Connect printed Diplomat defenses and Ecaz Tanked Duke Cunning

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 | Spice Banker battle spending | Secret own-spice commitment is separate from support; only the surviving selected disc gains strength. Core Battle Plan payment rules spend it on death/loss and waive it for a sole traitor-call winner. This payment composition is explicit; upper deferred-income custody remains pending. | [Source contract and prototype](SPICE_BANKER_RUNTIME.md) |
 | Smuggler shipping | Optional free companion is included in the actual total; apply Guild rounding to the reduced priced count. Ordinary Fremen reserves are on planet. The officially permitted owned No-Field plus a separate free force is now prototyped at the unchanged one-marker price. Legacy unstamped ordinary declarations keep their quoted full price. | [Ordinary contract](SMUGGLER_SHIPMENT.md), [No-Field combination](SMUGGLER_NO_FIELD.md) |
 | Sandmaster movement | One optional board spice per distinct entered territory; source-only repositioning earns none. Per-movement Hajr reset is a documented grammatical inference. Canceled moves earn nothing. Native Fremen worm rides and physical Fremen Ambassador relocations collect optionally at the destination before arrival reactions, without an invented intermediate route. Multiple-pile and concealed-relocation collection remain guarded. | [Ground/direct relocation](SANDMASTER_MOVEMENT.md), [worm rides](SANDMASTER_WORM.md) |
-| Diplomat defense | With no actual defense, one physical Worthless card in either Battle Plan slot may copy the opponent's canonical base Shield or Snooper. The same native trained disc may protect itself. The public after-reveal/before-traitor choice and mandatory discard after traitor preemption are documented implementation inferences. Lower retreat and modified or multirole defenses remain guarded. | [Source and connected prototype](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md) |
+| Diplomat defense | A committed Worthless copies the opponent's canonical printed defensive role: base/Ix Shield/Snooper, hybrid, defensive Weirding/Chemistry or sealed Portable. Named combat distinctions remain. Copying the used role, not activation or own-slot prerequisites, is a visibly qualified first version. Reveal-before-traitor timing and mandatory disposal remain implementation interpretations; existing base-only battle windows are not reopened. Late/mirror/numeric modifications remain separate. | [Source and connected prototype](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md) |
 | Bureaucrat payments | Once per phase, optionally divert two from an actual third-party payment of at least five; payer cost is unchanged. Bribes trigger at transfer to the recipient's shield, not later collection. Native income is offered after Karama allowance as an explicit outcome-based inference; split contributions, split recipients and remaining payment families need further integration. | [Source and connected boundary](BUREAUCRAT_PAYMENTS.md) |
 | Mentat question preview | The physical card says to show the card to the questioner, privately; it stays in hand and does not bind a plan. Ask before posture/faction powers. A uniform target response protects held/absent privacy but awaits approval as an exception to skipping forced confirmations; standard activation stays disabled. Empty hands skip with no fabricated answer. | [Source and preview](MENTAT_QUESTION.md) |
 | Leader battle effects | Rihani normal peek and reshuffle precede a separate committed optional draw; ordering is an explicit printed-order inference. Unused excludes actual calls, not mere disclosure. Mentat/Bureaucrat change scores; Sandmaster adds board spice. Multiple piles and Face Dancer composition stay guarded. | [Source contract and prototype](LEADER_BATTLE_EFFECTS.md) |
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ These are unresolved in the cited records. Do not infer an answer from elapsed t
 | Recruits late accounting and rates | A user question has been sent for two free plus one paid Atreides return before Recruits: keep the disputed case gated, or one/two further free returns without refund. No answer is assumed. Late-changing free rates, pending repricing and same-turn recovered-card replay also stay gated. The connected clean-case preview retains the independent seven-force cap after faction-advantage cancellation as an explicit inference, not a direct combined FAQ. | [Source audit](RECRUITS_RULES.md), [runtime scope](RECRUITS_RUNTIME.md) |
 | Sapho remaining timing | First versus unspent Advanced Guild priority, partly completed combined turns, cyclic auction duration and later battle timing stay guarded. The existing pre-plan opportunity supports [early aggressor](SAPHO_AGGRESSOR.md). Prior questions remain unanswered. | [Source audit](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_SOURCE_UPDATE.md), [battle review](JUICE_OF_SAPHO_BATTLE_REVIEW.md) |
 | Semuta Drug | Full-hand exchange is user-approved; neutral all-seat acknowledgements remain the explicit application policy. Other discard producers, nested continuation coverage and full-game acceptance remain unfinished. | [Source update and selected exchange](SEMUTA_SOURCE_UPDATE_20260907.md), [privacy review](SEMUTA_PRIVACY_REVIEW.md) |
-| Leader Skills edge cases | Capture/replacement eligibility, Banker escrow custody, Smuggler modifier/allocation boundaries, Mentat empty-hand fallback, modified Diplomat defenses and simultaneous optional timing remain source gaps. After an online publisher/designer/tournament check found no explicit priority ruling, the bounded standalone Diplomat retreat prototype explicitly chooses printed/copied disc strength and a surviving-loser retreat before ordinary casualties; other combinations remain guarded. This is an implementation interpretation, not an official clarification. | [Material boundaries and selected retreat interpretation](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#bounded-diplomat-retreat-interpretation), [Diplomat defense boundary](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md#evidence-and-remaining-scope) |
+| Leader Skills edge cases | Capture/replacement eligibility, Banker escrow custody, Smuggler modifier/allocation boundaries, Mentat empty-hand fallback, late/mirror/numeric Diplomat defenses and simultaneous optional timing remain source gaps. Printed alternate/hybrid defense roles now have a connected, explicitly interpreted copy path. The bounded Diplomat retreat prototype chooses printed/copied strength and surviving-loser retreat before casualties; this is not an official priority clarification. | [Material boundaries and retreat](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#bounded-diplomat-retreat-interpretation), [Defense limits](DIPLOMAT_DEFENSE.md#evidence-and-remaining-scope) |
 | Smuggler collection strength | A fresh primary-source check found no modifier ruling. The user was asked whether to keep affected combinations gated, use printed/copied disc value, or include leader bonuses with Stunner zero. No answer is assumed. The reveal-bound deferred receipt is supported as an explicit timing inference; unmodified lower collection is now [prototyped](SMUGGLER_BATTLE.md); modified strength, multiple positive piles and combined modules remain gated. | [Smuggler follow-up](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#20-september-smuggler-follow-up) |
 | Ordinary Guild cancellation | Unaffordable repricing, replacement/retry/decline, consumed opportunity, contributor adjustment and ordering with special shipment-stop. The affordability question was already sent. | [Material timing](GUILD_RATE_KARAMA_RULES.md#material-unresolved-timing) |
 | Base special Karama | Unfunded auction recovery, stopped-shipment settlement and Atreides full-plan commitment order remain provisional. Native full-plan/Voice/Prescience/Truthtrance/Ghola interactions now have genuine-setup focused evidence, but the source audit does not settle the special offer/deadline or target-first interpretation. | [Explicit base interpretations](BASE_ADVANCED_READINESS_20260907.md#explicit-unresolved-base-interpretations), [full-plan interaction audit](ATREIDES_FULL_PLAN_TIMING.md) |
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ 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 Vidal for this turn even from capture, Tanks or Ghola custody, but names no phase. The connected first version chooses the quiet Battle phase boundary and a living, uncaptured, non-Ghola shared disc, including a Moritani-controlled Duke. This is a bounded product timing and custody decision, **not** a publisher restriction. Advanced Harkonnen is gated because its existing battle path cannot select Duke. Exceptional return destinations, response priority and combined modules remain gated; ordinary Ecaz Ambassador custody is unaffected. | [Source and bounded runtime](NEXUS_ECAZ_RULES.md#bounded-native-cunning-duke-vidal) |
+| 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) |
 | Emperor Secret Ally purchase timing | The bounded normal bank-auction prototype chooses a uniform winner payment confirmation in classic-faction Nexus-only games with Emperor absent, including otherwise sole spice payments. This prevents a holder-only pause from exposing hidden card eligibility. It is a provisional product privacy choice, **not** a user or publisher ruling; the previously asked confirmation-versus-gate question remains open. Seller-paid/allied purchases and other sources stay gated. | [Source contract and bounded prototype](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#secret-ally-retain-the-actual-purchase-price), [runtime](NEXUS_EMPEROR_SECRET_ALLY_RUNTIME.md#bank-auction-purchase-alternative) |
 | 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 |