Document original Ix Spice card policies and readable effects

Retain the current first-turn worm precedence, later Thumper/Sandtrout equivalence and sequential physical Harvester doubling under explicit provisional preview interpretations. Record photographed component and publisher-source provenance, authorized Advanced corroboration, and unresolved wider timing boundaries. No new numerical rule or publisher clarification is claimed.

Warn persistently before first-turn Thumper disposal and explain waiting Sandtrout replacements. Public chronicle entries explain ignored first-turn Thumper and Sandtrout encounters. Correct stale preview gates in the relevant reference topics.

Genuine public Basic/Advanced selected-Ix programmes use original setup, unopened deal and Spice lotteries, real intervening turns and actual held physical cards. Separate assertions prove phase continuation, Nexus/doubling behavior, ready reset and retained physical stock; four existing minimal profiles legally accept a harvested window. Focused tests, types/lint/build and actual GameTable rendering are recorded in docs/IX_PROTOTYPE.md.

This remains bounded prototype evidence, not full native factions, optional combinations, browser/deployed or final assurance. No strategic AI refinement, state version, saved-room/database/reset/restart/deployment operation.

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 | Topic | Decision to preserve | Detailed authority and evidence |
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+| Original Ix Spice cards | Under standing choose-recommended authority, retain first-turn ignoring ahead of Thumper/Sandtrout, later generated-worm suppression and sequential doubling by each distinct Harvester. First-turn Thumper remains spendable with a persistent warning. Immediate replacement-worm behavior follows the E1 source; the stated precedence/equivalence/multiple-copy compositions remain provisional, not newly confirmed GF9 rulings. No numerical change or wider module certification. | [Sources, policy and original Basic/Advanced proof](IX_PROTOTYPE.md#original-spice-cards-and-selected-policy--24-october-2026) |
 | Stable Homeworld occupation | Fresh original Homeworlds alone and source history. Advanced uses authorized p22 sole qualification retained until last-force departure; Basic uses the visibly provisional current-sole policy recorded in the Basic table above, including Tupile through observed continuous activation sources and original normal-limit cleanup. Turn boundaries do not stack slots; reacquisition cannot erase an owed discard. Actual bank/percentage income, sharing, Caladan/Ix/Richese/Giedi ownership and native defenses are connected. Native CHOAM fresh entries separately mark original Tupile slots, owner-selected normal-limit cleanup and low-query restoration; old profiles are not upgraded. No inferred controller, back-award, invented canceled-auction count, public/save conversion or unrelated overlay. Exceptional Duke remains separate. | [Source cutover](HOMEWORLD_OCCUPATION_RULES.md#occupied-economics-bidding-and-advanced-source-cutover--5-october-2026), [Basic policy](HOMEWORLD_OCCUPATION_RULES.md#basic-current-sole-benefit-policy--9-october-2026), [Tupile Basic lifecycle and original consumers](HOMEWORLD_TUPILE_INTELLIGENCE_RUNTIME.md#basic-current-sole-slot-lifecycle--24-october-2026) |
 | Printed high Ecaz Homeworld victory | Fresh native Ecaz/Homeworld entry only: current high7+, reciprocal alliance jointly holds one actual uncontested stronghold and proved physically held worlds of two other native factions. Separate source joins ordinary winner union before BG prediction/final fallback; no ordinary point inflation, Tech substitute or Duke permission. Basic holdings now follow the provisional current-sole policy, so a repopulated, contested or departed world simply stops counting instead of blocking the win; old/public profiles unchanged. | [Card contract and actual original win](HOMEWORLD_RULES.md#printed-high-ecaz-alliance-victory--5-october-2026) |
 | Standalone E3 Nexus / Skills / original components | Fresh Ecaz OR Moritani/classic ecaz33/all14/all12, Basic/Advanced2..6, original Tech3+/Advanced Strongholds2+. Original Duke/assassination/Terror, chosen-plan Advanced Occupy and separate physical armies remain. Ecaz-led Suk rescues only its own fixed casualties; Diplomat uses the selected faction's own undialed commitment. Owner-pool skill composition is an explicit implementation inference, not a combined-skill FAQ. E3 pairs/Harkonnen Advanced/HW/previews/shared-Duke training/enhanced relocation and pending rulings remain guarded. | [Source and verified scope](NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md#standalone-e3-nexus-skills-and-original-components--5-october-2026), [coalition contract](ECAZ_OCCUPY_RULES.md#standalone-nexus--skills-coalition--5-october-2026) |