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