Add optional short alliance victory

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ open mode gates.
 
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
+**Optional three-stronghold two-member alliance — 28 October. Prototyped /
+Partial.** The host can select the printed shorter target; changes clear human
+readiness and the normal target remains the default. Public progress and the
+actual Mentat outcome use the same calculation. A genuine Nexus alliance with
+a staged three-stronghold board tests both selected and default outcomes;
+the existing four-stronghold target remains for two physical controllers as a
+provisional precedence choice. The combined batch passes 96 focused cases and
+three administrator boundary HTTP cases. The administrator's existing audited
+lobby controls can also show and change the setting. Larger alliances, wider interactions and deployed
+acceptance remain open. [Scope](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md).
+
+**Conditional future-battle Truthtrance in Basic Revival — 28 October.
+Prototyped / Partial.** The existing phase-five question also works in a quiet
+phase-four window, using leaders available at answer time without predicting a
+revival. Native Revival, subsequent real battles and no-battle expiry are
+covered in the 96-case combined batch. Pending transactions and broader
+promise compositions remain separately guarded.
+
 **Conditional future-battle Truthtrance — 28 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 A quiet Basic classic game can ask whether a named native leader will be used
 in the respondent's first later battle this turn, if there is one. The answer

docs/OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md

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+# Optional three-stronghold alliance victory
+
+**Prototyped / Partial — 28 October 2026.** The host can select a shorter
+two-member alliance game in the lobby. With at least three physical
+controllers, allied factions need three distinct qualifying strongholds
+instead of the default four. A solo faction keeps its normal target, a
+separately agreed extra-stronghold requirement is added afterward, and Tech
+Tokens retain their existing ownership requirements. The same calculation
+drives public progress and the Mentat victory decision. Changing the setting
+clears human readiness; older games omit it and retain the default.
+
+The 2019 GF9 rulebook's optional alliances table, printed p. 24, lists a
+two-member alliance with three strongholds as a shorter game. The
+[publisher rulebook mirror](https://www.boardgamesbot.com/assets/games-library/dune/manual_eng.pdf)
+preserves that table. This first version keeps the existing four-stronghold
+target for two physical controllers, including the two-faction-per-person
+setup; priority between that special setup and this optional table is a
+provisional interpretation. Larger alliance variants require separate
+membership and interaction work. Advanced and expansion combinations are not
+certified by the Basic-focused evidence.

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 # Rule decision index
 
+## Optional short alliance victory — 28 October 2026
+
+The printed optional two-member alliance target is selectable at three
+strongholds. This prototype preserves the four-stronghold two-controller
+setup as a provisional precedence choice; larger alliances remain separate.
+[Scope and source](OPTIONAL_ALLIANCE_VICTORY.md).
+
 ## Conditional future-battle leader question — 28 October 2026
 
 The printed current-turn question can provisionally refer to a named native

docs/TRUTHTRANCE_TURN_ACTIONS.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Conditional next-battle leader question — 28 October 2026
 
-**Prototyped / Partial.** In a quiet Basic Shipment and Movement window with
+**Prototyped / Partial.** In a quiet Basic Revival or Shipment and Movement window with
 classic factions and no optional modules, a player can ask whether another
 player will use a named native leader in that player's first later battle this
 turn, if one occurs. A definite answer creates a waiting receipt; it does not
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ ends. An independently impossible answer is released by the existing battle
 promise reconciliation. Another structured action answer for that respondent
 is guarded while the conditional answer is active; broader promise composition,
 expansion factions, optional modules and Advanced are not supported here.
+During Revival, definite answers use currently available native leaders or
+Cheap Heroes; they do not forecast a future revival or spend its resources.
 
 The publisher's [November 2020 FAQ](https://www.gf9games.com/dune/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dune-FAQ-Nov-2020.pdf)
 permits game-related current-turn action questions and requires honoring an