Allow Emperor gifts during Basic Ix phase openings

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

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 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Emperor gift during Basic Ix phase openings — 29 October. Prototyped /
+Partial.** A clean classic-faction Ix-deck opening now allows an Emperor to
+share spice with a mutual ally even after passing; allowance or Karama
+cancellation resumes the original opening and passes. Real Amal applies to the
+updated wallets, and a Mentat opening retains its deferred initialization.
+Thirty-seven related cases, type checking, lint and the production build pass.
+Expansion factions, optional modules and other interrupted parents remain open.
+As with Extortion, bot seats may finish the opening before a human Emperor acts;
+deployed acceptance also remains open.
+[Scope](EMPEROR_ALLIANCE_TIMING.md#basic-emperor-gift-during-ix-phase-openings--29-october-2026).
+
 **Emperor gift during Moritani Extortion — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 In clean Basic and Advanced Moritani games, the Emperor can give the current
 allied payer spice before their Extortion choice; the original queue, token and