Connect original Duke capture and Ecaz Nexus liberation

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ optional skill bands, combinations and public expansion starts remain open.
 Rules implementation continues; comprehensive assurance and administration
 remain deferred until all rules are implemented.
 
+**Original captured Duke and legal Ghola composition — 14 October.**
+Standalone Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus now connects the actual Advanced
+Harkonnen lottery, including the surviving just-used losing Duke, Keep/Execute,
+captive use/all-native-dead returns and Cunning liberation of the same disc.
+Capture priority and return destinations are labelled provisional; native
+secret capture/execution remains private. Actual Ecaz Ghola returns Duke
+set aside before separate Cunning; foreign-Ghola revival stays forbidden.
+Related13-file union127/127, types/lint/build pass. Actual390px controls retain,
+liberate, select Duke6 and resolve once into Collection; used Execute pays2.
+Real Ghola then separate Cunning retains death history and no ordinary slot.
+Thirteen actual API scenarios also pass, including Cunning after both
+retention/execution variants, original captive returns and unused expiry.
+No overflow/errors or saved/deployed room touched. Obsolete SSR/wiring/wording
+pins are removed, not re-pinned. Broader Skills/paired/timing, assurance,
+calibration and publication remain open; existing build warnings remain.
+[Current source, return policy and proof](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+
 **Emperor original native bank purchase — 14 October.** Normal bank retention
 now uses original native Nexus roster/module profiles and their own canonical
 optional envelopes, preserving exact prior classic admission. Uniform public

docs/DUKE_VIDAL_RULES.md

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ The [base Harkonnen capture rules, p. 17](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-c
 | Combination                                         | Evidence boundary and safe implementation scope                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | Moritani acquisition from captured or ghola custody | Ecaz’s Ambassador explicitly excludes both; Moritani’s acquisition excludes only Tanks and says to take Duke from any controller. Do not silently copy the Ecaz exclusions as a confirmed Moritani rule. The interaction with concealed capture and the apparent ghola restriction needs an explicit supported policy. |
-| Duke used in a lost battle against Harkonnen        | One-battle tenure and postbattle capture both apply. No retrieved Duke-specific text orders release versus selection into the capture pool. Removing him first changes the random pool; keeping him first can change custody. Gate this combination until resolved rather than choosing by handler order.              |
-| Returning a captured Duke                           | Native identity is Ecaz, but temporary prior custody may be Moritani or a loaned ally. Base capture return plus Duke’s special acquisition restrictions do not explicitly settle active-control versus set-aside destination in every combination. Preserve prior custody rather than discarding that information.     |
+| Duke used in a lost battle against Harkonnen | Original standalone Ecaz/no-Skills Nexus now retains the eligible surviving disc in the real capture pool through a validated release witness. This capture-before-final-return composition is provisional; see the current follow-up below. |
+| Returning a captured Duke | Current provisional policy restores an unused valid prior tenure on native early return; used/dead/expired tenure is set aside. Nexus liberation clears captivity rather than restoring the captor later. Broader captured Moritani acquisition remains unresolved. |
 | Loan to the new Ecaz ally | Basic has an optional same-disc first version after accepted Ambassador alliance consent. The authorized supplied Advanced PDF, physical p30 Ecaz A, instead adds an available Duke automatically after consent and sets an unused disc aside at turn end; that path is now connected without another acknowledgement. One-battle release is still provisional. Capture and alliance-break interactions remain for refinement. |
 | Ecaz co-occupied battles                            | Ecaz’s Occupy rules distinguish participating forces from the faction chosen to fight. Duke eligibility excludes battles involving Ecaz, but no direct combined example decides every Ecaz-ally designation case. Ordinary faction-pair battle lists alone do not certify the full Occupy interaction.                 |
 | Revival alternatives                                | Ecaz’s Tleilaxu Ambassador effect and sharing an Ambassador benefit may interact with the absolute Ecaz-only restriction. No retrieved specific exception permits another faction to revive Duke. Keep that restriction unless a primary clarification establishes otherwise.                                          |
@@ -76,3 +76,32 @@ accounting, ordinary slot and one physical death history remain separate from
 the Ghola card's free return. Native first-cohort five-in-Tanks eligibility is
 supported; repeated six-disc cycles and exceptional custody stay guarded.
 See [Ecaz revival](ECAZ_REVIVAL_RULES.md#selected-product-interpretation-28-september-2026).
+
+## Original capture and legal Ghola composition — 14 October 2026
+
+The standalone Ecaz/classic Nexus envelope without Skills now includes
+original Advanced Harkonnen capture, Keep/Execute, captive battle use and
+all-native-Harkonnen-dead return for the separate disc. This supersedes the
+historical blanket exclusion above only within that already admitted profile.
+The original Ambassador acquisition and Ecaz-only revival use the same scope;
+paired Moritani/Harkonnen, shared-disc training and unrelated combinations
+are not opened.
+
+The original capture pool retains a surviving just-used losing Duke through
+a validated battle-release witness. Prior tenure is retained underneath
+captivity; private selection/execution remains concealed from unrelated seats.
+Execution pays two spice, records at least two deaths and returns the dead
+disc to Ecaz's Tanks. A real public use/return, Nexus liberation or revival
+clears the private snapshot rather than exposing server-only custody fields.
+
+The selected **provisional** native return policy restores only unused,
+unexpired prior control; otherwise the disc is set aside. Actual Nexus
+liberation removes captivity permanently and ends after one battle or the
+turn, never returning Duke to the old captor. This is a recommended product
+composition, not an inspected publisher priority/return ruling.
+
+Ecaz's actual Ghola returns Duke alive and set aside, without ordinary slot
+use; separate Cunning can then acquire him. Only Ecaz revives him: no
+Tleilaxu-owned foreign Ghola is manufactured. Native identity, strength6,
+five-disc faction rosters, absent Traitor card and death history remain.
+[Current controls, verification and remaining gates](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).

docs/ECAZ_DUKE_ACQUISITION.md

@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ Integrated 7 September 2026. Ecaz can now choose **Acquire Duke Vidal for Ecaz**
 
 The direct acquisition and tenure follow the publisher’s [Ecaz & Moritani rules, pp.7–9](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/EcazMoritani-Rulebook-LOWRES.pdf). Fresh indexed publisher retrieval rechecked eligibility outside Tanks, captured or ghola custody. The prior [Duke source audit](DUKE_VIDAL_RULES.md) and [remaining effects readiness review](ECAZ_REMAINING_EFFECTS_READINESS.md) record the separate unresolved combinations. This implements the direct self-acquisition choice; it does not certify the token’s alliance and loan alternatives, full Ecaz or a complete expansion game.
 
+## Original standalone Advanced Harkonnen follow-up — 14 October 2026
+
+The already admitted standalone Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus envelope now
+supports the original available-living Duke acquisition with Harkonnen.
+Captured, Ghola and dead discs remain unavailable to the Ambassador itself.
+Subsequent real Battle capture/return and independent Nexus liberation are
+connected without creating a sixth native leader or Traitor card. Their
+priority/return composition is explicitly provisional; broader roster/Skills
+guards remain. This supersedes only that envelope's blanket Advanced-Harkonnen
+exclusion in the historical checkpoint below.
+[Current native controls and verification](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+
 ## Basic new-ally loan first version — 8 October 2026
 
 After the reusable Ambassador alliance is accepted in Basic, Ecaz receives a

docs/ECAZ_REVIVAL_RULES.md

@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@ available, without making a repeated six-disc algorithm up. Captured, Ghola
 or concealed shared-disc custody and Advanced Harkonnen combinations retain
 their existing uniform boundary.
 
+## Captured return and legal Ghola composition — 14 October 2026
+
+The original standalone Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus envelope now admits
+Advanced Harkonnen. A real executed captive Duke returns dead to Ecaz's
+Tanks with at least two deaths; only the exact validated returned-dead
+private capture snapshot is accepted, not arbitrary concealed live custody.
+Normal Ecaz-only revival and a separate actual Cunning can use that returned
+disc under their own original costs and allowances.
+
+Actual Ecaz Ghola returns the same Duke alive and set aside, preserves deaths,
+clears prior use and spends no ordinary leader slot. A separate quiet Cunning
+can acquire it. Tleilaxu foreign-Ghola revival remains expressly forbidden;
+no foreign custody is staged to pretend that the printed exceptional source
+has a legal producer. Repeated six-disc cycles, shared training and broader
+roster/optional combinations remain separate. This supersedes only the
+historical blanket captured-return/Advanced-Harkonnen boundary in that scope.
+[Actual native and 390px proof](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+
 ## Explicit expansion rules
 
 Ecaz may revive Duke for **5 spice regardless of how many leaders are dead**. Its ordinary leaders become revivable with **five leaders in the Tanks, including Duke**. The clarification expressly permits this while Ecaz still holds one living leader, regardless of which leader that is. Only Ecaz may revive Duke, including through the Ghola Treachery Card. [GF9 Ecaz & Moritani, printed pp. 8–9](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/EcazMoritani-Rulebook-LOWRES.pdf)

docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 # Dune implementation status
 
+## 14 October 2026 — Original captured Duke and legal Ecaz Ghola composition
+
+Connected the existing standalone Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus profile to
+Advanced Harkonnen's real capture lottery, including an eligible surviving
+just-used losing Duke across one-battle release. Keep preserves prior tenure;
+Execute pays original two spice and returns the same dead disc to Ecaz Tanks
+with at least two deaths. Real captive battle use and all-native-Harkonnen-dead
+return are connected. Original private capture/execution snapshots stay
+server-only; projected custody and private action tokens retain native secrecy.
+
+Actual Cunning liberates the shared captive or returns the Tanked disc,
+spending one physical Nexus without spice, forces or ordinary revival slot.
+Provisional return policy removes captivity permanently, then sets aside on
+one-battle use or unused turn expiry. Original early captive return restores
+only unused valid prior tenure. Capture ordering/return are recommended
+product composition, not newly retrieved publisher or numerical user rulings.
+
+Binding Ecaz-only revival remains. Actual Ecaz Ghola returns the same Duke
+alive and set aside before a separate Cunning acquisition; no forbidden
+Tleilaxu-owned foreign Ghola is manufactured. Native five-disc rosters, no
+Duke Traitor, strength6 and physical death history remain. No broader paired,
+Skills/training, arbitrary-phase or mode gate is opened.
+
+Frozen related13-file union127/127, types/lint/build pass. Actual production
+GameTable at390px retains a real captive, spends Cunning, seals Duke6 and
+resolves the original battle/inspection suffix into Collection with Duke
+set aside once. Used-captive Execute pays2; actual Ghola controls return
+the dead Duke before separate Cunning. No overflow/browser errors or saved/
+deployed room mutation. Initial smoke assumptions about automatic empty
+Battle closure were corrected with real pending battles, not engine pauses.
+Thirteen actual native API scenarios pass: unused/just-used Keep/Execute
+and subsequent Cunning, liberated battle use, unused expiry, captive use,
+all-five-native-dead return and real Ecaz Ghola then separate Cunning.
+Smoke assertions distinguish original execution bounty from later Collection
+income and choose a genuinely unrelated audience, not the captor.
+Obsolete SSR wording/action-copy, incidental defaults and obsolete blanket
+capture gates are deleted, not re-pinned. Proof receipts remain outside Git;
+existing build warnings remain. Broad assurance, calibration and complete
+combination/deployed/publication acceptance stay open.
+[Canonical current source and evidence](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+
 ## 14 October 2026 — Emperor Nexus original native bank admission
 
 Removed the classic-only prototype bank fence in favor of existing canonical

docs/NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 Original source audit, 10 September 2026, with dated bounded runtime follow-ups below. This document establishes the printed component inventory, source protocol and implementation boundaries; none lifts expansion release gates. The ordinary worm-triggered alliance Nexus already in the engine is distinct from this optional card module.
 
+## Original captured Duke Cunning — 14 October 2026
+
+Standalone Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus now connects the real Advanced
+Harkonnen capture lottery, Keep/Execute, captive use/native-death returns
+and Cunning liberation for the same shared disc. Capture priority and return
+destinations are explicit provisional recommendations. Actual Ecaz Ghola
+returns Duke set aside before separate Cunning; the binding Ecaz-only revival
+rule still forbids a Tleilaxu-owned foreign Ghola. Quiet Battle timing,
+paired Moritani/Harkonnen and shared training gates are not broadened.
+[Source, actual controls and changed-path proof](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+Historical standalone no-Skills Duke exclusions below are superseded only
+within this scope, not for Skills or other guarded combinations.
+
 ## Recommended BG Cunning card exceptions — 14 October 2026
 
 The printed any/all conversion now permits fresh accompanied and storm-bound

docs/NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md

@@ -82,6 +82,59 @@ historical save authenticity. The bounded Duke Cunning path below is separate;
 Secret Ally's exceptional leader scope and audience remain unsettled beyond
 the bounded runtime below.
 
+## Original captured Duke and Ecaz Ghola composition — 14 October 2026
+
+The existing standalone Ecaz/classic, no-Skills Nexus envelope now connects
+Advanced Harkonnen's actual postbattle lottery to the one shared Duke. This
+does not open paired Moritani/Harkonnen or shared-Duke training. The original
+Ecaz Ambassador can first acquire an available living Duke in that envelope;
+it still cannot take a captive or Ghola.
+
+The lottery includes an eligible unused Duke and a surviving Duke just used
+in the losing battle. A validated battle witness preserves that candidate
+across the original one-battle release. **This ordering is provisional
+composition**, not a publisher-specific priority ruling. Keeping the captive
+overlays its prior tenure rather than duplicating a disc or native roster.
+Execution pays the original two spice and returns the dead disc to Ecaz's
+Tanks with at least two deaths. Original secret capture/execution visibility
+remains; the retained underlay snapshot is server-only, not a projected field
+or a private-offer token leak.
+
+At the existing quiet Battle boundary, actual Cunning liberates a captured
+living Duke or revives the returned Tanked disc. The physical Nexus is spent
+once, without spice, forces or an ordinary leader-revival allowance. The
+**provisional return policy** clears captivity permanently: one battle or
+unused turn expiry sets Nexus custody aside, never back to the captor.
+Original captive use likewise releases the disc; when all native Harkonnen
+leaders die, an unused, still-valid prior tenure is restored, otherwise it
+is set aside. A living already-used disc gains no fresh same-turn use.
+
+Only Ecaz may revive Duke, including with the actual Ghola Treachery Card.
+The native Ghola returns that same disc alive and set aside, retaining deaths
+and clearing prior use; a separate actual Cunning may then acquire it.
+**No foreign-Ghola Duke is produced or admitted.** This legal composition does
+not claim implementation of a forbidden Tleilaxu-owned Ghola source.
+
+The frozen thirteen-file related union passes **127/127**, with types, lint
+and production build. Actual production GameTable controls at **390px** retain
+the captive, spend Cunning, select Duke6, resolve a real battle and release
+once into Collection; a separate used-captive execution pays two spice.
+Actual Ghola controls return the dead Duke before a separate Nexus spend.
+No horizontal overflow or browser errors were observed. These are isolated
+in-memory paths, not saved-room, deployed, full-combination or recovery
+acceptance. Existing build warnings remain; broad assurance stays deferred.
+Thirteen additional actual native API scenarios pass: unused/just-used
+Keep and Execute, Cunning after each, liberated battle use, unused turn
+expiry, captive use, all-five-native-dead return and actual Ecaz Ghola
+then separate Cunning. They verify original action costs separately from
+later Collection, one identity, no native/Traitor duplication and actual
+returned-dead privacy. Proof JSON remains outside Git.
+See [native scenario regressions](../tests/nexus-duke-capture-runtime.test.ts),
+[custody transitions](../tests/duke-captured-custody.test.ts) and
+[receipt/privacy boundaries](../tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-captured.test.ts).
+The older checkpoints below retain their historical scope; their capture
+and standalone no-Skills Advanced-Harkonnen exclusions are superseded here.
+
 ## Bounded native Cunning: Duke Vidal
 
 When Ecaz and Moritani are both seated in a three-to-six-player Basic or
@@ -176,9 +229,10 @@ of the Tanks follow-up:
 genuine Ecaz/Moritani setup, physical draw/spend, Basic and Advanced transfer,
 ordinary leader projection, actual end-turn expiry, blocked custody,
 Advanced-Harkonnen rejection, stale commands and historical integrity.
-[Owner/bot controls](../tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-controls.test.ts) and
-[in-memory SQLite recovery](../tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-recovery.test.ts) cover
-private availability, four legal AI profiles, restart and competing writes.
+The historical [in-memory SQLite recovery](../tests/nexus-ecaz-duke-recovery.test.ts)
+records restart and competing-write coverage. The old SSR wording/action-copy
+control test has been removed, not re-pinned; current custody controls are
+proved through the actual GameTable and native engine paths above.
 A local read-only browser fixture displayed the owner action and no rival
 offer; no room was written. The final offline suite passed 5,623 tests across
 712 files; scoped lint, isolated type diagnostics outside the concurrent

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ These decisions do not open public module/faction or complete-mode gates.
 
 These decisions do not open public module/faction or complete-mode gates.
 
+## Recommended shared-Duke capture composition — 14 October 2026
+
+Use original Advanced Harkonnen capture for the existing standalone
+Ecaz/classic no-Skills Nexus profile. Preserve the eligible surviving
+just-used losing Duke in the lottery across temporary one-battle release.
+Retain prior tenure underneath capture; original early return restores it
+only while unused and valid, otherwise sets the disc aside. Nexus liberation
+clears captivity permanently, with one-battle/current-turn tenure and no
+later captor restoration. These ordering/return choices are **provisional
+product composition**, not newly retrieved publisher rulings or numeric
+user decisions.
+
+Keep the binding Ecaz-only revival rule. An actual Ecaz Ghola returns Duke
+alive and set aside; a separate Cunning may claim it. Do not manufacture a
+Tleilaxu-owned foreign-Ghola Duke to exercise an illegal source. Preserve
+original secret capture/execution visibility, two-spice bounty and death
+history. Broader roster/Skills/phase boundaries remain.
+[Source, native lifecycle and verification](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026).
+
 ## Emperor original native bank admission — 14 October 2026
 
 Apply the existing printed retained-price purchase to original normal bank
@@ -653,7 +672,7 @@ These are unresolved in the cited records. Do not infer an answer from elapsed t
 | CHOAM Secret Ally battle timing | The printed after-victory inspection is optional and the Nexus identity stays secret. The connected prototype chooses a uniform use-or-continue window for every winner when Nexus is enabled and CHOAM absent; nonholders pass, while a holder may decide after the result. This privacy-preserving prompt is a product inference, not publisher text. A holder-only pause would reveal custody and a precommitment would remove the printed choice. Ordinary Karama cancellation remains unestablished by retrieved sources; no response is invented. | [After-victory inspection boundary](NEXUS_CHOAM_SECRET_ALLY.md#after-victory-inspection-audit) |
 | Moritani Secret Ally battle timing | The printed after-loss retention is optional and the Nexus card remains secret. The connected prototype offers the same choice to every loser when Moritani is absent and at least one publicly revealed played card is retainable; a loser with no eligible public card has no useful choice, independent of hidden custody. Only an unallied holder may spend the physical card. This prompt is a privacy-preserving product inference, not publisher timing text. Native Moritani alliance retention and its Karama response remain separate; no generic Secret Ally counter is invented. | [Nexus retention boundary](NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md#moritani-secret-ally-retention-timing) |
 | Ecaz Secret Ally traitor inquiry | The printed panel asks one selected player whether they hold any of the holder's leaders as Traitors, without identifying a leader; it specifies neither native-versus-controlled scope nor answer audience. The connected prototype chooses native printed faction leaders (including dead/captured), ordinary Traitor Cards rather than Face Dancers, and a holder-only historical yes/no. This is a privacy-preserving product interpretation, **not** a publisher ruling. Foreign Ghola/captive scope and table-wide disclosure remain release boundaries. | [Ecaz inquiry source and bounded runtime](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#bounded-secret-ally-traitor-inquiry-runtime) |
-| Ecaz native Nexus Cunning timing | The printed Cunning takes Duke for this turn even from capture, Tanks or Ghola, without a phase. The quiet Battle prototype now covers living control or set-aside Tanks. Tanks preserve deaths and reset use under a provisional independent-resurrection policy; this is not a numerical user ruling. Captured/Ghola return destinations and Advanced Harkonnen remain guarded; ordinary Ambassador and paid-revival custody are unchanged. | [Source and bounded runtime](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#bounded-native-cunning-duke-vidal) |
+| Ecaz native Nexus Cunning timing | Printed Cunning takes Duke for this turn even from capture, Tanks or Ghola, without a phase. Quiet Battle remains a product boundary. Original standalone Ecaz/no-Skills Advanced-Harkonnen capture and liberation now use provisional capture-before-final-release and no-captor-restoration policies. Tanks preserve deaths and independently reset use. Actual Ecaz Ghola returns set aside before separate Cunning; foreign-Ghola revival remains forbidden by Ecaz-only permission. Paired/Skills and broader timing stay guarded. | [Current source and bounded runtime](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#original-captured-duke-and-ecaz-ghola-composition--14-october-2026) |
 | Emperor Secret Ally purchase timing | Uniform buyer/committed-beneficiary confirmation prevents a holder-only pause disclosing hidden eligibility; no beneficiary veto. Original classic/native bank admission, Richese cache/Advanced Black Market, Ambassador and joint special Karama keep distinct sources. Uniform timing and seller/direct compositions remain visibly provisional recommendations, not publisher timing rulings. Old bank receipt stays unchanged; strict legacy physical revival never broadens. Full combinations remain open; CHOAM closing sales/trades are not direct purchases. | [Native bank source](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#original-native-bank-auction-admission--14-october-2026), [Ambassador](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#recommended-original-ambassador-purchase--14-october-2026), [seller](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#recommended-richese-seller-unpaid-purchase--14-october-2026), [joint special](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#recommended-joint-richese-special-purchase--14-october-2026) |
 | Discovery prototype inferences | Free entry uses storm order and ordinary source-storm restrictions; these are general-rule inferences. Great Maker currently follows ordinary first-turn worm skipping and Sandtrout suppression; an exhausted token type creates no replacement token. These preserve current source interpretation and physical inventory but are not separately confirmed rulings or complete combined-module certification. | [Interpretations for refinement](DISCOVERY_PROTOTYPE.md#interpretations-retained-for-refinement) |
 | Other Homeworld combinations | Population/force splitting, removal custody, replacement shortages, income accounting and placement ordering remain local to their detailed contracts. | [Homeworld rules](HOMEWORLD_RULES.md), [occupation](HOMEWORLD_OCCUPATION_RULES.md) and the effect documents above |