Connect bounded Diplomat retreat and record live deployment

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 | 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) |
 | Mirror Weapon | Whether copied Tooth/Artillery mandatory-discard rules attach to the physical Mirror remains unanswered. Every genuine Richese setup includes those cards and Stone Burner; an ordinary-copy-only admission gate cannot depend on concealed custody or alter the printed deck. | [Engine audit](MIRROR_WEAPON_ENGINE_AUDIT.md) |
 | Semuta Drug | Full-hand take-before-discard and the privacy-neutral immediate reaction protocol remain unresolved. Typed discard continuations already exist; they are not activation. | [Source update](SEMUTA_SOURCE_UPDATE_20260907.md), [privacy review](SEMUTA_PRIVACY_REVIEW.md) |
-| Leader Skills edge cases | Capture/replacement eligibility, Banker escrow custody (user question sent), Smuggler modifier/allocation boundaries, Mentat empty-hand fallback (private historical observations persist after death), Diplomat lower retreat ordering, modified-defense inheritance and remaining simultaneous optional timing need resolution before those cases are enabled. These are recorded source gaps, not answered user rulings. | [Material boundaries](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md#material-boundaries-not-settled-by-the-sources), [Diplomat 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, 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) |
 | 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) |
 | Suk Graduate / Atreides | Whether rescued dialed casualties count toward the seven-loss Kwisatz Haderach threshold remains unresolved. The user question has been sent; Advanced Atreides rescue stays guarded. | [Source and runtime boundary](SUK_GRADUATE_RULES.md) |
 | 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) |