Prototype unlimited alliance variant

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Staged unlimited alliances — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.** An explicit
+`coalitionState.variant` of `unlimited` permits up to six faction members;
+absence preserves the existing three-member prototype. Real staged actions
+cover four-member unanimous admission, three-donor funding, departure and
+rejoining, a three-stronghold win, Emperor aid, bot admission and actual table
+controls. Membership and selected faction helper cases cover up to six seats.
+Fourteen related files pass 120 cases, with an additional pair-target case;
+typecheck, lint and the production build pass. Live commitments, other profiles,
+full interactions and lobby entry remain unfinished.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#unlimited-alliance-prototype--29-october-2026).
+
 **Basic Kull, Richese and mixed current-lot Truthtrance — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Mixed current-fact and ordinary-bid questions can continue through supported
 Kull and Semuta responses. Special-cache questions, other structured
@@ -293,8 +304,8 @@ Connected staged Nexus and shipment controls model unanimous consent, explicit
 donor allocations and edge-bound pledge authorizations. The engine issues and
 revokes those authorizations and refunds escrow; special auctions and transport
 still require integration.
-The separate printed unlimited-size / three-stronghold variant remains missing;
-the current group model deliberately caps membership at three. The combined
+The later staged unlimited prototype above supersedes this earlier three-seat
+limit; normal lobby access and full interactions remain unfinished. The combined
 earlier batch passed 189 cases; the shipment batch passed 58 cases. The latest
 focused funding, Nexus, shipment and Truthtrance union passed 61 cases.