Support group Guild-rate reserve shipments

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**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
+shipper the remainder or returning an unaffordable shipment unused. Guild's
+own payment goes to the bank; other named payers fund Guild. This staged Basic
+path does not enable group games or special transports. The related eight-file
+batch passes 65 cases; group formation uses actual Nexus actions after a staged
+starting position, with the Karama card transferred from the undealt deck.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-guild-rate-shipments--28-october-2026).
+
 **Basic independent cards: Residual Poison and Semuta — 28 October.
 Prototyped / Partial.** The existing clean pre-leader continuation offers the
 public Poison discard to Semuta while preserving the committed death and the
@@ -45,8 +55,7 @@ allies can pledge separately to a group member, who may use named shares for
 one ordinary Basic shipment; an outside Guild receives the payment and unspent
 pledges return to their donors. The staged table has private pledge and share
 controls. The related eight-file batch passes 48 cases, with real Nexus and
-shipment actions following a staged starting position. Guild-member groups,
-special transports remain
+shipment actions following a staged starting position. Special transports remain
 unsupported; group play is still not exposed in the lobby.
 [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-ordinary-shipment-funding--28-october-2026).
 
@@ -155,8 +164,8 @@ The staged Nexus negotiation is connected; group funding, faction benefits
 and other engine paths still need integration before the option can be offered.
 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, transport
-and Guild-allied rates still require integration.
+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
 earlier batch passed 189 cases; the shipment batch passed 58 cases. The latest

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Optional three-stronghold alliance victory
 
+## Group Guild-rate shipments — 28 October 2026
+
+**Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** Guild and both members
+of its group receive the ordinary rounded Guild reserve-shipment rate. When
+that rate changes the price, the original unpaid Karama response resolves
+before movement or payment. If canceled, the declared donor shares stay fixed
+and the shipper must fund the full-price remainder; otherwise the declaration
+returns unused and a replacement uses the full rate. Each payer's contribution
+is routed individually: Guild's own payment goes to the bank, while other
+payments go to Guild. The table quote and minimal bot use the same group rate.
+
+The [publisher rules, p. 19](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-content/uploads/Dune-Rulebook.pdf)
+grant the Guild rate to its ally; the [FAQ, p. 7](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dune-FAQ-Nov-2020.pdf)
+permits Karama to prevent that rate. Applying the benefit and original split
+to both members of a larger group is a provisional composition. Special
+transports, independent purchased rates, optional modules and full group play
+remain separate; no lobby exposes the group option.
+
 ## Group ordinary-bid funding — 28 October 2026
 
 **Staged Basic prototype, not a selectable game mode.** A group member can
@@ -32,9 +50,9 @@ formation, preserved for surviving edges and revoked on departure, with
 aggregated refunds for removed edges. Controls show only the viewer's own
 outgoing and incoming pledges; bots may continue using their own spice.
 
-This first path is limited to Basic classic-faction staged groups without a
-Guild member, optional modules, Karama shipment pricing or special transport.
-Guild-allied rates, other shipment types, special auctions, and the
+This first path is limited to Basic classic-faction staged groups without
+optional modules, independently purchased Karama shipment pricing or special transport.
+Other shipment types, special auctions, and the
 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.

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Rule decision index
 
+## Group Guild-rate shipments — 28 October 2026
+
+Guild's native rate provisionally applies to each group ally. Karama reprices
+the same donor split and Guild's own contribution goes to the bank.
+[Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-guild-rate-shipments--28-october-2026).
+
 ## Group ordinary-bid funding — 28 October 2026
 
 The unexposed Basic group prototype keeps donor-specific pledges locked while
@@ -10,8 +16,8 @@ and escrow procedure is provisional. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-
 
 The unexposed Basic group prototype uses recipient-specific escrow and
 explicit donor allocations for an ordinary physical shipment. Those online
-controls are provisional; Guild-allied pricing, bidding and other transports
-remain separate. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-ordinary-shipment-funding--28-october-2026).
+controls are provisional; special auctions and other transports remain
+separate. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md#group-ordinary-shipment-funding--28-october-2026).
 
 ## Group Nexus negotiations — 28 October 2026