diff --git a/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md b/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
index 179913fe..b464a722 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md
@@ -215,13 +215,17 @@ reveals before that companion moves, in both modes. A repeated-Karama
 cancellation of an already-canceled compulsory cache lot remains an explicit
 open boundary recorded in the decision index. Two intermittently failing
 Moritani skill-runtime tests were measured at the same 3/30 rate on both
-revisions, so they are pre-existing nondeterminism rather than a regression; the
-same holds for `tests/ecaz-occupy-options.test.ts`, whose Easy Occupy plan
-candidate is occasionally absent (2/20 failing runs at `4ed6beb` versus 3/20
-now), for the paired Moritani skill-runtime tests, and for
-`tests/ecaz-occupy-cards-runtime.test.ts` (one intermittent Harass/explosion
-case, passing 5/5 standalone). Those intermittent failures are pre-existing
-prototype/AI gaps and are not new regressions.
+revisions, so they are pre-existing nondeterminism rather than a regression.
+The Occupy policy failure (2/20 at `4ed6beb`, 3/20 here) is now explained by
+an obsolete immediate-plan assertion: seed 8 legally activates Ecaz special
+Karama before sealing. All four profiles finish that captured state in two
+actions; the deterministic regression now checks finite legal progression.
+The Harass/explosion failure is now reproduced at deterministic seed 62:
+the fixture's donor exchange removed its already-selected Harass card.
+Staging now uses a conserved deck replacement while hand capacity remains.
+The repaired physical scenario returns two forces before the explosion,
+discards Harass once and reaches Collection. Neither finding changes rules
+or bot behavior; the earlier attribution to prototype/AI gaps was incorrect.
 
 **Gated captures resumed under the new prototypes.** The 14 captures that
 remained gated after the 7 October rulings were resumed in place against their
diff --git a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
index 19e2b88b..277c0480 100644
--- a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
+++ b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 # Dune implementation status
 
+## 9 October 2026 — two Occupy failures isolated to test contracts and staging
+
+Deterministic seed 8 reproduces the recorded missing-immediate-plan failure.
+The bot actually offers a legal Ecaz special Karama action; Easy, Medium,
+Hard and Brutal each then seal the selected lead's plan on their next action.
+The actual captured engine smoke consumes Karama once and submits the plan.
+No bot or rule behavior changed.
+
+The regression now pins entropy and follows actual first-policy actions to
+a sealed plan for both leads and active/canceled Occupy instead of requiring
+the first action list to contain a plan. That case passes.
+
+Deterministic seed 62 also reproduces the Harass ally/explosion failure:
+when Lasgun must come from another hand, fixture staging gives that donor
+the actor's sole held Harass, then tries to seal the now-unavailable defense.
+The engine correctly rejects it. The staging helper now funds a donor
+replacement from the original deck when the recipient has room, retaining
+its earlier selected physical cards. Full hands keep the existing exchange.
+The real repaired scenario returns two forces before the explosion,
+discards Harass once and reaches Collection. Its deterministic regression
+passes. Neither repair changes production engine or bot behavior.
+
+Frozen verification: `check:quick` passes and all 270 cases in the nine
+affected Occupy, Stronghold and native-tech files pass. No full offline
+suite, HTTP campaign, database audit or deployment was run.
+
 ## 9 October 2026 — provisional Kulon/Ornithopter coexistence
 
 Active Kulon no longer blocks either mode of the Richese movement card.
diff --git a/tests/ecaz-occupy-cards-runtime.test.ts b/tests/ecaz-occupy-cards-runtime.test.ts
index 5ec4d177..e3c08bdf 100644
--- a/tests/ecaz-occupy-cards-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ecaz-occupy-cards-runtime.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { botActions } from '../game/bots';
 import { treacheryDeck } from '../game/cards';
 import { ecazTreacheryCards } from '../game/ecaz-cards';
 import { splitLocation } from '../game/board';
+import { pinDeterministicRandom } from './deterministic-random';
 import {
   createEcazOccupySetup, ecazOccupyTerritoryForces, type EcazOccupyFixtureOptions,
 } from './fixture-ecaz-occupy';
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ for (const lead of ['ecaz', 'ally'] as const) for (const slot of ['weapon', 'def
 
 for (const lead of ['ecaz', 'ally'] as const) {
   for (const outcome of ['loss', 'soleTraitor', 'opposingTraitor', 'mutualTraitors', 'explosion'] as const) {
-    void test(`Harass ${lead} lead, actual ${outcome}: returns precede losses except an opposing successful traitor`, () => {
+    void test(`Harass ${lead} lead, actual ${outcome}: returns precede losses except an opposing successful traitor`, (t) => {
+      pinDeterministicRandom(t, 62);
       const result = ecazOccupyCardsCase({ lead, outcome, slot: 'defense' });
       const { fixture, actor, game } = result;
       const canceledReturn = outcome === 'opposingTraitor' || outcome === 'mutualTraitors';
diff --git a/tests/ecaz-occupy-options.test.ts b/tests/ecaz-occupy-options.test.ts
index c659f25d..5318677d 100644
--- a/tests/ecaz-occupy-options.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ecaz-occupy-options.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { applyAction, viewGame } from '../game/engine';
 import { botActions } from '../game/bots';
 import { DIFFICULTIES } from '../game/bot-profiles';
 import { controlsLeader } from '../game/leader-control';
+import { pinDeterministicRandom } from './deterministic-random';
 import {
   ecazOccupyDialChoices,
   ecazOccupyLeadOptions,
@@ -107,21 +108,28 @@ void test('typed Fremen and Emperor variable armies retain native legal incremen
   assert.equal(ecazOccupyPlanControl(emperorView, 8, 4)?.blocked, null);
 });
 
-void test('all four native policies can seal a legal total plan for either lead, active or canceled', () => {
+void test('all four native policies finish Occupy planning through optional powers for either lead, active or canceled', (t) => {
+  pinDeterministicRandom(t, 8);
   for (const lead of ['ecaz', 'ally'] as const) for (const canceled of [false, true]) {
     const fixture = ecazOccupyFixture({ allyFaction: 'guild', ecazForces: 3 });
     const game = openEcazOccupyPlans(canceled
       ? cancelEcazOccupy(fixture, lead) : chooseEcazOccupyLead(fixture, lead));
     const actor = lead === 'ecaz' ? fixture.ecaz : fixture.ally;
     for (const policy of DIFFICULTIES) {
-      const view = viewGame(game, actor);
-      view.players.find((player) => player.id === actor)!.bot = policy;
-      const plan = botActions(view).find((action) => action.type === 'battlePlan');
-      assert.ok(plan, `${policy}/${lead}/${canceled}: native policy must supply a sealable plan`);
-      assert.equal(ecazOccupyPlanControl(view, Number(plan.dial), Number(plan.support ?? 0))?.blocked, null);
-      const next = applyAction(game, actor, plan);
-      assert.ok(viewGame(next, actor).battle?.submitted.includes(actor),
-        `${policy}/${lead}/${canceled}: the native table must show the selected lead's sealed plan`);
+      let state = structuredClone(game);
+      for (let step = 0; step < 4; step++) {
+        const view = viewGame(state, actor);
+        view.players.find((player) => player.id === actor)!.bot = policy;
+        const actions = botActions(view);
+        const action = actions[0];
+        assert.ok(action, `${policy}/${lead}/${canceled}: planning must retain a legal continuation`);
+        if (action.type === 'battlePlan')
+          assert.equal(ecazOccupyPlanControl(view, Number(action.dial), Number(action.support ?? 0))?.blocked, null);
+        state = applyAction(state, actor, action);
+        if (viewGame(state, actor).battle?.submitted.includes(actor)) break;
+      }
+      assert.ok(viewGame(state, actor).battle?.submitted.includes(actor),
+        `${policy}/${lead}/${canceled}: optional powers must finish and the selected lead must seal a plan`);
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/tests/fixture-ecaz-occupy.ts b/tests/fixture-ecaz-occupy.ts
index a9577953..5a8ea69b 100644
--- a/tests/fixture-ecaz-occupy.ts
+++ b/tests/fixture-ecaz-occupy.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ export function stageEcazOccupyCard(game: Game, owner: string,
     assert.ok(donor, 'A conserved original physical card must supply this rule case.');
     const donorIndex = donor.hand.findIndex(predicate);
     card = donor.hand[donorIndex];
-    const replacement = player.hand.shift() ?? game.deck.shift();
+    // Keep previously staged battle cards when there is still hand capacity.
+    // A donor's replacement comes from the original deck, just as a direct
+    // staging draw does; only a full hand must fund it with a held card.
+    const replacement = player.hand.length >= 4 ? player.hand.shift() : game.deck.shift();
     assert.ok(replacement, 'A conserved physical face must preserve the donor hand.');
     donor.hand[donorIndex] = replacement;
   }