Prototype Emperor Nexus shortage handling

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

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 Keep identified Basic-function gaps ahead of Advanced and wider interactions.
 Prototype labels and final acceptance gates remain.
 
+**Emperor Nexus positive shortages — 27 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
+Cunning uses five eligible ordinary counters when possible, otherwise the whole
+positive short battle group. Secret Ally revival takes three when eligible,
+otherwise all one or two typed-eligible Tanks counters. Zero and chosen underfill
+remain unavailable. Controls name the actual count and persistent provisional
+policy; no publisher shortage clarification was found. Full-grant receipt
+shapes/signatures remain unchanged, while new short sources are explicit.
+[Contract](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#positive-shortages--27-october-2026).
+
+**18 files, 130/130**, types/lint/build and five native runtime branches pass.
+Four original public Advanced base33/Nexus sources total 322 actions; 20 accepted
+continuations cover Cunning2/4 allowance, the original Cunning2 Karama-cancel
+branch and Secret Ally1/2 returns. Real first-turn losses, turn-two worms,
+alliances and closing draws earn the sources. Only unopened original card/Spice/
+Nexus positions and native scalar lotteries are selected; no played hand, purse,
+force, Tank, phase, alliance, holding or receipt is installed. Ten GameTable and
+ten controller SSR renders operate five actual controller callbacks. Stateful
+plans/selectors, browser hydration, new short own-World fees, other module pairs,
+full modes, mobile/deployed and final assurance are not certified. Older fixture
+phase/order and occupied-bank Collection expectations are repaired explicitly;
+their controlled positions are not new native chronology. No mode gate opens.
+
 **Salusa Ghola / live Truthtrance — 27 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Before either full seal, feasible Yes, whole-No and grouped promises survive the
 actual return. A return that makes the actor's own promise impossible rejects

docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md

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 # Dune implementation status
 
+## 27 October 2026 — Emperor Nexus positive shortages
+
+Prototype the selected shortage-only composition: Cunning uses the full five
+ordinary counters when available, otherwise the whole positive eligible army;
+Secret Ally revival takes three when eligible, otherwise every one/two eligible
+typed Tanks counters. No chosen underfill, zero use, leader replacement or
+physical starred conversion occurs. Original caps, responses and continuations
+remain. New short receipts are explicit; original full-grant signature/shape
+bytes remain. Controls name the count and provisional source interpretation.
+No dedicated publisher shortage clarification was found.
+[Contract](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#positive-shortages--27-october-2026).
+
+Eighteen files pass 130/130, types/lint and production build. Four original
+public Advanced base33/Nexus sources total 322 actions; five branches use 20
+accepted continuations: E2/E4 Cunning allowance, original E2 Karama cancellation
+and absent-E A Secret Ally1/2 returns. Real shipments/battle losses, next-turn
+worms, alliances and closing draws earn every source. Only unopened original
+card/Spice/Nexus positions and scalar lotteries select conditions. Ten GameTable
+and ten controller SSR renders operate five actual controller callbacks. Four
+minimal profiles retain legal participation; stateful plan/quantity inputs and
+browser hydration are not operated.
+
+Older controlled fixtures now align their staged phase frames and natural
+ordered ready/revival actors; their positions are not new native chronology.
+The visitor Reinforcements assertion accounts for the actual occupied-bank
+Collection award. No short own-World fee pairing, broader module/full-mode,
+mobile/deployed or final assurance is certified. No deployment, server restart
+or saved-room/database operation occurred. Private proof
+`20261027-emperor-nexus-short-proof-v5/` and runtime
+`20261027-emperor-nexus-short-runtime/run-v2/` use the existing private checkpoint
+directory. Frozen tree
+`b606e6af989abcfed0255444dbaf60da00e581a51c4a81502856eed41ded109c`
+contains 3360 files; final prose overlays are limited to this log,
+`CURRENT_STATUS.md` and `NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md`.
+
 ## 27 October 2026 — Salusa Ghola with live Truthtrance
 
 Before either full seal, preserve feasible Yes/whole-No/grouped promises and

docs/NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md

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 Primary-source audit, 10 September 2026, with bounded purchase/revival runtime amendments through 14 October. The source contract does not certify the full mode. The [common Nexus rules](NEXUS_CARD_RULES.md) and release gates remain; recommended compositions are not publisher clarification or separately answered numerical rulings.
 
+## Positive shortages — 27 October 2026
+
+Under standing 14 October choose-recommended authority, prototype shortages
+explicitly. Cunning counts `min(5, actual eligible own ordinary battle counters)`
+as temporary Sardaukar; Secret Ally returns `min(3, physically and typed-eligible
+own Tanks counters)`. Use the full printed group when it is available, otherwise
+use every eligible counter. There is no optional smaller selection, zero use,
+leader substitution, invented starred counter or additional ordinary allowance.
+Native elite revival caps and all existing timing/prevention/income still apply.
+
+The original component photograph was freshly retrieved and visually inspected
+again. Its Emperor panels name five and three forces without an up-to qualifier.
+Targeted GF9/designer searches found no shortage clarification; E3 printed11 and
+the supplied PDF physical23 provide general Nexus rules, not a numerical
+exception. This is a provisional product composition, not publisher clarification
+or a newly answered user ruling. Keep that explanation in the actual controls.
+
+New short Cunning receipts carry `shortGroup:true`, with count exactly equal to
+the original one-through-four ordinary pool. Full five-role receipt shape and
+signature stay unchanged. All losses remain ordinary physical counters; own-World
+reserve fees may reduce the retained temporary pool to zero. Cancellation spends
+the Nexus but creates no roles or physical return.
+
+New short revival V2 receipts alone carry `amount:1|2`; absent amount still means
+three for existing V2 and legacy receipts. The count is derived by the server,
+not supplied in the action. The original queued revival validates that exact
+count/free group, returns only those actual pieces and retains ordinary/free
+usage and purse accounting. Existing return/denial and native Homeworld/Tech/
+Tleilaxu continuation rules remain; no new module admission is granted.
+
+### Shortage evidence
+
+The frozen 18-file union passes 130/130 with types/lint and production build.
+New positive Cunning receipts cover one through four and retain original five
+shape/signature bytes. Revival covers physical/typed shortages, no chosen
+underfill, original three/legacy records, denial and current controls. All four
+minimal profiles provide legal short declaration/plan/return actions; no strategy
+or difficulty calibration is claimed.
+
+Four original public Advanced base33/Nexus sources contain 322 source actions.
+E2/E4 real ordinary shipments follow actual turn-two worms, A/G alliances and
+closing draws. One E2 prefix branches into allowance or original opposing
+Karama cancellation; E4 allows. Separate absent-E A/G/H sources earn one/two
+real paid battle casualties, then actual next-turn worms, G/H alliances and
+Emperor draws before Revival. Five branches use 20 accepted continuation actions.
+No played hand, purse, force, Tank, phase, alliance, Nexus holding or receipt is
+installed; only unopened original positions and native scalar lotteries select
+sources. Physical losses and returns remain ordinary counters; revival usage
+ledgers, purse and current queue remain intact.
+
+Ten GameTable/ten controller SSR renders operate five actual Cunning/Secret Ally
+controller callbacks with original action packets. Stateful plan/quantity inputs
+and browser hydration are not operated. No new short own-World fee pairing,
+other module combination, full-mode, mobile/deployed or broad recovery/privacy/
+custody acceptance is certified. Legacy controlled fixture phase jumps now
+discard stale Charity frames only at their declared staging boundaries; natural
+ready/ordinary-revival helpers follow actual ordered actors. The older visitor
+Reinforcements price assertion includes its real occupied-World Collection
+award rather than treating that income as a changed combat cost.
+
+Private proof: `/home/quintine/.local/share/dune/checkpoints/20261027-emperor-nexus-short-proof-v5/`;
+runtime: `20261027-emperor-nexus-short-runtime/run-v2/` beside it. Frozen source
+tree `b606e6af989abcfed0255444dbaf60da00e581a51c4a81502856eed41ded109c`
+contains 3360 files. Final evidence prose overlays are limited to this contract,
+the dashboard and implementation log. Build retains its existing warning scope;
+no deployment, server restart or saved-room/database operation occurred.
+
 ## Authority
 
 - [Photograph of the original twelve GF9 Nexus cards](https://boardgamegeek.com/image/7767032/dune-ecaz-and-moritani), freshly reinspected at `/tmp/dune-nexus-cards.jpg`.
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 The following material cases remain unresolved; no new question was sent:
 
-- **Short groups:** may Cunning operate with fewer than five eligible ordinary counters, or Secret Ally revive fewer than three when Tanks/typed limits cannot supply three? Neither panel says up to. Do not disguise the question as a silently truncated count.
+- **Short groups:** the numerical publisher question remains unanswered. The [27 October shortage prototype](#positive-shortages--27-october-2026) supplies an explicit positive-only available-count policy under standing authority; it is not a silent up-to reading or publisher clarification.
 - **Wider forced payment:** the normal-auction prototype chooses the full original obligation and refuses missing own funding or an already fully prepaid price. Arbitrary larger transfers and special seller-lot composition remain unimplemented; the printed text is not claimed to answer them.
 - **Special purchases and revival suppression/income:** resolve the concrete boundaries above before connecting broad existing payment/free-revival adapters.
 

docs/NEXUS_EMPEROR_SECRET_ALLY_RUNTIME.md

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 # Emperor Nexus Secret Ally revival and original purchases
 
+Current [positive-shortage follow-up](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#positive-shortages--27-october-2026) adds one/two-counter eligible returns while retaining the original full-three paths. The earlier evidence below remains dated.
+
 Updated 14 October 2026. **Prototyped**, with **Partial** rules coverage.
 Revival now uses the independent extra source through original native pending
 continuations and supported Nexus module envelopes. Ordinary bank-auction

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Emperor Nexus positive short groups — 27 October 2026
+
+Select the provisional positive-only shortage composition under standing
+14 October authority. Cunning uses min(5, eligible own ordinary battle pool);
+Secret Ally revival uses min(3, typed-eligible actual Tanks). Use the full printed
+grant whenever possible and all eligible pieces otherwise, with no chosen
+underfill, zero use, leader substitute or physical starred creation. Existing
+typed caps and original continuation/cost/prevention rules remain. New short
+sources are explicit; old full-grant receipt shapes/signatures stay unchanged.
+Fresh inspection confirms neither printed panel says up to, and no dedicated
+primary clarification was found. This is a product interpretation, not a
+publisher ruling. [Source and contract](NEXUS_EMPEROR_RULES.md#positive-shortages--27-october-2026).
+
 ## Salusa Ghola with binding Truthtrance — 27 October 2026
 
 Remove the blanket live-promise restriction before either full seal. Preserve