Allow Basic bribes during selected pending decisions

docs/BRIBE_CONTROLS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Ordinary bribe controls
 
+## Basic pending-opening and Extortion payments — 29 October 2026
+
+Direct ordinary bribes are available during a clean Basic Ix-deck Amal opening
+and a clean Basic Moritani Extortion payment decision, including out of turn.
+They use the normal uncommitted payer spice, nonally restriction and deferred
+recipient ledger. The original opening passes or Extortion queue and decision
+remain unchanged. An Extortion recipient cannot use the deferred bribe to pay
+that current decision. A bribe made before deferred Mentat initialization is
+collected at that imminent opening; one made after collection, including during
+Extortion, waits for the next turn's opening. The owner's control states which
+collection applies.
+
+The publisher [base rules, printed p. 12](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-content/uploads/Dune-Rulebook.pdf)
+allow nonallied bribery without prescribing a digital decision priority. These
+interruptions are a provisional online interpretation, not a publisher timing
+ruling. The initial profiles exclude optional modules, other expansion families,
+competing continuations and the payer's active commitments. Deal-linked payments
+retain their previous quiet-window restrictions. A bot can still progress the
+original opening or decision before a human pays; response and other decision
+parents, Advanced play and full acceptance remain open.
+[Native runtime](../tests/bribe-pending-basic.test.ts) includes public setup,
+explicitly staged Extortion placement and a real next-turn collection;
+[rendered controls](../tests/bribe-pending-basic-controls.test.tsx) cover timing.
+
 **26 October follow-up:** [quiet Mentat payments](MENTAT_BRIBES.md) are now
 allowed after opening collection, with their receipts deferred to the next
 turn's actual opening. This supersedes the original blanket Mentat restriction.
@@ -33,8 +57,8 @@ sealed bids, paid support, Banker spending and other reserved costs. Existing
 Truthtrance completion checks further constrain voluntary spending on isolated
 copies; this projection does not commit actions or live continuations. The
 target-specific Bureaucrat guard can cap unsupported combinations below five.
-Supported payments use the existing saved redirect/allow decision. A pending
-response, decision or forced continuation disables the payment controls.
+Supported payments use the existing saved redirect/allow decision. Other pending responses, decisions or forced continuations disable the payment
+controls, except for the supported Basic opening and Extortion cases above.
 
 The client retains an invalid amount or removed recipient as a disabled draft
 rather than silently changing a payment. The explicit action uses existing

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Basic bribes during pending openings and Extortion — 29 October.
+Prototyped / Partial.** Direct nonallied bribes now work during supported Basic
+Ix Amal openings and Moritani Extortion decisions without advancing the original
+parent. The payer spends immediately, but the recipient collects at the next
+actual Mentat opening: before deferred initialization that is the upcoming
+opening; during Extortion it is next turn. Native journeys and rendered controls
+cover both timings, later collection, legal restrictions and the unchanged
+deal-payment boundary. The 13-file batch passes 81 cases; type checking, lint
+and production build pass. The fixture for an older Extortion Karama case now
+finds the physical card even when another player initially received it.
+Other pending parents, active payer commitments, optional modules and bot
+priority remain open; deployed behavior is unverified.
+[Scope](BRIBE_CONTROLS.md#basic-pending-opening-and-extortion-payments--29-october-2026).
+
 **Basic Ixian and Tleilaxu opening gifts — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 The Basic Ix-deck phase-opening gift now supports both native expansion factions,
 including either as the Emperor's ally. Public Basic setup with staged mutual

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Basic bribes during pending openings and Extortion — 29 October 2026
+
+The printed nonallied bribe rules do not prescribe digital interruption
+priority. The supported Basic Ix opening and Moritani Extortion payments use a
+provisional timing interpretation and preserve the original parent; recipient
+collection remains tied to the next actual Mentat opening.
+[Scope](BRIBE_CONTROLS.md#basic-pending-opening-and-extortion-payments--29-october-2026).
+
 ## Basic Emperor gift during Ix phase openings — 29 October 2026
 
 The publisher FAQ permits immediate direct gifts to an ally. Allowing a gift