Compose paired Nexus with original Tech and Stronghold modules

game/engine.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { classicNexusModulesProfile } from './nexus-module-profile';
+import { classicNexusModulesProfile, pairedNexusModulesProfile } from './nexus-module-profile';
 import { nativeFactionTechProfile } from './faction-module-profile';
 import { advancedMoritaniLeaderSkillsProfile, advancedNativeLeaderSkillsProfile, classicTechLeaderSkillsProfile, nativeExpansionLeaderSkillsProfile, nativeTechLeaderSkillsProfile, ordinaryLeaderSkillModeSupported, strongholdLeaderSkillsProfile } from './leader-skill-profile';
 import { bribeTimingBlock, maximumBribe, type BribeOptions } from './bribe-options';
@@ -9198,8 +9198,9 @@ export function initializePairedNexusGameForAudit(state: Game): Game {
       state.players.some(player => player.faction === 'tleilaxu'))),
     'The paired Nexus sample requires both selected expansion factions and their deck.');
   requireRule(!!state.nexusCards && state.nexusCards.cards === null && state.nexusCards.phase === null &&
-    !state.homeworlds && !state.leaderSkills && !state.discoveryEnabled && !state.ecazTreachery,
-    'Enable only Nexus Cards in a fresh paired expansion lobby.');
+    !state.homeworlds && !state.leaderSkills && !state.discoveryEnabled && !state.ecazTreachery &&
+    ((!state.techTokens && !state.strongholdCards) || pairedNexusModulesProfile(state)),
+    'Enable Nexus Cards with only supported unused paired E1/E2 Tech or Advanced Stronghold components.');
   return initializeSetupGameForAudit(state, false, true, false, false, false, false, true);
 }
 
@@ -9432,7 +9433,7 @@ function initializeSetupGameForAudit(state: Game, homeworlds: boolean, nexus = f
   const skillStronghold = leaderSkills && strongholdLeaderSkillsProfile(g);
   const skillTech = leaderSkills && (classicTechLeaderSkillsProfile(g) || nativeTechLeaderSkillsProfile(g) || skillStronghold);
   const nativeTech = factions && !leaderSkills && nativeFactionTechProfile(g);
-  const nexusModules = nexus && classicNexusModulesProfile(g);
+  const nexusModules = nexus && (classicNexusModulesProfile(g) || pairedNexusModulesProfile(g));
   requireRule(!g.techTokens || ((skillTech || nativeTech || nexusModules) &&
     JSON.stringify(g.techTokens) === JSON.stringify(createTechTokens())),
   'Tech Tokens require a fresh supported three-through-six-seat lobby with unused tokens.');

game/nexus-module-profile.ts

@@ -23,3 +23,33 @@ export function classicNexusModulesProfile(game: FactionModuleProfile): boolean
   }
   return true;
 }
+
+/** Both original natives in one E1 or E2 family; mixed decks/families stay separate. */
+export function pairedNexusModulesProfile(game: FactionModuleProfile): boolean {
+  if (typeof game.advanced !== 'boolean' || !game.nexusCards ||
+    (!game.techTokens && !game.strongholdCards) || game.expansions.length !== 1 ||
+    game.players.length < 2 || game.players.length > 6 ||
+    (game.techTokens && game.players.length < 3) ||
+    (game.strongholdCards && !game.advanced) || game.leaderSkills || game.homeworlds ||
+    game.discoveryEnabled || game.discoveries || game.discoveryStash || game.greatMaker ||
+    game.ecazTreachery || game.semutaPreview || game.advancedPreview ||
+    game.kullPreview || game.nexusKullPreview || game.guildBetrayalPreview ||
+    game.richeseBetrayalPreview || game.nexusIxianReplacementPreview ||
+    game.nexusIxianBetrayalPreview || game.nexusHarkonnenBetrayalPreview) return false;
+  const expansion = game.expansions[0];
+  if (expansion !== 'ix' && expansion !== 'choam') return false;
+  const primary = expansion === 'ix' ? 'ixians' : 'choam';
+  const secondary = expansion === 'ix' ? 'tleilaxu' : 'richese';
+  let hasPrimary = false, hasSecondary = false;
+  for (let i = 0; i < game.players.length; i++) {
+    const player = game.players[i];
+    for (let j = 0; j < i; j++) if (player.faction === game.players[j].faction) return false;
+    let family: string | undefined;
+    for (const faction of FACTIONS)
+      if (faction.id === player.faction) { family = faction.expansion; break; }
+    if (family !== 'base' && family !== expansion) return false;
+    if (player.faction === primary) hasPrimary = true;
+    if (player.faction === secondary) hasSecondary = true;
+  }
+  return hasPrimary && hasSecondary;
+}

game/reference.ts

@@ -4366,6 +4366,7 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       'Entering any alliance discards your held Nexus Card, including alliances made through an Ambassador or Terror token. An offer that has not been accepted does not discard it.',
       'Use Cunning for your own faction, Betrayal when another player controls the printed faction, and Secret Ally when that faction is absent. Used cards go to the separate Nexus discard pile. Each printed effect has its own timing.',
       'Fresh local classic Nexus tables may preserve original Tech Tokens in Basic/Advanced three-through-six-seat lobbies and/or Stronghold Cards in Advanced two-through-six-seat lobbies; selecting both requires three or more. Original base33/all12 setup, closing Nexus deals, first-Storm Tech and actual end-Mentat Stronghold custody remain. Skills, Homeworlds in this composition, native expansions, unrelated previews, public starts and saved-game conversion stay separate.',
+      'The same fresh local Nexus entry also composes Tech and/or Advanced Strongholds with paired Ixians + Tleilaxu OR CHOAM + Richese and classic opponents, one original family deck and no Skills. Tech needs three through six seats; Strongholds needs two through six Advanced seats. Real closing draws, native typed forces, physical Face Dancers and No-Fields, original payments/rewards and held effects remain. Mixed families, E3, Homeworlds, unrelated previews, public starts and unresolved rulings are not opened.',
       'Atreides Cunning adds a second, different opposing plan element after the first native answer. Both remain binding. Use it in your own battle before sealing your plan; Karama may cancel the extra attempt while preserving the first disclosure.',
       'With Atreides absent, Secret Ally inspects one opposing element in your battle. A sealed plan supplies only that selected answer automatically. Otherwise the opponent chooses an answer that permits a legal plan. Other players receive no private answer.',
       'The No-Field restriction names Atreides, so Cunning cannot inspect that dial. A non-Atreides Secret Ally holder may request it without learning the token denomination or other plan elements.',
@@ -4401,7 +4402,7 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
       'Fremen Betrayal has two bounded advance-declaration alternatives for an unallied holder in a classic Nexus table. Before the first Spice Blow or worm appearance, spend the physical card to prevent Fremen ordinary and Cunning worm rides for the turn; worm survival, destruction and Nexus still resolve. This clean timing is a product boundary, not an official post-appearance priority ruling. Instead, before Fremen move during Shipment and Movement, spend it to suppress their native two-territory advantage for that turn while ordinary movement and independent ornithopters remain. Only one alternative can be used even if the card is recycled later that turn. Owner controls show the currently available choice; combined modules and reactive post-worm timing remain gated.',
       'When Ecaz is absent, an unallied holder may spend its Nexus card at a quiet play boundary to ask whether any one player, including themself, holds one of the holder’s native faction leaders as an ordinary Traitor Card. The owner receives a private yes/no answer saved at the moment of use; no name or count is disclosed. Dead or captured native leaders count, but foreign Gholas, Duke Vidal, Cheap Hero and Face Dancers do not. Native-leader scope and private-only audience are explicit product interpretations, not publisher rulings; exceptional controlled-leader and public-disclosure combinations remain open.',
       'When Richese is absent, its Secret Ally replaces your ordinary reserve shipment with up to five physical forces charged as one. Select the explicit shipment checkbox; forces, elite identity, destination restrictions, Homeworld reserve sources and normal movement remain unchanged. Fremen remain free within their normal reinforcement range; Guild and an active Karama rate retain their existing tariff and payment routing. This is not a concealed No-Field or an extra shipment.',
-      'Native Richese Cunning has a bounded two-No-Field shipment in genuine Richese/CHOAM Nexus games without other optional modules. Choose distinct unused tokens: one reveals immediately into reserve-capped public forces, the other remains concealed; pay for one marker and spend the Nexus. The previous shipment token cannot be either selection; the concealed token becomes next last-used. Karama or Guild special prevention preserves physical tokens and unpaid spice, with the ordinary stopped-shipment allowance policy. Other module combinations and the full faceup-component display remain gated.',
+      'Native Richese Cunning has a bounded two-No-Field shipment in genuine Richese/CHOAM Nexus games, including the supported fresh Tech/Advanced Stronghold composition without Skills. Choose distinct unused tokens: one reveals immediately into reserve-capped public forces, the other remains concealed; pay for one marker and spend the Nexus. The previous shipment token cannot be either selection; the concealed token becomes next last-used. Karama or Guild special prevention preserves physical tokens and unpaid spice, with the ordinary stopped-shipment allowance policy. An accepted off-planet pair accrues Heighliners once, collected only at phase end. Other module combinations and the full faceup-component display remain gated.',
       'Richese Betrayal has a separate opt-in auction preview. Before payment, an unallied rival may spend its physical Richese Nexus card to discard a public self-cache win without any purchase debit, or redirect another buyer’s cache/Black Market payment to the bank while preserving delivery and earned bonus. Every publicly possible holder acknowledges the same opportunity; private Use eligibility cannot determine public timing. Normal hidden self-purchases and private special-Karama acquisitions are not connected. See the dedicated guide for its existing local runtime/browser evidence and remaining release gates; that evidence does not verify Nexus Kull.',
       'Guild Cunning is declared when finishing your ordinary Shipment and Movement turn. It spends the Nexus and opens one Karama response. Allowance grants a second native shipment at normal Guild prices, including supported cross-shipment, return and Homeworld routes. Cancellation leaves the completed first turn intact. Only an unused Hajr move can follow the second shipment; no ordinary movement or third move is granted. The physical Ornithopter card combination remains unavailable. The separate guild-betrayal profile admits only original native shipment producers and explicitly blocks this second-shipment offer before Nexus spending; Cunning outside that profile is unchanged.',
       'With Guild absent, its Secret Ally is an explicit optional source for one ordinary shipment at Guild prices. It supports physical reserve shipment, cross-shipment and return to abstract reserves, plus half-price independently legal world-to-world shipment. Fremen may retain free reinforcement or choose the paid card route beyond its normal range, outside the storm. Native faction, typed sources and normal movement stay unchanged. Homeworld reserve return awaits a ruling; arbitrary foreign-world transport and concealed No-Fields are not granted.',
@@ -4412,11 +4413,11 @@ export const RULE_TOPICS: RuleTopic[] = [
     ],
     related: ['ecaz-modules', 'spice-blow', 'alliance-funding', 'choam-worthless', 'choam-kull', 'nexus-choam-kull', 'nexus-richese-betrayal', 'nexus-guild-betrayal', 'nexus-ixian-replacement', 'nexus-ixian-betrayal'],
     checklist: [
-      { area: 'Implementation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Physical lifecycle, Atreides inspections, Harkonnen exchanges/declarations, Face Dancers, Suboids, advisors, native Voice, Emperor Sardaukar and Betrayal, bounded Fremen revival/Cunning, CHOAM effects, Moritani Cunning/Betrayal, Ecaz Betrayal, native Duke Cunning and private Secret Ally inquiry, Richese shipment and bounded auction Betrayal, and bounded Emperor bank-auction purchase are integrated. Ecaz Cunning transfers the existing Duke at a quiet Battle boundary with a real card and distinct turn-end expiry. Ecaz inquiry scope/audience and Emperor purchase timing are provisional. Borrowed Voice, exceptional Duke custody, other reactions, Tleilaxu revival, Fremen worm protection and combined Cunning interactions remain unfinished.', evidence: ['game/nexus-cards.ts', 'game/nexus-card-phase.ts', 'game/nexus-traitor-exchange.ts', 'game/traitor-declarations.ts', 'game/nexus-face-dancers.ts', 'game/nexus-suboids.ts', 'game/nexus-advisors.ts', 'game/nexus-sardaukar-options.ts', 'game/nexus-fremen-revival.ts', 'game/nexus-fremen-cunning.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-inquiry.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-duke.ts', 'game/duke-vidal.ts', 'game/nexus-emperor-secret-ally.ts', 'game/choam-power-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-richese-options.ts', 'game/nexus-richese-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-guild-cunning-options.ts', 'game/nexus-guild-secret-ally-options.ts', 'game/engine.ts'] },
+      { area: 'Implementation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Physical lifecycle, Atreides inspections, Harkonnen exchanges/declarations, Face Dancers, Suboids, advisors, native Voice, Emperor Sardaukar and Betrayal, bounded Fremen revival/Cunning, CHOAM effects, Moritani Cunning/Betrayal, Ecaz Betrayal, native Duke Cunning and private Secret Ally inquiry, Richese shipment and bounded auction Betrayal, and bounded Emperor bank-auction purchase are integrated. Ecaz Cunning transfers the existing Duke at a quiet Battle boundary with a real card and distinct turn-end expiry. Ecaz inquiry scope/audience and Emperor purchase timing are provisional. Borrowed Voice, exceptional Duke custody, other reactions, Tleilaxu revival, Fremen worm protection and combined Cunning interactions remain unfinished.', evidence: ['game/nexus-cards.ts', 'game/nexus-card-phase.ts', 'game/nexus-traitor-exchange.ts', 'game/traitor-declarations.ts', 'game/nexus-face-dancers.ts', 'game/nexus-suboids.ts', 'game/nexus-advisors.ts', 'game/nexus-sardaukar-options.ts', 'game/nexus-fremen-revival.ts', 'game/nexus-fremen-cunning.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-inquiry.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-duke.ts', 'game/duke-vidal.ts', 'game/nexus-emperor-secret-ally.ts', 'game/choam-power-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-richese-options.ts', 'game/nexus-richese-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-guild-cunning-options.ts', 'game/nexus-guild-secret-ally-options.ts', 'game/nexus-module-profile.ts', 'game/engine.ts'] },
       { area: 'Player controls', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Private lifecycle, inspections, exchanges, Tleilaxu refresh, Ixian activation, advisor selection, temporary Sardaukar and CHOAM effects, Moritani Betrayal, Ecaz Betrayal and owner-only Secret Ally inquiry, native Duke Cunning, Richese shipment and bounded auction Betrayal, Emperor purchase and Fremen Cunning controls are connected. Remaining effect controls are unfinished.', evidence: ['components/nexus-cards.tsx', 'components/nexus-traitors.tsx', 'components/nexus-tleilaxu.tsx', 'components/nexus-suboids.tsx', 'components/nexus-advisors.tsx', 'components/nexus-sardaukar.tsx', 'components/choam-power-cost.tsx', 'components/moritani-terror.tsx', 'components/nexus-moritani-betrayal.tsx', 'components/nexus-ecaz-betrayal.tsx', 'components/nexus-ecaz-inquiry.tsx', 'components/nexus-ecaz-duke.tsx', 'components/nexus-richese-betrayal.tsx', 'components/game-table.tsx'] },
       { area: 'AI', status: 'Partial', detail: 'All four profiles choose legal actions through private offers, including Moritani/Ecaz Betrayal, Ecaz Secret Ally inquiry and native Duke Cunning, Fremen Cunning, Emperor purchase and bounded Richese auction Betrayal. Complete module strategy and calibration remain unfinished.', evidence: ['game/nexus-card-options.ts', 'game/nexus-traitor-options.ts', 'game/nexus-tleilaxu-options.ts', 'game/nexus-suboid-options.ts', 'game/nexus-advisor-options.ts', 'game/nexus-sardaukar-options.ts', 'game/choam-power-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-options.ts', 'game/nexus-moritani-betrayal-options.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-betrayal-options.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-inquiry-options.ts', 'game/nexus-ecaz-duke-options.ts', 'game/nexus-richese-options.ts', 'game/bot-nexus-richese-betrayal.ts', 'game/nexus-guild-cunning-options.ts', 'game/bots.ts'] },
       { area: 'Documentation', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Common rules, twelve printed faces and bounded runtime contracts retain explicit unresolved Ecaz Duke capture/Tanks/Ghola and inquiry audience/scope, Fremen nested Cunning, Great Maker, combined modules, fresh advisors, storm and borrowed Voice. Richese auction Betrayal has a separate cost/prepayment/privacy contract and excluded-producer boundaries. Guild Betrayal separately records full funded payment, own pre-funding, donor escrow once, the printed full-Junction override, four native adapters and neutral privacy; ordinary occupation/rounding and general response-priority questions remain unresolved.', evidence: ['docs/NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_ATREIDES_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_HARKONNEN_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_TLEILAXU_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_IXIAN_CUNNING_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_CUNNING_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_BENE_GESSERIT_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_ADVISOR_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_SARDAUKAR_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_FREMEN_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_CHOAM_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_CHOAM_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_MORITANI_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_MORITANI_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_RICHESE_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_RICHESE_RULES.md', 'docs/NEXUS_GUILD_CUNNING_RUNTIME.md', 'docs/NEXUS_GUILD_RULES.md'] },
-      { area: 'Verification', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Physical custody, commitments, controls, legal bots, Basic/Advanced and in-memory SQLite recovery regressions include native Ecaz Duke override and private Secret Ally inquiry. A read-only local browser fixture showed the owner-only Duke choice and no rival offer; no room was written. Bounded Richese auction Betrayal additionally has local CLI/runtime, authenticated SQLite and refreshed phone Use/Pass evidence in owned disposable rooms. New Guild Betrayal verification is separately Planned pending frozen direct evidence; these earlier results do not certify it. Full module games, exceptional Duke custody, combined interactions and deployed acceptance remain separate.', evidence: ['tests/nexus-cards.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-card-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-summon.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-summon-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal-quotes.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-inquiry.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-quote.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-traitor-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-face-dancer-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-suboids-engine.test.ts', 'tests/normal-free-support.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-suboid-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-advisor-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-advisor-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-sardaukar-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-sardaukar-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-choam-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-choam-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-betrayal.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-betrayal-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-betrayal-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-guild-cunning-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-guild-cunning-bots.test.ts'] },
+      { area: 'Verification', status: 'Partial', detail: 'Physical custody, commitments, controls, legal bots, Basic/Advanced and in-memory SQLite recovery regressions include native Ecaz Duke override and private Secret Ally inquiry. A read-only local browser fixture showed the owner-only Duke choice and no rival offer; no room was written. Bounded Richese auction Betrayal additionally has local CLI/runtime, authenticated SQLite and refreshed phone Use/Pass evidence in owned disposable rooms. New Guild Betrayal verification is separately Planned pending frozen direct evidence; these earlier results do not certify it. Fresh classic and paired E1/E2 Tech/Stronghold compositions have bounded runtime cases, genuine games and original CLI/phone evidence. Full module games, exceptional Duke custody, combined interactions and deployed acceptance remain separate.', evidence: ['tests/nexus-cards.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-card-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-summon.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-fremen-cunning-summon-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal-quotes.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-betrayal-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-inquiry.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-quote.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-traitor-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-face-dancer-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-suboids-engine.test.ts', 'tests/normal-free-support.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-suboid-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-advisor-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-advisor-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-sardaukar-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-sardaukar-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-choam-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-choam-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-moritani-betrayal.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-betrayal-engine.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-richese-betrayal-recovery.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-guild-cunning-controls.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-guild-cunning-bots.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-module-payments-runtime.test.ts', 'tests/nexus-module-battles-runtime.test.ts', 'tests/paired-ix-nexus-modules-runtime.test.ts', 'tests/paired-choam-nexus-modules-runtime.test.ts'] },
     ],
   },
   {