Announce eligible Basic leaderless battles before plans

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Early Basic leaderless announcement — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
+Fresh classic Basic battles without optional modules now announce before either
+plan when all of the combatant's controlled leaders are alive but unavailable
+elsewhere and no legal Cheap Hero is held. The original battle preparation
+finishes first, no confirmation is added and sealing does not announce twice.
+Real battle selection with staged prior leader use covers both plan orders,
+Prescience, Voice and its Karama cancellation, public controls, Cheap Hero,
+dead-leader exclusions and minimal bots. The related seven-file batch passes
+38 cases; type checking, lint and the production build pass. Revival-capable and other profiles still announce only
+at seal, so earlier timing remains open there; deployed acceptance is unverified.
+[Scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
+
 **Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 The publisher's Basic rules require a player without a usable leader or Cheap
 Hero to announce it. New Basic plans now make that public when sealed; other
@@ -25,8 +37,8 @@ cases, including real Basic battle actions with staged leader availability,
 Cheap Hero, rendered controls, saved announcement and four minimal bot plans;
 type checking, lint and production build pass. Already-sealed Basic plans in
 older saves do not acquire a new announcement. Sealing may occur after the
-opponent's plan, so earlier announcement timing and deployed acceptance remain
-open. [Source and scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
+opponent's plan; the early classic Basic case above now covers one subset.
+Other earlier timing and deployed acceptance remain open. [Source and scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
 
 **Basic Semuta after Ixian ally replacement with independent Ecaz cards —
 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.** The existing neutral private-discard offer

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -4,13 +4,20 @@
 
 The [publisher base rulebook, printed p. 10](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-content/uploads/Dune-Rulebook.pdf)
 requires a player unable to play a leader or Cheap Hero to announce that fact.
-New Basic leaderless plans now publish the announcement when sealed, using the
-existing Advanced timing, while the rest of the plan stays private. Sealing is
-an online interpretation of the announcement timing; it may occur after the
-other player has already sealed, which remains an open timing limitation. An
-already-sealed Basic plan from an older save is not retroactively announced.
-[Runtime](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement.test.ts) and
-[controls](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement-controls.test.tsx).
+A fresh classic Basic battle without optional modules now announces before plans
+when all controlled leaders are alive but already used elsewhere and no legal
+Cheap Hero is held. This clean case has no dead leader to revive or private
+card-transfer preparation. The public notice gives no card identity or plan
+choice. The same plan does not announce twice. Other cases retain the existing
+seal-time announcement, which can occur after an opponent has sealed; their
+earlier timing remains open. Neither a deadline nor an extra confirmation is
+introduced, and old battles keep their saved behavior. This online ordering is
+a provisional interpretation rather than a specific publisher timing ruling.
+[Early runtime](../tests/basic-early-leaderless.test.ts),
+[early controls](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-controls.test.tsx),
+[Voice cases](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-voice.test.ts),
+[seal-time runtime](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement.test.ts) and
+[seal-time controls](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement-controls.test.tsx).
 
 ## Basic Semuta after Ixian ally replacement with independent cards — 29 October 2026