Announce leaderless native Basic battles before plans

docs/RULE_DECISIONS.md

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 ## Basic leaderless battle announcement — 29 October 2026
 
+Fresh Basic selected-faction battles without optional modules now use this
+early announcement, including the original Richese preparation and Ecaz's
+chosen coalition lead. Public shared-Duke custody and the existing concealed
+capture boundary constrain announcements; a later received Cheap Hero also
+withdraws the current notice. This extends the provisional online ordering,
+not a new publisher timing ruling. Optional-module and full-game acceptance
+remain open.
+
 Fresh classic Basic games with Harkonnen also open the neutral dead-leader
 preparation using each native leader's public pre-capture snapshot. An
 announcement is made only when the public native discs are unavailable, so it