
+rulebook, physical p. 15 (printed p. 13), Emperor's contribution goes to the
+bank; a direct Emperor alliance gift is buyer-owned and follows the ordinary
+recipient. This Advanced cutover does not change the Basic interpretation in
+the preceding paragraph. Further group interactions remain unfinished.
+
 ## Group ordinary-shipment funding — 28 October 2026
 
 **Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** Group allies can set