Allow Basic bribes during selected pending decisions

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

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 ## 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