Support staged group Emperor aid

components/coalition-emperor-aid.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { useId, useState } from 'react';
+import type { Player } from '@/game/engine';
+import { eliteRevivalRemaining, paidForceRevivalCost } from '@/game/revival';
+
+/** Public alliance members only; the engine remains the legality authority. */
+export type CoalitionEmperorAlly = Pick<Player, 'id' | 'name' | 'faction' | 'tanks' | 'elites'>;
+export type CoalitionEmperorAidAction =
+  | { type: 'emperorGift'; target: string; amount: number }
+  | { type: 'emperorRevival'; target: string; amount: number; elite: number };
+
+function positiveInteger(raw: string): number | null {
+  if (!/^[1-9]\d*$/.test(raw)) return null;
+  const value = Number(raw);
+  return Number.isSafeInteger(value) ? value : null;
+}
+
+/** Render for an Emperor in a staged group alliance; pair controls stay separate. */
+export function CoalitionEmperorAid({ allies, phase, advanced, availableSpice,
+  emperorExtra, revivalOrderHead, busy = false, act }: {
+  allies: readonly CoalitionEmperorAlly[];
+  phase: number;
+  advanced: boolean;
+  /** Spice not committed to coalition pledges or other obligations. */
+  availableSpice: number;
+  emperorExtra: Readonly<Record<string, number>>;
+  revivalOrderHead?: string | null;
+  busy?: boolean;
+  act: (action: CoalitionEmperorAidAction) => void;
+}) {
+  const id = useId();
+  const [giftTarget, setGiftTarget] = useState('');
+  const [giftRaw, setGiftRaw] = useState('1');
+  const [revivalTarget, setRevivalTarget] = useState('');
+  const [revivalRaw, setRevivalRaw] = useState('1');
+  const [eliteRaw, setEliteRaw] = useState('0');
+  const giftAlly = allies.find(ally => ally.id === giftTarget);
+  const revivalAlly = allies.find(ally => ally.id === revivalTarget);
+  const gift = positiveInteger(giftRaw);
+  const amount = positiveInteger(revivalRaw);
+  const elite = /^(0|[1-9]\d*)$/.test(eliteRaw) && Number.isSafeInteger(Number(eliteRaw))
+    ? Number(eliteRaw) : null;
+  const maximum = revivalAlly ? Math.max(0, Math.min(
+    3 - (emperorExtra[revivalAlly.id] ?? 0), revivalAlly.tanks,
+    Math.floor(availableSpice / 2),
+  )) : 0;
+  const cost = revivalAlly && amount && elite !== null
+    ? paidForceRevivalCost(revivalAlly, amount, elite) : null;
+  const eliteTanks = revivalAlly?.elites?.tanks ?? 0;
+  const legalElite = revivalAlly && amount && elite !== null &&
+    elite <= Math.min(amount, eliteRevivalRemaining(revivalAlly, advanced)) &&
+    amount - elite <= revivalAlly.tanks - eliteTanks;
+  const canGift = !!giftAlly && gift !== null && gift <= availableSpice && !busy;
+  const canRevive = phase === 4 && !!revivalAlly && amount !== null && amount <= maximum &&
+    legalElite && cost !== null && cost <= availableSpice &&
+    (!revivalOrderHead || revivalOrderHead === revivalAlly.id) && !busy;
+
+  return <section className="notice min-w-0 space-y-3 break-words" aria-label="Emperor group alliance aid">
+    <h3>Emperor alliance aid</h3>
+    <p className="fine">Choose which ally receives your aid. Spice and revivals take effect after the Karama response.</p>
+    <label htmlFor={`${id}-gift-target`}>Ally to receive spice</label>
+    <select id={`${id}-gift-target`} value={giftAlly?.id ?? ''} disabled={busy}
+      onChange={event => setGiftTarget(event.target.value)}>
+      <option value="">Choose an ally</option>
+      {allies.map(ally => <option key={ally.id} value={ally.id}>{ally.name}</option>)}
+    </select>
+    <label htmlFor={`${id}-gift-amount`}>Spice to share</label>
+    <input id={`${id}-gift-amount`} type="number" inputMode="numeric" min={1} max={availableSpice}
+      step={1} value={giftRaw} disabled={busy} onChange={event => setGiftRaw(event.target.value)} />
+    <button type="button" className="game-action" disabled={!canGift}
+      onClick={() => { if (giftAlly && gift !== null && canGift) act({ type: 'emperorGift', target: giftAlly.id, amount: gift }); }}>
+      Share spice
+    </button>
+    {phase === 4 && <div className="space-y-2">
+      <label htmlFor={`${id}-revival-target`}>Ally to receive extra revivals</label>
+      <select id={`${id}-revival-target`} value={revivalAlly?.id ?? ''} disabled={busy}
+        onChange={event => { setRevivalTarget(event.target.value); setEliteRaw('0'); }}>
+        <option value="">Choose an ally</option>
+        {allies.map(ally => <option key={ally.id} value={ally.id}>{ally.name}</option>)}
+      </select>
+      {revivalAlly && <>
+        <p className="fine">{revivalAlly.name} has {revivalAlly.tanks} forces in the tanks and can receive up to {maximum} extra revivals now.</p>
+        {revivalOrderHead && revivalOrderHead !== revivalAlly.id && <p className="fine">Wait for this ally’s revival turn.</p>}
+        <label htmlFor={`${id}-revival-amount`}>Forces to revive</label>
+        <input id={`${id}-revival-amount`} type="number" inputMode="numeric" min={1} max={maximum}
+          step={1} value={revivalRaw} disabled={busy} onChange={event => setRevivalRaw(event.target.value)} />
+        {revivalAlly.elites && <>
+          <label htmlFor={`${id}-revival-elite`}>{revivalAlly.faction === 'ixians' ? 'Cyborgs' : 'Elite forces'}</label>
+          <input id={`${id}-revival-elite`} type="number" inputMode="numeric" min={0}
+            max={Math.min(amount ?? 0, eliteRevivalRemaining(revivalAlly, advanced))} step={1}
+            value={eliteRaw} disabled={busy} onChange={event => setEliteRaw(event.target.value)} />
+        </>}
+        {cost !== null && <p className="fine">You pay {cost} spice. This uses {revivalAlly.name}’s extra-revival allowance.</p>}
+      </>}
+      <button type="button" className="game-action" disabled={!canRevive}
+        onClick={() => { if (revivalAlly && amount !== null && elite !== null && canRevive)
+          act({ type: 'emperorRevival', target: revivalAlly.id, amount, elite }); }}>
+        Pay for extra ally revivals
+      </button>
+    </div>}
+  </section>;
+}

components/game-table.tsx

@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ import { MoritaniExtortion, MoritaniExtortionNotice } from './moritani-extortion
 import { AdvancedAllySeparation } from './advanced-ally-separation';
 import { CoalitionNexus } from './coalition-nexus';
 import { CoalitionFunding, coalitionFundingContributions, type CoalitionFundingContribution } from './coalition-funding';
+import { CoalitionEmperorAid } from './coalition-emperor-aid';
 import { NexusEmperorPayment } from './nexus-emperor-payment';
 import { NexusEmperorSellerPurchase } from './nexus-emperor-seller-purchase';
 import { NexusEmperorAmbassadorPurchase } from './nexus-emperor-ambassador-purchase';
@@ -4539,6 +4540,11 @@ export function GameTable({
                   )}
                 </details>
               )}
+              {g.coalitionEmperor && <CoalitionEmperorAid
+                allies={g.players.filter(player => g.coalitionEmperor!.allies.includes(player.id))}
+                phase={g.phase} advanced={g.advanced} availableSpice={g.coalitionEmperor.availableSpice}
+                emperorExtra={g.emperorExtra} revivalOrderHead={g.revivalOrder?.remaining[0]}
+                busy={busy} act={act} />}
               {g.phase === 4 && (
                 <>
                   <RevivalTurn game={g} act={act} busy={busy} />

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Staged group Emperor aid — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.** An Emperor
+can choose either group ally for a spice gift or paid extra revival; the
+selected recipient survives the Karama response. Separate per-ally revival
+allowances are provisional. Controls and minimal targeted bot actions are
+connected only for staged Basic classic groups. The five-file related batch
+passes 114 cases, including real Nexus formation after a staged setup and
+static control rendering. Other group benefits and normal lobby access remain
+unfinished.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-emperor-aid--28-october-2026).
+
 **Staged group Guild-rate shipments — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Guild group members use the native ordinary reserve rate and unpaid Karama
 response. A canceled rate preserves the selected donor shares, charging the

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ remaining faction benefits and interactions are not connected. No lobby can
 start a group game yet. The recipient-specific pledge and allocation procedure
 is a provisional online convention rather than a printed worked example.
 
+## Group Emperor aid — 28 October 2026
+
+**Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** The Emperor chooses
+which of the two group allies receives a spice gift or paid extra revival.
+The ordinary Karama response retains the selected recipient, and payment and
+revival occur only if that response is passed. A staged table exposes a
+recipient selector; bots can offer legal targeted revivals. The native
+per-recipient allowance is provisionally applied separately to both allies:
+the printed power and [publisher FAQ](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dune-FAQ-Nov-2020.pdf)
+describe an ally but do not settle a three-member alliance's limit. This is
+an implementation interpretation, not an official ruling. The prototype is
+restricted to Basic classic factions without optional modules; other group
+faction benefits and combinations remain unfinished and no lobby exposes it.
+
 ## Group Nexus negotiation — 28 October 2026
 
 **Integrated groundwork, not a selectable game mode.** In a staged Basic

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Rule decision index
 
+## Group Emperor aid — 28 October 2026
+
+The staged Basic group prototype provisionally gives each ally a separate
+three-force Emperor-funded allowance. The printed text and publisher FAQ do
+not settle the multi-ally limit. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-emperor-aid--28-october-2026).
+
 ## Group Guild-rate shipments — 28 October 2026
 
 Guild's native rate provisionally applies to each group ally. Karama reprices

game/bots.ts

@@ -3426,8 +3426,11 @@ function policyActions(g: GameView): Action[] {
     }
     if (g.fremenRevivalGrant && !g.fremenRevivalGrant.granted && !g.fremenRevivalGrant.blocked)
       actions.push({ type: 'grantRevival' });
-    if (me.faction === 'emperor' && me.ally && level > 0) {
+    const emperorGroup = g.coalitionEmperor;
-      const ally = g.players.find((p) => p.id === me.ally)!;
+    const emperorAllies = me.ally ? [me.ally] : emperorGroup?.allies ?? [];
+    if (me.faction === 'emperor' && level > 0) for (const allyId of emperorAllies) {
+      const ally = g.players.find((p) => p.id === allyId)!;
+      const available = emperorGroup?.availableSpice ?? me.spice ?? 0;
       const extra =
         g.revivalPrevention?.player === ally.id
           ? 0
@@ -3439,7 +3442,7 @@ function policyActions(g: GameView): Action[] {
                   eliteRevivalRemaining(ally, g.advanced),
                 ),
               3 - (g.emperorExtra[ally.id] ?? 0),
-              Math.floor(Math.max(0, (me.spice ?? 0) - 3) / 2),
+              Math.floor(Math.max(0, available - 3) / 2),
             );
       for (let amount = extra; amount > 0; amount--) {
         const minimumElite = Math.max(
@@ -3450,8 +3453,8 @@ function policyActions(g: GameView): Action[] {
           Math.min(amount, eliteRevivalRemaining(ally, g.advanced)),
           minimumElite,
         ]))
-          if (paidForceRevivalCost(ally, amount, elite) <= (me.spice ?? 0) - 3)
+          if (paidForceRevivalCost(ally, amount, elite) <= available - 3)
-            actions.push({ type: 'emperorRevival', amount, elite });
+            actions.push({ type: 'emperorRevival', amount, elite, ...(emperorGroup ? {target: ally.id} : {}) });
       }
     }
     const freeRemaining = g.revival.freeRemaining;
@@ -3505,7 +3508,7 @@ function policyActions(g: GameView): Action[] {
         return !g.revival.orderBlocked &&
           (action.type === 'ready' || action.type === 'cancelLeaderRequest' || !g.revival.prevented);
       if (action.type === 'emperorRevival' && g.revivalOrder)
-        return g.revivalOrder.remaining[0] === me.ally;
+        return g.revivalOrder.remaining[0] === (action.target ?? me.ally);
       return true;
     });
   }

game/engine.ts

@@ -16060,6 +16060,14 @@ function coalitionFundingAvailable(g: Game, p: Player, committedBid = false): bo
   const group = coalitionRule(() => coalitionOf(g.players, g.coalitionState, p.id));
   return group?.members.length === 3;
 }
+function coalitionEmperorGroup(g: Game, p: Player) {
+  if (!g.coalitionState || p.faction !== 'emperor' || g.status !== 'playing' || g.advanced ||
+    g.expansions.length || g.homeworlds || g.nexusCards || g.leaderSkills || g.techTokens ||
+    g.strongholdCards || g.ecazTreachery || g.discoveryEnabled ||
+    !g.players.every(seat => ['atreides', 'beneGesserit', 'emperor', 'fremen', 'guild', 'harkonnen'].includes(seat.faction))) return null;
+  const group = coalitionRule(() => coalitionOf(g.players, g.coalitionState, p.id));
+  return group?.members.length === 3 ? group : null;
+}
 function guildGroupAlly(g: Game, p: Player): boolean {
   return coalitionRule(() => groupGuildShipmentRate(g.players, p.id, g.coalitionState));
 }
@@ -44640,11 +44648,12 @@ function applyActionInner(
     return g;
   }
   if (t === 'emperorGift' || t === 'emperorRevival') {
-    requireRule(
+    const group = coalitionEmperorGroup(g, p);
-      p.faction === 'emperor' && p.ally,
+    const recipientId = group ? stringField(action.target) : p.ally;
-      'Only the Emperor may use this power for an ally.',
+    requireRule(p.faction === 'emperor' && recipientId &&
-    );
+      (group ? recipientId !== id && group.members.includes(recipientId) : recipientId === p.ally),
-    const recipient = getPlayer(g, p.ally);
+      'Only the Emperor may use this power for an ally.');
+    const recipient = getPlayer(g, recipientId);
     if (t === 'emperorRevival') {
       requireRule(
         !revivalPrevented(g, recipient.id),
@@ -44685,7 +44694,7 @@ function applyActionInner(
     );
     if (t === 'emperorRevival')
       requireRule(
-        p.spice >= paidForceRevivalCost(recipient, amount, elite),
+        uncommittedSpice(g, p) >= paidForceRevivalCost(recipient, amount, elite),
         'Not enough spice for these extra revivals.',
       );
     if (liveShipmentPromises(g.shipmentPromises ?? [], p.id, g.turn).length ||
@@ -47019,6 +47028,11 @@ export function viewGame(state: Game, id: string, now?: number) {
             ? g.aid[me.ally].amount
             : 0,
     },
+    coalitionEmperor: (() => {
+      const group = coalitionEmperorGroup(g, me);
+      return group ? {allies: group.members.filter(member => member !== id),
+        availableSpice: Math.max(0, uncommittedSpice(g, me))} : null;
+    })(),
     coalitionFunding: coalitionFundingAvailable(g, me) ? (() => {
       const group = coalitionRule(() => coalitionOf(g.players, g.coalitionState, id))!;
       const pledges = g.coalitionEscrow!.pledges;

game/reference.ts

@@ -4500,11 +4500,11 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
     example:
       'At the final turn with neither Guild nor Fremen, two players each hold two qualifying strongholds and a third holds one. The two leaders of the count share the win.',
     checklist: [
-      { area: 'Implementation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'A host-selectable shorter two-member alliance target shares the progress and actual victory calculation; default and two-controller targets remain unchanged.', evidence: ['game/alliance-victory-option.ts', 'game/victory-progress.ts', 'game/victory-quote.ts', 'game/engine.ts'] },
+      { area: 'Implementation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'A host-selectable shorter two-member target shares victory calculation. Unexposed staged Basic groups connect Nexus, selected funding and the Emperor’s targeted aid; other group benefits remain open.', evidence: ['game/alliance-victory-option.ts', 'game/victory-progress.ts', 'game/victory-quote.ts', 'game/engine.ts', 'game/terminal-cancellation.ts'] },
-      { area: 'Player controls', status: 'Partial', detail: 'The lobby offers the option and the active table displays its scope.', evidence: ['components/game-table.tsx', 'tests/short-alliance-victory-controls.test.tsx'] },
+      { area: 'Player controls', status: 'Partial', detail: 'The lobby offers the pair option. A staged group Emperor can choose either ally for spice and extra revival; group games cannot yet be started from the lobby.', evidence: ['components/game-table.tsx', 'components/coalition-emperor-aid.tsx', 'tests/short-alliance-victory-controls.test.tsx'] },
-      { area: 'AI', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Existing legal alliance and victory paths use the same shared target; strategic tuning remains deferred.', evidence: ['game/bots.ts', 'game/victory-progress.ts'] },
+      { area: 'AI', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Legal alliance and victory paths use the shared target; staged group Emperor bots can offer a targeted revival. Strategic tuning remains deferred.', evidence: ['game/bots.ts', 'game/victory-progress.ts'] },
       { area: 'Documentation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'The printed option and provisional two-controller precedence are recorded.', evidence: ['docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md'] },
-      { area: 'Verification', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Focused target, lobby, native Nexus and staged Mentat evidence; larger alliances and full combinations remain open.', evidence: ['tests/alliance-victory-option.test.ts', 'tests/short-alliance-victory-runtime.test.ts'] },
+      { area: 'Verification', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Focused pair and staged group evidence includes real Nexus actions and Emperor aid; larger alliances and full combinations remain open.', evidence: ['tests/alliance-victory-option.test.ts', 'tests/short-alliance-victory-runtime.test.ts', 'tests/coalition-emperor-aid.test.ts'] },
     ],
     related: [
       'mentat',

game/terminal-cancellation.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   GuildAmbassadorContinuationError,
 } from './guild-ambassador-continuation';
 import type { Game, ResponseWindow } from './engine';
+import { coalitionOf, CoalitionAllianceError } from './coalition-alliance';
 import {
   homeworldMovementForesightBlock,
   homeworldSpiritualAdvisorAllowance,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export type TerminalCancellationContext = Pick<
   | 'turn'
   | 'advanced'
   | 'players'
+  | 'coalitionState'
   | 'auction'
   | 'richeseAuction'
   | 'stormCard'
@@ -138,10 +140,21 @@ export function validateTerminalCancellation(
     case 'emperorRevival': {
       faction('emperor');
       amount();
+      let allied = owner.ally === response.recipient;
+      if (!allied && g.coalitionState) {
+        try {
+          const group = coalitionOf(g.players, g.coalitionState, owner.id);
+          allied = !!group && group.members.length === 3 && !!response.recipient &&
+            group.members.includes(response.recipient);
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (error instanceof CoalitionAllianceError) throw new TerminalCancellationError(error.message);
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
       requireTerminal(
         recipient() &&
           response.recipient !== owner.id &&
-          owner.ally === response.recipient,
+          allied,
         'The canceled Emperor power needs its originally declared ally.',
       );
       const elite = response.elite ?? 0;

tests/coalition-emperor-aid.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import { baseDeck } from '../game/cards';
+import { createElement } from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import { CoalitionEmperorAid } from '../components/coalition-emperor-aid';
+import { coalitionOf, emptyCoalitionState } from '../game/coalition-alliance';
+import { botActions } from '../game/bots';
+import { applyAction, createGame, newPlayer, viewGame, type Action, type Game } from '../game/engine';
+
+const send = (game: Game, id: string, action: Action) => applyAction(game, id, action);
+const player = (game: Game, id: string) => game.players.find(seat => seat.id === id)!;
+
+/** Stage a Basic Nexus because group play has no lobby entry. The actual
+ * alliance and unanimous admission actions create the three-member group.
+ * Tanks and reserves are subsequently set to conserved ordinary forces. */
+function fixture(phase = 4) {
+  let game = createGame('GROUPEMP', newPlayer('e', 'Emperor', 'emperor'), false);
+  game.players.push(newPlayer('a', 'Atreides', 'atreides'),
+    newPlayer('h', 'Harkonnen', 'harkonnen'), newPlayer('g', 'Guild', 'guild'));
+  Object.assign(game, {status:'playing', phase:1, turn:2, nexus:true, order:['e','a','h','g'],
+    ready:[], storm:18, deck:baseDeck(), response:null, decision:null, phaseOpening:null});
+  game.coalitionState = emptyCoalitionState();
+  game = send(game, 'e', {type:'alliance', target:'a'});
+  game = send(game, 'a', {type:'alliance', target:'e'});
+  const pair = coalitionOf(game.players, game.coalitionState, 'e'); assert.ok(pair);
+  game = send(game, 'e', {type:'coalitionPropose', groupId:pair.id, entrant:'h',
+    expectedRevision:game.coalitionState!.revision});
+  for (const id of ['a', 'h']) {
+    const proposal = game.coalitionState!.proposal!;
+    game = send(game, id, {type:'coalitionAnswer', event:proposal.event, nexus:proposal.nexus,
+      turn:proposal.turn, accept:true, expectedRevision:game.coalitionState!.revision});
+  }
+  assert.deepEqual(coalitionOf(game.players, game.coalitionState, 'e')!.members, ['a','e','h']);
+  Object.assign(game, {phase, nexus:false, ready:[], response:null, decision:null});
+  for (const seat of game.players) {
+    seat.forces = {}; seat.reserves = 20; seat.tanks = 0; seat.spice = 10;
+    seat.hand = []; seat.traitors = []; seat.traitorChoices = [];
+  }
+  for (const id of ['a','h']) {
+    player(game, id).reserves = 16;
+    player(game, id).tanks = 4;
+  }
+  const index = game.deck.findIndex(card => card.effect === 'karama'); assert.ok(index >= 0);
+  const [karama] = game.deck.splice(index, 1);
+  player(game, 'g').hand.push(karama);
+  return {game, karama};
+}
+function passResponses(game: Game): Game {
+  for (let count = 0; game.response && count < 24; count++) {
+    const next = game.players.find(seat => !game.response!.passed.includes(seat.id));
+    assert.ok(next, 'Each response has a remaining eligible player.');
+    game = send(game, next.id, {type:'passResponse'});
+  }
+  assert.equal(game.response ?? null, null);
+  return game;
+}
+function reject(game: Game, id: string, action: Action) {
+  const before = structuredClone(game);
+  assert.throws(() => send(game, id, action));
+  assert.deepEqual(game, before);
+}
+function conserved(game: Game) {
+  for (const seat of game.players)
+    assert.equal(seat.reserves + seat.tanks + Object.values(seat.forces).reduce((a,b) => a+b, 0), 20);
+}
+
+void test('Emperor gifts can reach either group ally and settle from the Emperor wallet', () => {
+  let {game} = fixture(3);
+  let pending = send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'a', amount:3});
+  assert.equal(pending.response?.recipient, 'a');
+  assert.equal(player(pending, 'e').spice, 10);
+  game = passResponses(pending);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 7);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').spice, 13);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').spice, 10);
+  pending = send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'h', amount:2});
+  assert.equal(pending.response?.recipient, 'h');
+  game = passResponses(pending);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 5);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').spice, 13);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').spice, 12);
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'a', amount:6});
+  conserved(game);
+});
+
+void test('Emperor revival reaches each group ally, costs two per force and tracks their separate caps', () => {
+  let {game} = fixture();
+  player(game, 'e').spice = 12;
+  let pending = send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'a', amount:3, elite:0});
+  assert.equal(pending.response?.recipient, 'a');
+  assert.equal(player(pending, 'a').tanks, 4);
+  game = passResponses(pending);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 6);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').tanks, 1);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').reserves, 19);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').revived, 0);
+  assert.equal(game.emperorExtra.a, 3);
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'a', amount:1, elite:0});
+  pending = send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:3, elite:0});
+  assert.equal(pending.response?.recipient, 'h');
+  game = passResponses(pending);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 0);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').tanks, 1);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').reserves, 19);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').revived, 0);
+  assert.equal(game.emperorExtra.h, 3);
+  conserved(game);
+});
+
+void test('Emperor aid rejects outsiders, self, missing targets and non-Emperor actors', () => {
+  const {game} = fixture();
+  for (const type of ['emperorGift', 'emperorRevival'] as const) {
+    for (const target of ['g','e','missing'])
+      reject(game, 'e', {type, target, amount:1, elite:0});
+    reject(game, 'e', {type, amount:1, elite:0});
+    reject(game, 'a', {type, target:'h', amount:1, elite:0});
+  }
+});
+
+void test('Emperor revival requires Revival, available tanks and enough Emperor spice', () => {
+  const {game} = fixture(3);
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:1, elite:0});
+  game.phase = 4;
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:5, elite:0});
+  player(game, 'e').spice = 3;
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:2, elite:0});
+  const done = passResponses(send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:1, elite:0}));
+  assert.equal(player(done, 'e').spice, 1);
+  assert.equal(player(done, 'h').tanks, 3);
+  conserved(done);
+});
+
+for (const type of ['emperorGift', 'emperorRevival'] as const)
+  void test(`Karama cancels the selected group Emperor ${type} without payment or revival`, () => {
+    const {game, karama} = fixture();
+    const declared = send(game, 'e', {type, target:'h', amount:2, elite:0});
+    assert.equal(declared.response?.recipient, 'h');
+    const done = passResponses(send(declared, 'g', {type:'card', mode:'cancel', card:karama.id}));
+    assert.equal(player(done, 'e').spice, 10);
+    assert.equal(player(done, 'h').spice, 10);
+    assert.equal(player(done, 'h').tanks, 4);
+    assert.equal(done.emperorExtra.h ?? 0, 0);
+    conserved(done);
+  });
+
+void test('a Medium Emperor bot proposes a legal targeted group revival', () => {
+  const {game} = fixture();
+  const view = viewGame(game, 'e');
+  view.players.find(seat => seat.id === 'e')!.bot = 'Medium';
+  const revival = botActions(view).find(action => action.type === 'emperorRevival');
+  assert.ok(revival);
+  assert.ok(revival.target === 'a' || revival.target === 'h');
+  const declared = send(game, 'e', revival);
+  assert.equal(declared.response?.recipient, revival.target);
+  conserved(passResponses(declared));
+});
+
+void test('group Emperor controls render both recipients and require an explicit selection', () => {
+  const {game} = fixture();
+  const view = viewGame(game, 'e');
+  const projection = view.coalitionEmperor!;
+  const html = renderToStaticMarkup(createElement(CoalitionEmperorAid, {
+    allies:view.players.filter(seat => projection.allies.includes(seat.id)), phase:view.phase,
+    advanced:view.advanced, availableSpice:projection.availableSpice,
+    emperorExtra:view.emperorExtra, act:() => {},
+  }));
+  assert.match(html, /Atreides/);
+  assert.match(html, /Harkonnen/);
+  assert.match(html, /Choose an ally/);
+  assert.match(html, /disabled=""[^>]*>Share spice/);
+  assert.match(html, /disabled=""[^>]*>Pay for extra ally revivals/);
+});
+
+void test('a two-player alliance retains the original implicit Emperor recipient', () => {
+  let game = createGame('PAIREMP', newPlayer('e', 'Emperor', 'emperor'), false);
+  game.players.push(newPlayer('a', 'Atreides', 'atreides'), newPlayer('g', 'Guild', 'guild'));
+  Object.assign(game, {status:'playing', phase:1, turn:2, nexus:true, order:['e','a','g'],
+    ready:[], storm:18, deck:baseDeck(), response:null, decision:null, phaseOpening:null});
+  game.coalitionState = emptyCoalitionState();
+  game = send(game, 'e', {type:'alliance', target:'a'});
+  game = send(game, 'a', {type:'alliance', target:'e'});
+  Object.assign(game, {phase:4, nexus:false, ready:[]});
+  for (const seat of game.players) {
+    seat.forces = {}; seat.reserves = 20; seat.tanks = 0; seat.spice = 10;
+    seat.hand = []; seat.traitors = []; seat.traitorChoices = [];
+  }
+  player(game, 'a').reserves = 18;
+  player(game, 'a').tanks = 2;
+  assert.equal(viewGame(game, 'e').coalitionEmperor, null);
+  game = passResponses(send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', amount:2}));
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').spice, 12);
+  game = passResponses(send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', amount:2, elite:0}));
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 4);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'a').tanks, 0);
+  assert.equal(game.emperorExtra.a, 2);
+  conserved(game);
+});
+
+void test('the staged three-member Emperor benefit is unavailable in Advanced play', () => {
+  const {game} = fixture();
+  game.advanced = true;
+  assert.equal(viewGame(game, 'e').coalitionEmperor, null);
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'a', amount:1});
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorRevival', target:'h', amount:1, elite:0});
+});
+
+void test('group Emperor aid projects and respects spice committed to its own leading bid', () => {
+  let {game} = fixture(2);
+  Object.assign(game, {active:null, ready:[]});
+  for (const seat of game.players) game = send(game, seat.id, {type:'ready'});
+  assert.equal(game.phase, 3);
+  game = passResponses(game);
+  assert.equal(game.auction?.active, 'e');
+  game = send(game, 'e', {type:'bid', amount:6, allyPayment:0});
+  assert.equal(game.auction?.bidder, 'e');
+  assert.equal(viewGame(game, 'e').coalitionEmperor?.availableSpice, 4);
+  reject(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'h', amount:5});
+  const pending = send(game, 'e', {type:'emperorGift', target:'h', amount:4});
+  assert.equal(pending.response?.recipient, 'h');
+  game = passResponses(pending);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'e').spice, 6);
+  assert.equal(player(game, 'h').spice, 14);
+  assert.equal(game.auction?.bidder, 'e');
+  assert.equal(game.auction?.bid, 6);
+  assert.equal(viewGame(game, 'e').coalitionEmperor?.availableSpice, 0);
+});