- New data-driven script (data/mastervega-tutorial.json) with intro modal and three callout steps over the fleet marker and side-panel ship rows/count controls.
- Split into Phaser-free VegaTutorialData.js (schema validation, interpolation, target-id registry) and Phaser VegaTutorial.js (darken overlay, accent rings, callouts, hotspot, skip confirm, state machine).
- Tutorial auto-opens on every brand-new game and is re-triggerable from the menu when the starting fleet is still in orbit; malformed JSON disables the feature with a warning instead of crashing.
- Add D.tutorial depth (just below detail) so an invited ship-detail window layers above the overlay, and expose VegaSidePanel.tutorialRegion() for screen-space panel regions.
- Register the tutorial asset in the manifest and add verifier section 12 covering schema, targets, voice clips, placeholders, and interpolation.
Brian Fertig
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