Allow late Sapho priority before final battle settlement

Fresh Richese-roster battles support clean aggressor changes after plans and revelation. Both combatants explicitly finish a public final opportunity regardless of held cards or result; an actual Sapho use clears both marks with a fresh event. Close priority before physical Stone allocation and other outcome settlement. Preserve plans, votes, participants, Habbanya priority and reserved physical cards. Keep old unstamped timing and discard signature bytes. Route all final vote exits through native Homeworld defense first. Add persistent controls and finite minimal bot readiness.

Validation:16-file177/177, types/lint/build and eight original-action/rendered-table programmes. Actual cache1 and paid forces use40 Basic/47 Advanced source actions; genuine Stone1 turn1/Sapho1 turn2 uses86. Ordinary and mixed count2 ties change through sealed-plan/final-window Sapho, explicit revised acknowledgements and native losses. Sixteen minimal proposals are legal; controlled reservation and pure window/control cases are separate. Bounded review fixed the Harkonnen Nexus final-vote route; frozen feedback corrected four historical fixture assumptions. All checks then passed together.

Final-window protocol is provisional. Direct late Semuta claim/capture, combined World/Nexus/Sapho, wider combinations, full modes, final assurance and browser/deployed acceptance remain open. No saved-room/database/reset/restart/deployment operation.

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Provisional Sapho final battle opportunity — 18 October 2026
+
+The printed aggressor effect has no before-plans restriction. Fresh battles
+with the public Richese physical-cache producer allow clean early/late use and
+a fixed both-combatant final opportunity after votes/native late defense, before
+Stone counts or outcome settlement. Sapho changes priority without replaying
+plans/votes; a public use clears both final acknowledgements. Existing unreserved
+physical-card rules and Habbanya priority remain. Old unstamped battles keep their
+early protocol. This is an explicit provisional online procedure under the
+standing recommended-choice instruction, not publisher clarification.
+[Canonical timing, controls and limits](SAPHO_AGGRESSOR.md#late-aggressor-and-public-final-opportunity--18-october-2026).
+
 ## Provisional Sapho cyclic lot — 18 October 2026
 
 The printed first/last ordered-action effect does not specify cyclic duration.
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 | Harass / Stone Burner | The earlier keep-gated versus compare-after-withdrawal question is unanswered. Standing choose-recommended provisionally compares counters left after successful withdrawal. Opposing Traitor cancels the return; original fixed Occupy commitment stays. Public preflight considers possible fixed Ecaz withdrawal without hidden custody. Clean Ix priority follows its separate explicitly provisional contract; new physical commitments do not remove other profile/module limits. This is implementation interpretation, not a new publisher ruling or user answer. | [Withdrawal](HARASS_WITHDRAW_RUNTIME.md#provisional-stone-burner-timing--16-october-2026) · [Clean Ix priority](MIRROR_WEAPON_ENGINE_AUDIT.md#clean-selected-ix-composition--16-october-2026) |
 | Stone mixed-force allocation timing | The older timing question remains unanswered by a source. Under 14 October choose-recommended, new original outcome-ambiguous Stone/Mirror battles provisionally commit each ambiguous side's undialed physical total after revealed modes/actual withdrawal and decisive Traitor/explosion branches. Storm-order owners choose privately; every original required value stays sealed until all commit. The eventual winner retains all legal typed casualty choices with the count. Ordinary/invariant and unstamped legacy frames keep their existing path. Publisher physical-count text and supplied Advanced physical12/logical10 casualty timing provide the numerical rules, not this online commitment convention. | [Source, versioned procedure and bounded proof](STONE_BURNER_ENGINE_AUDIT.md#outcome-changing-physical-totals--18-october-2026) |
 | Recruits late accounting and rates | The earlier one/two-further-free question remains unanswered. The prototype preserves paid spice, deducts recorded free usage from the doubled current rate and all returns from the total cap: two-free/one-paid Atreides can take two more free. Clean classic Homeworlds now provisionally recheck native thresholds on separate accepted requests, retaining completed prices/classifications; this is not a numerical user ruling or newly found timing FAQ. Unknown ledgers, pending repricing, later Fremen grants and same-turn replay remain guarded. | [Source alternatives](RECRUITS_RULES.md), [current native runtime](RECRUITS_RUNTIME.md#classic-homeworld-composition--16-october-2026) |
-| Sapho remaining timing | First versus unspent Advanced Guild priority, partly completed combined turns, cyclic auction duration and later battle timing stay guarded. The existing pre-plan opportunity supports [early aggressor](SAPHO_AGGRESSOR.md). Prior questions remain unanswered. | [Source audit](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_SOURCE_UPDATE.md), [battle review](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_BATTLE_REVIEW.md) |
+| Sapho remaining timing | First versus unspent Advanced Guild priority, partly completed combined turns and other ordered phases remain open. Cyclic current-lot duration and the new shared final battle opportunity are explicit provisional protocols, not publisher rulings. Old battles retain early timing. | [Source audit](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_SOURCE_UPDATE.md), [current aggressor contract](SAPHO_AGGRESSOR.md), [historical battle review](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_BATTLE_REVIEW.md) |
 | Semuta Drug | Full-hand exchange is user-approved; neutral all-seat acknowledgements remain the explicit application policy. Other discard producers, nested continuation coverage and full-game acceptance remain unfinished. | [Source update and selected exchange](SEMUTA_SOURCE_UPDATE_20260907.md), [privacy review](SEMUTA_PRIVACY_REVIEW.md) |
 | Leader Skills edge cases | Capture/replacement eligibility, Banker escrow custody, Smuggler modifiers, Mentat empty-hand fallback, late/mirror/numeric Diplomat defenses and simultaneous optional timing remain source gaps. Owned multi-pile Smuggler/Sandmaster allocation and printed alternate/hybrid defense roles now have connected, explicitly interpreted paths. The bounded Diplomat retreat prototype chooses printed/copied strength and surviving-loser retreat before casualties; this is not an official priority clarification. | [Material boundaries and retreat](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#bounded-diplomat-retreat-interpretation), [Defense limits](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md#evidence-and-remaining-scope) |
 | Smuggler collection strength | The older source check/question produced no numerical answer. Under the later choose-recommended instruction, provisionally cap by copied/printed disc plus declared skill bonuses and KH2, retaining reveal piles and delayed survival settlement. Actual Artillery zeroing voids collection; the base Stunner remains a projectile. Sole own Traitor bypasses weapons, so it retains collection. Printed bounty does not change; this is not a publisher ruling. Other exceptional compositions remain separate. | [Source and explicit policy](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#smuggler-modifier-policy--17-october-2026), [runtime contract](SMUGGLER_BATTLE.md#provisional-modifier-policy--17-october-2026) |