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# Basic Ixians with Leader Skills
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Connected development prototype, 21 September 2026. Genuine Basic Ixian setup
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now supports the full fourteen-card Leader Skills deck, optionally alongside
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Tleilaxu and base factions. Public starts and completion/publication gates remain
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closed. Existing missing skill bands are not certified by this admission.
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**4 October Advanced continuation:** native Ixians and/or CHOAM with classic
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opponents, distinct required family decks and all fourteen skills now compose
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under the [bounded native contract](LEADER_SKILLS_RUNTIME.md#advanced-native-ixian-and-choam-composition--4-october-2026).
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Advanced Ixian support, skilled Suk rescue and subsequent native substitution
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use original physical counters. Basic Tleilaxu admission below is unchanged;
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this Advanced subset does not admit foreign gholas or optional overlays.
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## Setup and configuration
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Use Basic rules, exactly Ixians & Tleilaxu, two through six players including
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Ixians, and no other optional modules. The real private Ixian starting-card
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choice precedes simultaneous private skill offers, then public assignments,
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Traitors and native Face Dancers. The first Storm retains actual HMS placement
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and all seven cyborgs/thirteen suboids. No dealt card determines admission.
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Create and ready a fresh local lobby, then follow the backed-up version-checked
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[prototype entry](IX_PROTOTYPE.md) using profile `leader-skills`.
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The shared initializer retains the [Tleilaxu integration](TLEILAXU_LEADER_SKILLS.md).
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## Connected interactions
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- Planetologist calculates each gathered origin's range using only cyborgs
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selected from that origin. Selected sectors within the same territory share
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their moving group. Its range bonus independently survives native movement
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cancellation; a three-territory cyborg move still opens the proper Karama
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window. Independent city ornithopters do not create that native window.
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- Sandmaster routes can enter or leave the HMS interior through its current
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pointer. Adjacency belongs to the room, respects the storm and never turns the
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interior into a shortcut or relocates the HMS. Interior battles and spice
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effects remain distinct from the external pointing sector.
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- Suk Graduate finishes rescue before native substitution. Kept cyborgs and
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cyborgs returned to reserves are excluded from the actual Tank-loss map. Where
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more than one reserve-rescue origin is possible, the player explicitly selects
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it; only cyborgs truly lost in each sector can be substituted there. Normal
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rescued-force origins need no extra choice because no subsequent effect here
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depends on them. This exposes existing physical choices, not a new rescue power.
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- Rihani finishes its private exchange before substitution. A saved receipt
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binds original losses, physical counters, cards and the declared exchange.
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Substitution allow, decline and cancellation all resume mandatory then optional
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winner cleanup; Planetologist substitutes cannot escape disposal.
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- Thumper, the additional Harvester and Amal are the expansion's green Special
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cards eligible for Planetologist substitution. Exact physical identities,
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names and effects are checked. Their native effects do not execute during
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substitution; other cards in the engine's broad Special bucket are excluded.
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## Sources and interpretation
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Existing [Leader Skills rules](LEADER_SKILLS_RULES.md),
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[Planetologist contract](PLANETOLOGIST_RULES.md),
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[Suk Graduate contract](SUK_GRADUATE_RULES.md),
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[Sandmaster routes](SANDMASTER_MOVEMENT.md) and
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[Ix rules](IX_PROTOTYPE.md) supply the established powers, physical custody and
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skill-before-faction precedence. Rescue-sector selection records the physical
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choice needed to compose those powers without reviving an already rescued counter.
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The canonical green Ix card inventory was checked directly against the printed
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components visible in this [component photograph](https://static.lelekan.ua/image/cache/catalog/igri/dune-ixians-tleilaxu-expansion-eng/dune-ixians-tleilaxu-expansion-gale-force-nine-eng-lelekan-components-2-800x800.jpg).
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This is physical component evidence, not a retailer's rules interpretation.
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Thumper also appears in the existing designer Planetologist example. The private
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source archive records SHA-256
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`6d2eb22889059edc8b35b9cd1178b6907312132b1b41768051d15abcc9c89125`.
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Sandtrout is a brown Spice card; red/blue battle cards do not qualify.
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## Verification and remaining scope
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```sh
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npm test -- ix-skills
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node --import tsx tools/faction-games.ts --profile ix-skills --out /private/new-ix-skills-samples
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```
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The sample profile adds Tleilaxu, Emperor, Guild, Harkonnen and Fremen in order
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and preserves stable scenario ordinals 26–30. Focused tests use all fourteen
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genuine assignments and conserved battle/movement positions, with legal actions
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from existing AI profiles, controls, private views, strict rejection and JSON
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continuation. In-memory authenticated recovery verifies exactly one concurrent
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starting-card choice, subsequent private setup and unchanged seats. Final
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source-bound check/build, samples, browser and preservation reports remain private.
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These are playability checks, not AI strength studies.
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Additional faction/module combinations, unresolved Sandmaster eligibility during
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native HMS relocation and other missing Leader Skill effects remain
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separate work. Existing Banker, Mentat, Diplomat and modified-Smuggler questions
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remain in the [decision register](RULE_DECISIONS.md). Full AI implementation and
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difficulty tuning wait until all non-AI game features are complete.
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