Connect Diplomat used-defense contexts

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 | Spice Banker battle spending | Secret own-spice commitment is separate from support; only the surviving selected disc gains strength. Core Battle Plan payment rules spend it on death/loss and waive it for a sole traitor-call winner. This payment composition is explicit; upper deferred-income custody remains pending. | [Source contract and prototype](SPICE_BANKER_RUNTIME.md) |
 | Smuggler shipping | Optional free companion is included in the actual total; apply Guild rounding to the reduced priced count. Ordinary Fremen reserves are on planet. The officially permitted owned No-Field plus a separate free force is now prototyped at the unchanged one-marker price. Legacy unstamped ordinary declarations keep their quoted full price. | [Ordinary contract](SMUGGLER_SHIPMENT.md), [No-Field combination](SMUGGLER_NO_FIELD.md) |
 | Sandmaster movement | One optional board spice per distinct entered territory; source-only repositioning earns none. Per-movement Hajr reset is a documented grammatical inference. Canceled moves earn nothing. Native Fremen worm rides and physical Fremen Ambassador relocations collect optionally at the destination before arrival reactions, without an invented intermediate route. Owned one-pile-per-territory allocation now covers ground, direct destinations and native HMS relocation; sector allocation remains provisional and concealed No-Field movement stays separate. | [Ground/direct/HMS relocation](SANDMASTER_MOVEMENT.md), [worm rides](SANDMASTER_WORM.md) |
-| Diplomat defense | A committed Worthless copies the opponent's canonical printed defensive role: base/Ix Shield/Snooper, hybrid, defensive Weirding/Chemistry or sealed Portable. Named combat distinctions remain. Copying the used role, not activation or own-slot prerequisites, is a visibly qualified first version. Reveal-before-traitor timing and mandatory disposal remain implementation interpretations; existing base-only battle windows are not reopened. Late/mirror/numeric modifications remain separate. | [Source and connected prototype](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md) |
+| Diplomat defense | A committed Worthless copies a canonical printed role actually used, including a real late Portable Snooper in capability3. Keep named protection, mandatory selected-card disposal and original World/held-card effects; import no opponent modifier, activation or late right. Preserve prior false traitor choices, skip fresh offers after a true declaration, and retain old capability1/2 windows. Own earned Carthag can independently supply its Snooper to a copied Shield; no used source means no invented defense. Scheduling remains a visibly provisional interpretation, not a new priority FAQ. Mirror/numeric inheritance stays separate. | [Used-defense scope](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md#used-defense-contexts--17-october-2026) |
 | Bureaucrat payments | Once per phase, divert two from one actual third-party payer contribution of at least five; never pool below-five shares or change full payer costs. Trainer/payee contributions cannot qualify but do not hide another eligible payer; private shares and qualifying identity stay withheld. Bribes qualify at shield transfer, not collection; gifts remain excluded by the 11 October ruling. Original native Karama income cancellation precedes Bureaucrat as an outcome-based inference. User ruled gross-first diversion before occupied Homeworld allocation: fresh classic occupation+Skills now connects gross8→Bank2/native3/occupied3 with original paid8 and contributions preserved; cancellation instead leaves occupied4/native0 and no Bureaucrat use. Original two-odd Guild rounding remains guarded. User also ruled Betrayal holder receipt minus2, connected in the bounded classic Nexus+Skills Betrayal composition. Other combinations remain unfinished. | [Source and connected boundary](BUREAUCRAT_PAYMENTS.md) |
 | Leader battle effects | Rihani normal peek and reshuffle precede a separate committed optional draw; ordering is an explicit printed-order inference. Unused excludes actual calls, not mere disclosure. Mentat/Bureaucrat change scores; Sandmaster adds board spice. Owned multi-pile Smuggler debits and Sandmaster victory placement are connected under provisional allocation policies; modifier and exceptional Face Dancer composition remain separate. | [Source contract and prototype](LEADER_BATTLE_EFFECTS.md), [Smuggler allocation](SMUGGLER_BATTLE.md) |
 | Source and readiness | Separate published rules, explicit implementation choices and unfinished interpretations; Advanced/expansion gates stay closed. | [Base/Advanced audit](BASE_ADVANCED_READINESS_20260907.md), [checklist](../game/reference.ts) |