Add dead leader battle preparation

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ open mode gates.
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
 
+**Basic dead-leader battle preparation — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
+Fresh classic Basic battles without Harkonnen open the existing neutral
+pre-leader opportunity when a combatant has a dead leader and no available
+living leader. The trigger does not depend on private Hero or Ghola holdings;
+unaffected opponents are already ready. After battle powers, a still-leaderless
+player is announced before plans. A later legal Ghola revival corrects the
+current notice without changing sealed plans. Real battle journeys with staged
+leader and conserved card state cover mixed and dead leaders, both combatants,
+Prescience, Ghola before and after readiness, sealed plans and all four legal
+bot profiles. Eight related files pass 59 cases, including 15 new runtime and
+control cases; type checking, lint and the production build pass. The ordering
+is provisional; Harkonnen's concealed captures, other factions and modules,
+and deployed acceptance remain open.
+[Scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
+
 **Basic market Ghola with printed Kull — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 The default printed-Kull preview now works with the Semuta market-Ghola
 reaction. Kull decline, success and a distinct counter preserve the parked
@@ -185,8 +200,9 @@ finishes first, no confirmation is added and sealing does not announce twice.
 Real battle selection with staged prior leader use covers both plan orders,
 Prescience, Voice and its Karama cancellation, public controls, Cheap Hero,
 dead-leader exclusions and minimal bots. The related seven-file batch passes
-38 cases; type checking, lint and the production build pass. Revival-capable and other profiles still announce only
-at seal, so earlier timing remains open there; deployed acceptance is unverified.
+38 cases; type checking, lint and the production build pass. The newer
+dead-leader preparation above extends part of the formerly excluded
+revival-capable scope; other profiles and deployed acceptance remain open.
 [Scope](RULE_DECISIONS.md#basic-leaderless-battle-announcement--29-october-2026).
 
 **Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October. Prototyped / Partial.**

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ Great Maker rides share this destination check; Polar Sink remains clear.
 
 ## Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October 2026
 
+In fresh classic Basic games without Harkonnen, a publicly unavailable living
+leader pool containing at least one dead leader now opens a neutral pre-leader
+preparation for that combatant, independent of their private hand. An unaffected
+opponent is already ready. The player can use Ghola from their hand or continue;
+after battle powers resolve, an inability is announced before either plan. If a
+later public Ghola revival changes the available leader, the current notice is
+withdrawn and a correction logged; already sealed plans stay sealed. This is a
+provisional online timing composition, not a publisher ruling. Captures and other
+faction/module combinations remain open.
+
 The [publisher base rulebook, printed p. 10](https://www.gf9games.com/dunegame/wp-content/uploads/Dune-Rulebook.pdf)
 requires a player unable to play a leader or Cheap Hero to announce that fact.
 A fresh classic Basic battle without optional modules now announces before plans
@@ -73,10 +83,13 @@ Cheap Hero is held. This clean case has no dead leader to revive or private
 card-transfer preparation. The public notice gives no card identity or plan
 choice. The same plan does not announce twice. Other cases retain the existing
 seal-time announcement, which can occur after an opponent has sealed; their
-earlier timing remains open. Neither a deadline nor an extra confirmation is
-introduced, and old battles keep their saved behavior. This online ordering is
+earlier timing remains open except for the newer dead-leader case above. The
+original no-death case introduces neither a deadline nor an extra confirmation;
+old battles keep their saved behavior. This online ordering is
 a provisional interpretation rather than a specific publisher timing ruling.
 [Early runtime](../tests/basic-early-leaderless.test.ts),
+[dead-leader runtime](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-dead.test.ts),
+[dead-leader controls](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-dead-controls.test.tsx),
 [early controls](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-controls.test.tsx),
 [Voice cases](../tests/basic-early-leaderless-voice.test.ts),
 [seal-time runtime](../tests/basic-leaderless-announcement.test.ts) and