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.**