Connect bounded Diplomat retreat and record live deployment

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 # Dune implementation status
 
+## 27 September 2026 — Bounded skilled Diplomat retreat
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+The standalone [Leader Skills retreat interpretation](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#bounded-diplomat-retreat-interpretation) now offers a surviving losing trained leader an event-bound, saved decision before ordinary loser casualties. The server quotes destination-specific undialed normal/elite counts using dial commitments, occupied strongholds, sector adjacency and the storm; accepted choices transfer those exact physical counters, while a decline or dead leader follows ordinary losses. Human controls and all four AI profiles use the same projected choices. Nine focused engine, controls and concurrent in-memory SQLite cases passed, including JSON restoration, split-sector custody, legacy-battle continuation and rejected-action immutability. An isolated browser view from a genuine revealed battle rendered the destination/count selectors and decline; POST was blocked, so no room was changed. The scoped type check and production build passed. This is a provisional strength/outcome-order interpretation, not a complete skill or combined-module ruling, and it is not yet deployed.
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+The complete offline regression suite passed 5,545 tests across 696 files after the retreat changes. The unrelated in-progress Nexus/Fremen draft still blocks the repository-wide type/lint check; the scoped type check covers this retreat slice. The live `4801ce0` image predates this slice.
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 ## 27 September 2026 — Ixian/Tleilaxu with Nexus Cards
 
 The paired-faction Nexus sample path now includes genuine Ixian/Tleilaxu games without opening the public expansion/module starts. At seed 20260927 all ten two-through-six-seat Basic/Advanced [samples](VERIFICATION_WORKFLOW.md#reusable-base-and-faction-sample-games) completed with 3,853 accepted actions, 100 JSON restores, five unallied card choices and no rejected actions. The three-seat Basic and Advanced traces reach Ixian auction decisions and Nexus draws; Basic reaches a Face Dancer decision, Advanced an Ixian Technology decision. A five-seat Basic trace also plays one Atreides Nexus effect, while an interrupted four-seat Advanced game resumes its own roster. The source-bound report is `/tmp/dune-ix-nexus-checkpoint-20260927/report.json`. This does not certify all card effects, combined module configurations or complete expansion rules.