Preserve Emperor gift opportunity before bot Extortion

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Human Emperor before automated Extortion — 30 October. Prototyped /
+Partial.** In supported Basic and Advanced games, an automated Extortion
+payer now waits for its human Emperor ally's optional gift and Continue.
+The same public window appears without revealing private spice. Gift or Karama
+cancellation retains the original event and returns to the opportunity.
+Station bot priority also precedes unrelated bot policies; its competing-guide
+test is synthetic rather than evidence of a reachable stall. Eight related
+files pass 57 cases; fixtures stage alliance, wallets and Terror placement.
+Other gift timings, full games and deployed verification remain open.
+[Scope](EMPEROR_ALLIANCE_TIMING.md#emperor-gift-during-moritani-extortion--29-october-2026).
+
 **Testing Station Sapho priority — 30 October. Prototyped / Partial.** New
 two-occupant Station choices with Richese seated give both occupants a neutral,
 persistent opportunity before the first adjustment. A bot passes without

docs/EMPEROR_ALLIANCE_TIMING.md

@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ immediately. The user-authorized revised Advanced sheet, physical p. 31,
 explicitly says any time. Applying the Basic gift at this decision is a
 provisional online timing interpretation. This initial entry is limited to the
 Ecaz/Moritani expansion with native Moritani and classic factions, without
-independent Ecaz cards, optional modules or competing parents. An automated payer can still act before
-a human Emperor chooses to gift; broader priority and other interrupted windows
-remain unfinished. [Runtime cases](../tests/emperor-extortion-gift.test.ts).
+independent Ecaz cards, optional modules or competing parents. When the payer
+is automated and its Emperor ally is human, a neutral public opportunity now
+waits for the Emperor to finish sharing or Continue. The same opportunity
+appears regardless of the Emperor's private spice, and a gift or canceled
+gift returns to it. The original Extortion event and payer stay unchanged.
+The explicit Continue is a provisional online priority, not a publisher
+timing ruling. Other interrupted windows remain unfinished.
+[Runtime cases](../tests/emperor-extortion-gift.test.ts) and
+[bot-priority cases](../tests/emperor-extortion-bot-priority.test.ts).
 
 ## Advanced allied auction payment — 29 October 2026
 

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Rule decision index
 
+## Human Emperor gift before automated Extortion — 30 October 2026
+
+A human Emperor's automated allied payer waits for an event-bound Continue,
+allowing the existing spice-gift control and its Karama response first. The
+neutral wait does not disclose private funds or commitments. The timing is a
+provisional online interpretation. [Scope](EMPEROR_ALLIANCE_TIMING.md#emperor-gift-during-moritani-extortion--29-october-2026).
+
 ## Testing Station Sapho priority — 30 October 2026
 
 A new two-occupant Station choice with Richese seated opens a neutral shared