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{"version":3,"format":"goal-ledger-checkpoint","createdAt":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.853Z","coveredBytes":70359,"coveredEvents":109,"acc":{"goals":[{"goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","latestStatus":"active","latestFocus":false,"latestAuditorResult":{"verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"},"createdAt":"2026-09-16T04:26:00.418Z"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","latestStatus":"active","latestFocus":false,"latestAuditorResult":{"verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"},"createdAt":"2026-09-17T02:44:06.019Z"},{"goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","latestStatus":"paused","latestFocus":false,"latestPauseReason":"user","createdAt":"2026-09-18T22:07:23.053Z","resumedAt":"2026-09-19T04:17:54.636Z"},{"goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","latestStatus":"active","latestFocus":false,"latestAuditorResult":{"verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"},"createdAt":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","latestStatus":"paused","latestFocus":true,"latestPauseReason":"Scheduling paused","createdAt":"2026-09-20T14:59:15.159Z"},{"goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","latestStatus":"active","latestFocus":false,"latestAuditorResult":{"verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"},"createdAt":"2026-09-22T02:03:56.868Z"},{"goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","latestStatus":"active","latestFocus":false,"latestAuditorResult":{"verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"},"createdAt":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"}],"terminalGoals":[],"focusedGoalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","focusGeneration":3,"focusGenByGoal":[["mu7ieab2-f24hte",2],["mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej",3]]},"recentEventsByGoal":[["mu3lln4y-51f5mi",[{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-16T04:26:15.002Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Audit doc at .pi/goals/combat-feedback-audit.md; baseline node dev/combat.test.mjs passes (all checks green)","at":"2026-09-16T04:33:51.611Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-16T04:35:30.972Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Committed 5949bac: pure handleFeel (exact integration) + combat.player tuning (thrust 2000/drag 1.8/rot 6.4/brake 0.9); WASD fixed (addKeys comma-list bug → event API); dev/combat.test.mjs 0 failures;","at":"2026-09-16T06:19:40.253Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"Committed: shared js/combat/CombatSfx.js (7 distinct voices from existing sfx.json: fire=scan, impact=ui_click, shield=solar_buzz, hull=mining_split, kill=thunder×4 random, down=deconstruct, respawn=d","at":"2026-09-16T06:48:29.383Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"Committed ecff203: Fx.js gains damage() (cyan=shield/orange=hull numbers), color-coded hit flashes, enhanced kill burst (delayed 2nd shockwave), down() + respawn() cues, shared FX_COLORS. Both context","at":"2026-09-16T07:07:02.597Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"Commit 0d51184: CombatHud shared (lock reticle, threat cues, off-screen arrows, kill feed, gauge flash); pickTarget/feedPush/offscreenArrow in Combat.js; resyncAroundShip fixes main-game pack placemen","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:23.498Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:51.673Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"combat.test.mjs 96 checks + sfx.test.mjs 21 checks = 0 failures; sfxcheck PASS both contexts (7 events); gauge-flash/lock/threat/feed verified in both; combat-shot.mjs → dev/shots/combat-range.png + c","at":"2026-09-16T08:59:41.075Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.729Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.730Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"}]],["mu4xefwj-ebnq8h",[{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskCount":4,"blockCompletion":false,"at":"2026-09-17T02:44:06.019Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T02:59:45.101Z"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Bolt texture (128x32 gradient trail+core+bloom) + white core head in js/combat/Bullet.js; fx.muzzle in CombatScene/CombatSystem; boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle knobs in data/combat.json; verified in /com"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.enemyHit: core flash, dir sparks along travel vector, craft white tintFill flash, cyan arc ripple (shield) vs orange shards (hull), damage-number pop; called identically in CombatScene.collide + Co"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.shieldImpact: sphere outline + arc centered on bearing (travel+PI), ripple, sparks, k-scaled by damage, 520ms decay; shieldBreak implosion+shockwave; rams use same treatment with bearing; verified "},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"combatShake on hit/kill/break; live probe: main cam shakeEffect isRunning=true duration=230, fx-ui cam isRunning=false; knobs in data/combat.json fx.shake/fx.shield; node dev/combat.test.mjs = 146 che"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.875Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.876Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"disapproved","report":"The headless browser is already up. Let me run my own live probe against both contexts to verify boot, the FX paths, and the camera-shake split.\n\nI found some console errors in the probe (a `setTintFill` deprecation and a `wallClamp` TypeError). Let me investigate both.\n\n## Audit report\n\nI verified the goal against the real artifacts, including live browser probes of both contexts (dev server + CDP). Much of the visual work is genuinely present, but the implementation contains a fatal regression in the shared FX path that breaks \"both contexts boot and play\" and silently fails one explicit success criterion.\n\n### Verified as delivered\n- **Bolts in both contexts** — `js/combat/Bullet.js` builds a 128×32 canvas bolt (fading trail band + core streak + head bloom) with an untinted white core dot riding the tip; tinted cyan (`#00e5ff`) / magenta-pink (`#ff2d6f`) from `data/combat.json` weapon colors; `boltLength/boltWidth` knobs read and applied (live probe: `boltScale [54,12]`, textures present, bolts visible in both committed screenshots).\n- **Directional muzzle flash** — `Fx.muzzle` (bore spike + bloom + cross glint, rotated to firing axis) called at every fire site in `CombatScene.firePlayer/fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.firePlayerAt/fireEnemy`.\n- **Enemy impact read** — `Fx.enemyHit`: core flash, sparks along the travel vector, cyan arc + ring on shield hits vs orange shards + tight ring on hull, damage-number pop with scale-settle. Live-verified on the range (`arcFlash`, `ring`, 17 sparks, `tintFlash`, `text` all spawned).\n- **Shield-sphere hit from the laser's bearing** — `Fx.shieldImpact`: full-sphere outline + bright arc centered on the bearing (live check: bearing 135° → texture rotated exactly 135°), ripple, bearing-biased sparks, damage-scaled `k`, 520 ms decay; `shieldBreak` collapse cue (implosion + shockwave + shedding) fired on shield→hull break; rams route through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer`. Both contexts call the identical shared methods.\n- **Shake** — `combatShake` on hit/kill/break with `fx.shake` knobs (0.0045/0.007/0.011, 230 ms); live probe: world camera shake running, `fx-ui` camera shake inactive.\n- **Tuning surface, tests, constraints** — all knobs in `data/combat.json`; `node dev/combat.test.mjs` = 146 checks, 0 failures; no new dependencies (Phaser vendored), no build step, hand-rolled FX pattern (no emitters); depths in the 19–22 band, ships 10, HUD ≥60–120.\n\n### Blocking findings (verified live, not speculation)\n1. **`Fx.update` destroys the ships.** The expiry branch unconditionally calls `it.img.destroy()` — but `craftFlash` pushes items whose `img` is the ship itself (`kind:'tintFlash'`, 150–160 ms). Evidence:\n - Unit: real `Fx` class, `shieldImpact` + `fx.update(700ms)` → `shipDestroyedAfterShieldImpactExpire: true`.\n - Range: runtime stack captured `Ship.destroy ← Fx.update (Fx.js:599)`; after one non-lethal hit the enemy craft is gone 150 ms later with `dead:false` (no kill FX, no respawn bookkeeping — a ghost), then `CombatScene.update` throws `TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'velocity')` (`wallClamp`/`updatePlayer`) and the game loop dies. I reproduced this on a fresh page with no interaction beyond letting the pack fight.\n - Main game: the moment `combat.update` stepped, all 21 FX items — including the player ship's `tintFlash` — were consumed/destroyed.\n This contradicts \"both contexts boot and play\", \"no regressions\", and corrupts hit/kill/respawn bookkeeping in both contexts.\n2. **\"Visible white hit-flash on the enemy craft\" is not delivered.** In this vendored Phaser 4.2.1 build, `setTintFill` is a removed no-op that only `console.error`s (verified in `lib/phaser.min.js`: `` setTintFill:function(){console.error(...)}``). So `craftFlash` sets `setTint(0xffffff)` (invisible on an untinted sprite), the FILL mode is never applied, and the fallback bloom never triggers (nothing throws). Every hit spams a console error; the required white craft flash is absent.\n\n### Minor observations\n- Three untracked, unreferenced MP3s under `assets/fx/` (not wired into `data/sfx.json` or `CombatSfx.js`) — noise against the \"audio changes out of scope\" boundary.\n- In my main-game probes the `GameScene.update` loop was idle (tutorial comms hold), and the committed main-game screenshot shows a straight line of static bolts — the \"main game plays\" evidence is weaker than the range evidence, independent of the defects above.\n\nThe laser/impact/shield-sphere visuals are mostly real and well-built, but the shared `Fx` class killing the hit craft on flash expiry is a fatal, reproducible regression in the range (and a latent player-ship destroy in the main game), and the white hit-flash requirement is silently unmet.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-17T04:42:45.235Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.034Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.036Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"}]],["mu7ieab2-f24hte",[{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-09-19T04:06:34.695Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-19T04:06:46.015Z"},{"type":"goal_resumed","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"user","at":"2026-09-19T04:17:54.636Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"dev/ship-window.test.mjs: every configured row resolves finite from real data; fireRate=1/cd, DPS=damage/cd, accel=ship.thrust, recharge=combat.playerShield. 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Screensho","at":"2026-09-19T05:04:37.254Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-09-19T05:04:55.422Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"Screenshots reviewed at 1920x1080: empty hold (\"HOLD EMPTY — EVERY BAY IS CLEAN\", EMPTY tiles, +12 LOCKED pips, 0% / NO ORE ABOARD) and loaded (icons+names, MANIFEST tags, \"4/6 BAYS · 2 FREE\", +10 LOC","at":"2026-09-19T05:21:51.901Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-19T05:22:27.127Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"Selecting a filled bay opens BAY MANIFEST (js/ui/ShipWindow.js _paintManifest): goods icon frame, name, CLASS/TIER/BASE VALUE chips (labels from data), flavor, MADE IN origin|hub pool + producer class","at":"2026-09-19T06:10:11.478Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-09-19T14:55:34.986Z"},{"type":"goal_focused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"selected","at":"2026-09-19T15:32:31.167Z"},{"type":"goal_focused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"selected","at":"2026-09-19T15:38:35.941Z"}]],["mu986lbo-140zqa",[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Give the 7 new enemy ships (spritesheet frames 1–7) distinct stats and attack patterns using a mix of weapon types (heat-seeking missiles, spray, plus new ideas), ramping modestly in difficulty frame 1 → 7, and rewire the ?combat demo to send a sequence of rolling waves — one wave per ship type in difficulty order, 6 ships of that type per wave, 3 on screen at a time.\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- data/combat.json → enemyTypes has 7 new types (frames 1–7), each with distinct stats + a distinct weapon pattern; difficulty (hull/shields/damage) climbs monotonically frame 1 → 7 with only modest bumps (not a wall).\n- Weapon types actually implemented and used: heat-seeking missile (dodgeable — capped turn-rate), spray fan, rapid burst, rapid-fire, ring burst, and a heavy/elite combo. The missile is the only genuinely new projectile; the rest are loops/config over the existing bolt.\n- All 7 fire their pattern correctly in BOTH the main-game ?combat boot and the standalone range (shared firing path).\n- The ?combat boot now dispatches a sequence of rolling waves: 7 waves in difficulty order, each wave = 6 ships of that single type, maxConcurrent=3, each kill sending in a replacement (replacePerKill=1).\n- dev/combat.test.mjs still passes (pure Node modules: EnemyTypes/Waves stay Phaser-free).\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: data/combat.json (enemyTypes + a new wave script + ?combat wiring), js/combat (new weapon behaviors: EnemyShip firing, a missile projectile, fireEnemy dispatch in both CombatScene and CombatSystem), dev/combat.test.mjs.\n- Out of scope: new art/sprites, player-ship changes, the XP curve, and the existing pirate_ambush quest wave (stays as-is). The pre-existing frame-0 raider stays untouched.\n- New weapons must not break the standalone range (combat.html / dev server /combat) — it shares the firing path.\n\nConstraints (hard rules):\n- Heat-seeking missiles MUST be dodgeable: capped turn-rate + moderate speed, so the player can out-turn them.\n- Each subsequent ship only a LITTLE harder than the previous (modest +hull/+shields/+damage), not a big jump.\n- Keep EnemyTypes.js and Waves.js pure (no Phaser/scene imports) so dev/combat.test.mjs runs in bare Node.\n- ?combat demo: exactly 7 waves, one type each, in difficulty order; rolling; 6 per wave; 3 concurrent; 1 replacement per kill.\n- Don't mutate shared config sections in place (deepMerge already guards this; follow the pattern).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures.\n- grep confirms the new wave script is wired to the ?combat boot (spawnPack replaced) and all 7 frames are referenced in enemyTypes.\n- Manual browser check of ?combat: 7 waves fire in order, 3 on screen at a time, one type per wave; missiles visibly home and can be dodged; spray/burst/ring render correctly.\n- Re-read the 7-ship roster table and confirm each type's pattern + difficulty bump is present.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskCount":4,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-20T02:57:57.911Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Node check: 7 types (frames 1–7) resolve; hull 80→150, xp 18→42 monotonic; 7 distinct patterns; combat_demo normalizes to 7 rolling waves (6/3/1 each)","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.313Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.314Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Missile.js (capped turn homing, Node-tested) + Weapons.js firePattern dispatch all 7 patterns; both contexts wired (CombatScene/CombatSystem.fireEnemy → firePattern); Node suite green importing EnemyT","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.494Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"GameScene:1050 startWaves('combat_demo') (spawnPack no longer the boot path); combat_demo = 7 rolling waves bomber→warden, 6/3/1 each; Node e2e run passes; browser sfxcheck found live wave ship after ","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.495Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"node dev/combat.test.mjs: all checks passed (0 failures). CDP demo check PASS: range renders all 7 patterns w/ shape; main 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement/kill, 42 kills done. sfxcheck PASS","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:03.769Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.556Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.557Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"}]],["mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej",[{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-20T17:43:58.266Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-20T20:09:24.838Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"GameScene: onKill hands the enemy to handleCombatKill (elite-only witness → haltWaves + bountyDown); _establishBountyHunt rolls plan→route (buildPatrolRoute opts {waypoints:[legs,legs], fork:'bounty'}","at":"2026-09-20T20:27:38.322Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-09-20T20:28:26.199Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"JobBoardWindow.js: _rowState 'locked'; greyed row + LOCKED — REQUIRES LEVEL {level} badge (fillLevel); dossier block (WANTED/epithet/CHARGES/CRAFT) via ui.dossier* with dynamic body-line cap; hunt rou","at":"2026-09-20T22:01:54.072Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-7","at":"2026-09-20T22:14:18.633Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-09-21T01:39:37.876Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-21T01:40:58.104Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskCount":7,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-21T01:46:12.634Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-21T01:50:36.637Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskCount":7,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-21T01:52:04.548Z"},{"type":"goal_focused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"selected","at":"2026-09-21T02:06:44.440Z"}]],["muc162bo-njvm8l",[{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"dev/neutral.test.mjs 33/33 pass: roster (allies roster, side 'player', frames 20–27), escort window from data (escortMin/Max 10–15 s), escort (no fire at player), break-off fly-off, despawn off-screen","at":"2026-09-22T03:12:28.543Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"dev/neutral.test.mjs pirate-targeting block: player preferred in weapon range, nearest in-range escort draws aggro when player out of range, classic chase unchanged with no escort in reach, pirate lan","at":"2026-09-22T03:12:28.547Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"js/combat/Encounters.js (pure director) + encounters section in data/combat.json + GameScene wiring (spawn off-screen, one-shot pirates); dev/encounters.test.mjs 48/48 (cadence exact-timing, one-at-a-","at":"2026-09-22T03:43:19.226Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-22T05:56:38.431Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"encounter-hud-check.mjs PASS exit=0 (×2): threat markers off→0/on→2 pirates px-lit/restore→0; arrows px-verified at both pirates' edges, escorts never; kill feed live text @1262 alpha .95 + ink px abo","at":"2026-09-22T07:16:46.268Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"run-all.mjs ALL 66 TESTS PASSED (incl. encounters/neutral/roster new tests); combat-demo-check PASS (sandbox+combat_demo intact); encounter-hud-check 7 consecutive passes (mixed arrows/threat/feed+esc","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:11.553Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:57.943Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:57.950Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"disapproved","report":"Now let me verify the test suite runs green:\n\nBoth browser regression checks pass. Now verifying the remaining wiring details: `isHomeSystem`, `playerDown`, wave-run gating, and the spritesheet frames.\n\nFrames 20–27 show eight distinct crafts. Let me verify the remaining seams (auto-fire pool, off-screen spawn radius, visibleView, regression test diffs).\n\nThe core artifacts have been verified. Next, I'll investigate the live production wiring (the director gating against actual GameScene state: home vs. neutral vs. wave execution) on a disposable page, without touching the repository files.\n\nI've found a significant discrepancy and need to verify it statistically before concluding. Let me measure the actual roll cadence the production director would produce in-game:\n\nI've completed my inspection. Here's my audit:\n\n**Verified solid (real artifacts, re-run by me):**\n- `data/combat.json`: `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` = 8 distinct crafts on frames 20–27 (I cropped the actual spritesheet — 8 visibly distinct ships), unique patterns (lance/rapid/spray/burst/ring/missile/combo/volley), monotonic hull 60→150 / shields 0→60 / xp 12→42 ramp; `encounters` section ships the required cadence/weights/bands.\n- Roster registry (`EnemyTypes.js` `neutralTypeConfig`/`neutralTypeIds`/`neutralSheetList`) + merge: tests confirm 8 distinct patterns, frames 20–27, player-side.\n- Ally AI (`NeutralShip.js`) approach/escort/engage/break machine, 10–15 s per-ship windows, break-off off-screen despawn; player-safety seams (never targets player, excluded from auto-fire pool — `currentTarget()` picks from `enemies` only, `ally` bolts/seekers skip the player, player bolts only hit `enemies`).\n- Pirate generalization: `pickEnemyTarget` (player preferred in range, else nearest in-range escort, classic chase preserved); pirate bolts/missiles damage escorts; escort kills still bank pirate XP via `killEnemy`.\n- Director gating: home/faction/wave-run/player-down all gated (ambush is a `waveRun`, covered).\n- Browser checks I re-ran: `encounter-hud-check.mjs` PASS (arrows hostiles-only px-verified, threat data-respecting, mixed fight flow, feed, escort lifecycle, neutrals-only zero damage, ambush 3→3→3→2→1→0 done) and `combat-demo-check.mjs` PASS (sandbox + combat_demo). `node dev/run-all.mjs` = ALL 66 PASSED, including the new `encounters`/`neutral` tests.\n\n**Critical defect found (core success criterion broken in the real game):**\n\nIn `js/combat/Encounters.js`, `_intervalMs()` and `_cooldownMs()` double-scale to milliseconds:\n\n```js\nconst min = Math.max(0, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMin) || 45) * 1000; // 45000 ms ✔\nconst max = Math.max(min, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMax) || 90) * 1000; // Math.max(45000, 90) * 1000 = 45,000,000 ms ✘\n```\n\n`min` is already in ms, so `max` becomes min×1000: the roll interval is actually **45 s … 12.5 h** (not ~45–90 s) and the cooldown **30 s … 8.3 h** (not ~30–60 s). I instrumented `Math.min/max` inside the module to confirm the values reaching `rand`, and ran 5,000 production-rng trials with the shipped config: first-encounter time p10 ≈ 2.0 h, **median ≈ 8.9 h**, p90 ≈ 17.9 h. My independent browser wiring probe on the real GameScene director likewise never fired within 60 s.\n\nThe dev suite is green only because the deterministic cadence tests inject `rng: () => 0`, which always lands on the band's lower bound — the corrupted upper bound is never sampled. So \"encounters trigger periodically (~45–90 s rolls, ~30–60 s cooldown)\" and manual checklist item 2 (encounters appearing at a non-constant but reasonable pace over a session) are **not genuinely satisfied** in the shipped build, even though every test and check passes.\n\nThis is the heart of the feature; a player in a neutral system would wait hours per encounter. Disapproving on that basis.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-22T10:38:58.650Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.642Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.650Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"}]],["mudi9u8o-nektab",[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","objective":"Add a new \"Escort\" side quest type to the job board where the player rendevouses with a neutral transport (and 1-2 escort fighters) at a local waypoint, leads them through a jump-gate route of 1-2 hops to a planet or space station in a reachable system amid heavily elevated hostile encounters, and completes the quest on arrival with no enemies on screen; transports are ~2.5x fighter size using new spritesheet frames, and if the transport is destroyed the player must land on a planet to reset and retry the quest.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskCount":6,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskCount":6,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-data","evidence":"data/sidequests.json: escort enabled:true, neutral-only, minLevel 3, 20 distinct descriptions, reward band, escort rules block + UI strings. dev/escort.test.mjs (gate/posting) + dev/sidequests.test.mj","at":"2026-09-23T03:14:27.732Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-transport-ship","evidence":"TransportShip.js (extends NeutralShip, persistent) + data/combat.json transport (135px=2.5x fighter 54px, hull 1500/shields 650 vs 60/0, volley dmg14x7 vs 8-9); CombatSystem.spawnTransport + persisten","at":"2026-09-23T03:42:53.300Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-flow","evidence":"GameScene: acceptSideQuest→_establishEscort (rendezvous waypoint via buildPatrolRoute fork 'escort'; destination via escortDestinationFor = 1-2 hop gate-reachable neutral, seeded, planet/station objec","at":"2026-09-23T03:50:51.671Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-combat","evidence":"Escort director (EncounterDirector, sidequests.escort.encounters: roll 9-18s, chance 85-100%, cooldown 5-10s) vs normal (roll 45-90s, chance 50-60%, cooldown 30-60s) = ~5x elevated. Waves: 8 total / 4","at":"2026-09-23T03:51:34.196Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-fail-success","evidence":"updateEscort: transport.dead → phase 'failed' + toast + _escortBreakConvoy (clean teardown). startLanding hook → _escortResetForLanding: phase 'failed' only; re-stands rendezvous in CURRENT system (bu","at":"2026-09-23T03:52:18.710Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-verify","evidence":"69/69 dev tests pass. Escort verified 3 ways: escort.test.mjs (model: gate/destination/wave/XP/ledger+save round-trip), escort-flow.test.mjs (scene flow: accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump→delivery; fai","at":"2026-09-23T04:15:42.055Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.557Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.559Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"}]]],"runtimeIndex":[["mu3lln4y-51f5mi",{"recent":[{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-16T04:26:15.002Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Audit doc at .pi/goals/combat-feedback-audit.md; baseline node dev/combat.test.mjs passes (all checks green)","at":"2026-09-16T04:33:51.611Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-16T04:35:30.972Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Committed 5949bac: pure handleFeel (exact integration) + combat.player tuning (thrust 2000/drag 1.8/rot 6.4/brake 0.9); WASD fixed (addKeys comma-list bug → event API); dev/combat.test.mjs 0 failures;","at":"2026-09-16T06:19:40.253Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"Committed: shared js/combat/CombatSfx.js (7 distinct voices from existing sfx.json: fire=scan, impact=ui_click, shield=solar_buzz, hull=mining_split, kill=thunder×4 random, down=deconstruct, respawn=d","at":"2026-09-16T06:48:29.383Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"Committed ecff203: Fx.js gains damage() (cyan=shield/orange=hull numbers), color-coded hit flashes, enhanced kill burst (delayed 2nd shockwave), down() + respawn() cues, shared FX_COLORS. Both context","at":"2026-09-16T07:07:02.597Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"Commit 0d51184: CombatHud shared (lock reticle, threat cues, off-screen arrows, kill feed, gauge flash); pickTarget/feedPush/offscreenArrow in Combat.js; resyncAroundShip fixes main-game pack placemen","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:23.498Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:51.673Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"combat.test.mjs 96 checks + sfx.test.mjs 21 checks = 0 failures; sfxcheck PASS both contexts (7 events); gauge-flash/lock/threat/feed verified in both; combat-shot.mjs → dev/shots/combat-range.png + c","at":"2026-09-16T08:59:41.075Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.729Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.730Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Make Orbit's combat both feel and read — sharper ship handling plus clear hit/kill/death feedback (VFX + SFX) and a readability layer (target indicator, damage numbers, kill feed, bar hit-flash), kept in sync across the training range (/combat) and the main-game combat (index.html?combat).\n\nSuccess criteria (observable):\n- In BOTH contexts, each of: firing, bullet impact, shield hit, hull hit, enemy kill, player-down, and player-respawn produces a distinct VFX and a distinct SFX.\n- Readability layer is live in both contexts: damage numbers on every hit (enemy and player), a target/lock indicator on the current target, threat cues for hostiles, a kill feed, and a visible hit-flash on the combat bar's shields/hull gauges.\n- Ship handling feels noticeably better in the range (WASD) — responsive thrust/rotation/brake, all values living in data/combat.json and shared with the main game.\n- node dev/combat.test.mjs passes with 0 failures; CDP screenshots (dev/cdp-shot.mjs pattern) show the new feedback in both /combat and index.html?combat; the README combat section documents the new feedback set and dev hooks.\n\nBoundaries:\n- IN SCOPE: js/combat/* (Combat.js, CombatSystem.js, CombatScene.js, Fx.js, EnemyShip.js, Bullet.js), js/ui/CombatBar.js, data/combat.json, SFX wiring, both combat contexts.\n- OUT OF SCOPE: real skill implementations (the 1–8 seats stay as stubs on the system's cast() stub), new enemy types/AI/behavior variety, waves/difficulty/escalation, permanent death or economy flows, non-combat game systems (map, jump gates, economy), new sprite art.\n\nConstraints:\n- Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6 modules, no build step; hand-rolled circle collision checks only (no arcade colliders), per the existing combat architecture.\n- No new binary assets: VFX must be procedural (canvas dot textures / additive glows, Fx.js style); SFX must go through the existing data/sfx.json + playSfx() infrastructure using existing sound files only.\n- Pure rules stay in js/combat/Combat.js (pure, unit-tested); ALL tuning numbers live in data/combat.json; the range and the main game must share the same rules and numbers (no divergent copies).\n- Skill seats 1–8, the energy gauge, and the auto-fire model are left as-is (stub/placeholder behavior unchanged).\n\nVerification contract:\n1) node dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures. 2) CDP-driven visual checks of BOTH /combat and index.html?combat (dev/cdp-shot.mjs pattern) capturing: damage numbers, target indicator, kill feed, bar hit-flash, kill burst, player-down/respawn cues. 3) Manual flow checklist passed in both contexts: fire → muzzle flash + shot SFX; enemy hit → impact flash + damage number; shield/hull hit → bar flash + appropriate SFX; enemy kill → burst + kill-feed entry + explosion SFX; player down → down cue + respawn cue. 4) Re-read this goal's success criteria and confirm each is addressed before marking complete.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user (default blocker rule).","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-16T04:26:00.418Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-16T04:26:15.002Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Audit doc at .pi/goals/combat-feedback-audit.md; baseline node dev/combat.test.mjs passes (all checks green)","at":"2026-09-16T04:33:51.611Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-16T04:35:30.972Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Committed 5949bac: pure handleFeel (exact integration) + combat.player tuning (thrust 2000/drag 1.8/rot 6.4/brake 0.9); WASD fixed (addKeys comma-list bug → event API); dev/combat.test.mjs 0 failures;","at":"2026-09-16T06:19:40.253Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"Committed: shared js/combat/CombatSfx.js (7 distinct voices from existing sfx.json: fire=scan, impact=ui_click, shield=solar_buzz, hull=mining_split, kill=thunder×4 random, down=deconstruct, respawn=d","at":"2026-09-16T06:48:29.383Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"Committed ecff203: Fx.js gains damage() (cyan=shield/orange=hull numbers), color-coded hit flashes, enhanced kill burst (delayed 2nd shockwave), down() + respawn() cues, shared FX_COLORS. Both context","at":"2026-09-16T07:07:02.597Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"Commit 0d51184: CombatHud shared (lock reticle, threat cues, off-screen arrows, kill feed, gauge flash); pickTarget/feedPush/offscreenArrow in Combat.js; resyncAroundShip fixes main-game pack placemen","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:23.498Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-09-16T08:03:51.673Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"combat.test.mjs 96 checks + sfx.test.mjs 21 checks = 0 failures; sfxcheck PASS both contexts (7 events); gauge-flash/lock/threat/feed verified in both; combat-shot.mjs → dev/shots/combat-range.png + c","at":"2026-09-16T08:59:41.075Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.729Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.730Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"}],"oracle":[],"lifecycle":{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Make Orbit's combat both feel and read — sharper ship handling plus clear hit/kill/death feedback (VFX + SFX) and a readability layer (target indicator, damage numbers, kill feed, bar hit-flash), kept in sync across the training range (/combat) and the main-game combat (index.html?combat).\n\nSuccess criteria (observable):\n- In BOTH contexts, each of: firing, bullet impact, shield hit, hull hit, enemy kill, player-down, and player-respawn produces a distinct VFX and a distinct SFX.\n- Readability layer is live in both contexts: damage numbers on every hit (enemy and player), a target/lock indicator on the current target, threat cues for hostiles, a kill feed, and a visible hit-flash on the combat bar's shields/hull gauges.\n- Ship handling feels noticeably better in the range (WASD) — responsive thrust/rotation/brake, all values living in data/combat.json and shared with the main game.\n- node dev/combat.test.mjs passes with 0 failures; CDP screenshots (dev/cdp-shot.mjs pattern) show the new feedback in both /combat and index.html?combat; the README combat section documents the new feedback set and dev hooks.\n\nBoundaries:\n- IN SCOPE: js/combat/* (Combat.js, CombatSystem.js, CombatScene.js, Fx.js, EnemyShip.js, Bullet.js), js/ui/CombatBar.js, data/combat.json, SFX wiring, both combat contexts.\n- OUT OF SCOPE: real skill implementations (the 1–8 seats stay as stubs on the system's cast() stub), new enemy types/AI/behavior variety, waves/difficulty/escalation, permanent death or economy flows, non-combat game systems (map, jump gates, economy), new sprite art.\n\nConstraints:\n- Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6 modules, no build step; hand-rolled circle collision checks only (no arcade colliders), per the existing combat architecture.\n- No new binary assets: VFX must be procedural (canvas dot textures / additive glows, Fx.js style); SFX must go through the existing data/sfx.json + playSfx() infrastructure using existing sound files only.\n- Pure rules stay in js/combat/Combat.js (pure, unit-tested); ALL tuning numbers live in data/combat.json; the range and the main game must share the same rules and numbers (no divergent copies).\n- Skill seats 1–8, the energy gauge, and the auto-fire model are left as-is (stub/placeholder behavior unchanged).\n\nVerification contract:\n1) node dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures. 2) CDP-driven visual checks of BOTH /combat and index.html?combat (dev/cdp-shot.mjs pattern) capturing: damage numbers, target indicator, kill feed, bar hit-flash, kill burst, player-down/respawn cues. 3) Manual flow checklist passed in both contexts: fire → muzzle flash + shot SFX; enemy hit → impact flash + damage number; shield/hull hit → bar flash + appropriate SFX; enemy kill → burst + kill-feed entry + explosion SFX; player down → down cue + respawn cue. 4) Re-read this goal's success criteria and confirm each is addressed before marking complete.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user (default blocker rule).","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-16T04:26:00.418Z"},"lastActivityEvent":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"},"completion":{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","at":"2026-09-16T09:00:25.729Z"},"audit":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu3lln4y-51f5mi","verdict":"approved","report":"The dev server (8080) and a CDP browser (9333) are live, so I can verify directly. First, let me look at the committed screenshot evidence and the README combat section.\n\nI've confirmed the screenshots show the combat HUD, reticles, and kill feed elements. Now I'll run the live CDP checks to verify SFX wiring and flight feel in the running dev environment.\n\nAll verification paths are now confirmed. Let me do a final constraint sweep before deciding.\n\n## Audit summary\n\nI verified the executor's claims against the actual repository and ran the live verification contract myself (dev server + CDP browser were available):\n\n**1. Distinct VFX + SFX per event, both contexts**\n- Code: `CombatScene.js` (range) and `CombatSystem.js` (main) both funnel every event through the shared `combatSfx`/`combatSfxEnemyHit` (7 distinct voices — scan/ui_click/solar_buzz/mining_split/thunder×4/deconstruct/discovery, all existing `data/sfx.json` files, all confirmed on disk) and the shared procedural `Fx` (muzzle flash, color-coded shield-cyan/hull-orange hit flash + damage number, kill burst with double ring, DOWN burst, REFORMED bloom — all canvas dots/additive).\n- Live: `node dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → **PASS** in both `/combat` and `index.html?combat`, all seven events through the shared path (I ran it, exit 0).\n\n**2. Readability layer live in both contexts** (my own CDP probes)\n- Range: `lastFlash={kind:shield}`, kill feed entry landed, lock target acquired; gauge-flash overlay live (peak alpha 0.72, decaying).\n- Main: same, with the flash positioned exactly on the `CombatBar.gaugeRect('shield')` track (peak alpha 1.0), bar visible, feed entry, target true.\n- Committed screenshots `dev/shots/combat-range.png` / `combat-main.png` visually show: lock reticle, threat dots, kill feed \"HOSTILE DESTROYED\", damage numbers (\"10\"), kill burst, tracer, combat bar gauges.\n\n**3. Ship handling (range WASD)**\n- `node dev/combat-flycheck.mjs` → **PASS**: 337 ms to 60% maxSpeed, 133 ms to 30° turn, 7.45 rad/s sustained spin, 308 ms stop from 560 px/s.\n- Real keyboard check: actual 'W' keydown accelerated the ship 0→526 px/s; keyup released it.\n- Values live in `data/combat.json` → `combat.player`; pure `handleFeel` in `js/combat/Combat.js`; both contexts read the same file (weapon, armor, readability, bar).\n\n**4. Tests & docs**\n- `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 96 checks, **0 failures** (exit 0); `sfx.test.mjs` 21/21.\n- `dev/combat-shot.mjs` follows the `dev/cdp-shot.mjs` CDP pattern; README combat section fully documents feel, the VFX set, the SFX map, the readability layer, and all three dev checkers + hooks.\n\n**Constraints honored**: pure rules in `Combat.js` (unit-tested), single tuning surface `data/combat.json`, shared modules across both contexts (no divergent copies), no new binary game assets (only the two evidence screenshots in the diff), hand-rolled circle collision only, skill stubs (`cast()` no-op), energy gauge (regen 0, full), and auto-fire left as-is, Phaser 4 UMD + plain ES6.\n\nEvery explicit success criterion and the verification contract are genuinely satisfied; the executor's claims match the evidence I independently reproduced.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-16T09:04:06.559Z"}}],["mu4xefwj-ebnq8h",{"recent":[{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskCount":4,"blockCompletion":false,"at":"2026-09-17T02:44:06.019Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T02:59:45.101Z"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Bolt texture (128x32 gradient trail+core+bloom) + white core head in js/combat/Bullet.js; fx.muzzle in CombatScene/CombatSystem; boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle knobs in data/combat.json; verified in /com"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.enemyHit: core flash, dir sparks along travel vector, craft white tintFill flash, cyan arc ripple (shield) vs orange shards (hull), damage-number pop; called identically in CombatScene.collide + Co"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.shieldImpact: sphere outline + arc centered on bearing (travel+PI), ripple, sparks, k-scaled by damage, 520ms decay; shieldBreak implosion+shockwave; rams use same treatment with bearing; verified "},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"combatShake on hit/kill/break; live probe: main cam shakeEffect isRunning=true duration=230, fx-ui cam isRunning=false; knobs in data/combat.json fx.shake/fx.shield; node dev/combat.test.mjs = 146 che"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.875Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.876Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"disapproved","report":"The headless browser is already up. Let me run my own live probe against both contexts to verify boot, the FX paths, and the camera-shake split.\n\nI found some console errors in the probe (a `setTintFill` deprecation and a `wallClamp` TypeError). Let me investigate both.\n\n## Audit report\n\nI verified the goal against the real artifacts, including live browser probes of both contexts (dev server + CDP). Much of the visual work is genuinely present, but the implementation contains a fatal regression in the shared FX path that breaks \"both contexts boot and play\" and silently fails one explicit success criterion.\n\n### Verified as delivered\n- **Bolts in both contexts** — `js/combat/Bullet.js` builds a 128×32 canvas bolt (fading trail band + core streak + head bloom) with an untinted white core dot riding the tip; tinted cyan (`#00e5ff`) / magenta-pink (`#ff2d6f`) from `data/combat.json` weapon colors; `boltLength/boltWidth` knobs read and applied (live probe: `boltScale [54,12]`, textures present, bolts visible in both committed screenshots).\n- **Directional muzzle flash** — `Fx.muzzle` (bore spike + bloom + cross glint, rotated to firing axis) called at every fire site in `CombatScene.firePlayer/fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.firePlayerAt/fireEnemy`.\n- **Enemy impact read** — `Fx.enemyHit`: core flash, sparks along the travel vector, cyan arc + ring on shield hits vs orange shards + tight ring on hull, damage-number pop with scale-settle. Live-verified on the range (`arcFlash`, `ring`, 17 sparks, `tintFlash`, `text` all spawned).\n- **Shield-sphere hit from the laser's bearing** — `Fx.shieldImpact`: full-sphere outline + bright arc centered on the bearing (live check: bearing 135° → texture rotated exactly 135°), ripple, bearing-biased sparks, damage-scaled `k`, 520 ms decay; `shieldBreak` collapse cue (implosion + shockwave + shedding) fired on shield→hull break; rams route through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer`. Both contexts call the identical shared methods.\n- **Shake** — `combatShake` on hit/kill/break with `fx.shake` knobs (0.0045/0.007/0.011, 230 ms); live probe: world camera shake running, `fx-ui` camera shake inactive.\n- **Tuning surface, tests, constraints** — all knobs in `data/combat.json`; `node dev/combat.test.mjs` = 146 checks, 0 failures; no new dependencies (Phaser vendored), no build step, hand-rolled FX pattern (no emitters); depths in the 19–22 band, ships 10, HUD ≥60–120.\n\n### Blocking findings (verified live, not speculation)\n1. **`Fx.update` destroys the ships.** The expiry branch unconditionally calls `it.img.destroy()` — but `craftFlash` pushes items whose `img` is the ship itself (`kind:'tintFlash'`, 150–160 ms). Evidence:\n - Unit: real `Fx` class, `shieldImpact` + `fx.update(700ms)` → `shipDestroyedAfterShieldImpactExpire: true`.\n - Range: runtime stack captured `Ship.destroy ← Fx.update (Fx.js:599)`; after one non-lethal hit the enemy craft is gone 150 ms later with `dead:false` (no kill FX, no respawn bookkeeping — a ghost), then `CombatScene.update` throws `TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'velocity')` (`wallClamp`/`updatePlayer`) and the game loop dies. I reproduced this on a fresh page with no interaction beyond letting the pack fight.\n - Main game: the moment `combat.update` stepped, all 21 FX items — including the player ship's `tintFlash` — were consumed/destroyed.\n This contradicts \"both contexts boot and play\", \"no regressions\", and corrupts hit/kill/respawn bookkeeping in both contexts.\n2. **\"Visible white hit-flash on the enemy craft\" is not delivered.** In this vendored Phaser 4.2.1 build, `setTintFill` is a removed no-op that only `console.error`s (verified in `lib/phaser.min.js`: `` setTintFill:function(){console.error(...)}``). So `craftFlash` sets `setTint(0xffffff)` (invisible on an untinted sprite), the FILL mode is never applied, and the fallback bloom never triggers (nothing throws). Every hit spams a console error; the required white craft flash is absent.\n\n### Minor observations\n- Three untracked, unreferenced MP3s under `assets/fx/` (not wired into `data/sfx.json` or `CombatSfx.js`) — noise against the \"audio changes out of scope\" boundary.\n- In my main-game probes the `GameScene.update` loop was idle (tutorial comms hold), and the committed main-game screenshot shows a straight line of static bolts — the \"main game plays\" evidence is weaker than the range evidence, independent of the defects above.\n\nThe laser/impact/shield-sphere visuals are mostly real and well-built, but the shared `Fx` class killing the hit craft on flash expiry is a fatal, reproducible regression in the range (and a latent player-ship destroy in the main game), and the white hit-flash requirement is silently unmet.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-17T04:42:45.235Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.034Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.036Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: A visual overhaul of combat FX in Orbit — visually impressive laser bolts from both the player and enemies, a strong impact read when enemies are hit, and a shield-sphere hit effect that shows the player's shield struck from the laser's incoming bearing with the hit region highlighted — delivered consistently in both combat contexts (the /combat range and the main game's ?combat boot).\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- Player and enemy shots render as elongated glowing bolts: hot-white core, colored halo (cyan player / magenta enemy), a fading motion trail along the flight axis, and a directional muzzle flash on fire — in BOTH the range (js/combat/CombatScene.js) and the main game (js/combat/CombatSystem.js).\n- Enemy hits show impact: a hot core flash at the point of impact, directional sparks along the bullet's travel vector, a visible white hit-flash on the enemy craft, a cyan arc ripple on shield hits vs orange sparks/debris on hull hits, and a polished damage-number pop.\n- Player shield hits read as a sphere being struck: a brief full-sphere outline flash, a bright arc segment centered on the laser's incoming bearing (the highlighted hit region), a radial ripple from the impact point, and a spark burst — intensity scaled with damage, decaying over ~0.5s. A shield→hull break shows a distinct shield-collapse cue. Rams (ship collisions) get the same impact treatment.\n- Subtle world-camera shake on player hits, enemy kills, and shield-break — the separate fx-ui camera keeps the HUD/combat bar perfectly still.\n- New visual parameters (bolt size/trail, muzzle, arc span, shake intensity, etc.) are tunable in data/combat.json, consistent with the project's single-tuning-surface convention.\n- No regressions: dev/combat.test.mjs passes with 0 failures; both contexts boot and play; no new dependencies, no build step.\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: js/combat/Bullet.js, js/combat/Fx.js, the FX call sites in js/combat/CombatScene.js and js/combat/CombatSystem.js (firing, collisions, damage, kills), camera shake wiring, and tuning knobs in data/combat.json.\n- Out of scope: gameplay numbers (damage, cooldowns, speeds, hull/shield values), enemy AI, new weapons or skills, audio changes (existing SFX events stay as-is), HUD/combat-bar redesign, and non-combat main-game visuals.\n\nConstraints:\n- Plain ES6 modules, no build step, no new dependencies (Phaser 4.2.1 stays vendored).\n- No particle emitters — this build's emitter velocity semantics are fiddly (documented in js/combat/Fx.js); follow the existing hand-rolled pattern: canvas-generated textures + additive-blended images stepped in update().\n- Keep the FX cheap enough for 60fps with 3+ enemies and auto-fire (small per-hit item counts, shared textures, depth discipline: ships 10, FX 19–22, HUD 100).\n- Implement in the SHARED code (Fx.js / Bullet.js) so the range and the main game stay identical; both contexts' FX call sites must be updated together.\n- Camera shake on the world camera only (the fx-ui UI camera must remain unshaken).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 0 failures.\n- Manual pass in the range (/combat via the dev server) AND the main game (index.html?combat): player cannon fires elongated bolt + trail + directional muzzle flash; enemy hits show the impact event with distinct shield (cyan ripple) vs hull (orange debris) reads; an enemy lance landing on the player shows the sphere struck — arc highlight centered on the laser's bearing + ripple + sparks, with a shield-collapse cue when shields break; kills show the burst + subtle shake; HUD stays still throughout.\n- Re-read this goal's requirements (lasers, enemy impact, shield sphere hit from the laser's angle, hit-region highlight, shake) and confirm every item is addressed in both contexts before marking complete.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-17T02:44:06.019Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T02:59:45.101Z"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Bolt texture (128x32 gradient trail+core+bloom) + white core head in js/combat/Bullet.js; fx.muzzle in CombatScene/CombatSystem; boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle knobs in data/combat.json; verified in /com"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.enemyHit: core flash, dir sparks along travel vector, craft white tintFill flash, cyan arc ripple (shield) vs orange shards (hull), damage-number pop; called identically in CombatScene.collide + Co"},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"Fx.shieldImpact: sphere outline + arc centered on bearing (travel+PI), ripple, sparks, k-scaled by damage, 520ms decay; shieldBreak implosion+shockwave; rams use same treatment with bearing; verified "},{"goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-09-17T04:34:16.884Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"combatShake on hit/kill/break; live probe: main cam shakeEffect isRunning=true duration=230, fx-ui cam isRunning=false; knobs in data/combat.json fx.shake/fx.shield; node dev/combat.test.mjs = 146 che"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.875Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T04:35:11.876Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"disapproved","report":"The headless browser is already up. Let me run my own live probe against both contexts to verify boot, the FX paths, and the camera-shake split.\n\nI found some console errors in the probe (a `setTintFill` deprecation and a `wallClamp` TypeError). Let me investigate both.\n\n## Audit report\n\nI verified the goal against the real artifacts, including live browser probes of both contexts (dev server + CDP). Much of the visual work is genuinely present, but the implementation contains a fatal regression in the shared FX path that breaks \"both contexts boot and play\" and silently fails one explicit success criterion.\n\n### Verified as delivered\n- **Bolts in both contexts** — `js/combat/Bullet.js` builds a 128×32 canvas bolt (fading trail band + core streak + head bloom) with an untinted white core dot riding the tip; tinted cyan (`#00e5ff`) / magenta-pink (`#ff2d6f`) from `data/combat.json` weapon colors; `boltLength/boltWidth` knobs read and applied (live probe: `boltScale [54,12]`, textures present, bolts visible in both committed screenshots).\n- **Directional muzzle flash** — `Fx.muzzle` (bore spike + bloom + cross glint, rotated to firing axis) called at every fire site in `CombatScene.firePlayer/fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.firePlayerAt/fireEnemy`.\n- **Enemy impact read** — `Fx.enemyHit`: core flash, sparks along the travel vector, cyan arc + ring on shield hits vs orange shards + tight ring on hull, damage-number pop with scale-settle. Live-verified on the range (`arcFlash`, `ring`, 17 sparks, `tintFlash`, `text` all spawned).\n- **Shield-sphere hit from the laser's bearing** — `Fx.shieldImpact`: full-sphere outline + bright arc centered on the bearing (live check: bearing 135° → texture rotated exactly 135°), ripple, bearing-biased sparks, damage-scaled `k`, 520 ms decay; `shieldBreak` collapse cue (implosion + shockwave + shedding) fired on shield→hull break; rams route through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer`. Both contexts call the identical shared methods.\n- **Shake** — `combatShake` on hit/kill/break with `fx.shake` knobs (0.0045/0.007/0.011, 230 ms); live probe: world camera shake running, `fx-ui` camera shake inactive.\n- **Tuning surface, tests, constraints** — all knobs in `data/combat.json`; `node dev/combat.test.mjs` = 146 checks, 0 failures; no new dependencies (Phaser vendored), no build step, hand-rolled FX pattern (no emitters); depths in the 19–22 band, ships 10, HUD ≥60–120.\n\n### Blocking findings (verified live, not speculation)\n1. **`Fx.update` destroys the ships.** The expiry branch unconditionally calls `it.img.destroy()` — but `craftFlash` pushes items whose `img` is the ship itself (`kind:'tintFlash'`, 150–160 ms). Evidence:\n - Unit: real `Fx` class, `shieldImpact` + `fx.update(700ms)` → `shipDestroyedAfterShieldImpactExpire: true`.\n - Range: runtime stack captured `Ship.destroy ← Fx.update (Fx.js:599)`; after one non-lethal hit the enemy craft is gone 150 ms later with `dead:false` (no kill FX, no respawn bookkeeping — a ghost), then `CombatScene.update` throws `TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'velocity')` (`wallClamp`/`updatePlayer`) and the game loop dies. I reproduced this on a fresh page with no interaction beyond letting the pack fight.\n - Main game: the moment `combat.update` stepped, all 21 FX items — including the player ship's `tintFlash` — were consumed/destroyed.\n This contradicts \"both contexts boot and play\", \"no regressions\", and corrupts hit/kill/respawn bookkeeping in both contexts.\n2. **\"Visible white hit-flash on the enemy craft\" is not delivered.** In this vendored Phaser 4.2.1 build, `setTintFill` is a removed no-op that only `console.error`s (verified in `lib/phaser.min.js`: `` setTintFill:function(){console.error(...)}``). So `craftFlash` sets `setTint(0xffffff)` (invisible on an untinted sprite), the FILL mode is never applied, and the fallback bloom never triggers (nothing throws). Every hit spams a console error; the required white craft flash is absent.\n\n### Minor observations\n- Three untracked, unreferenced MP3s under `assets/fx/` (not wired into `data/sfx.json` or `CombatSfx.js`) — noise against the \"audio changes out of scope\" boundary.\n- In my main-game probes the `GameScene.update` loop was idle (tutorial comms hold), and the committed main-game screenshot shows a straight line of static bolts — the \"main game plays\" evidence is weaker than the range evidence, independent of the defects above.\n\nThe laser/impact/shield-sphere visuals are mostly real and well-built, but the shared `Fx` class killing the hit craft on flash expiry is a fatal, reproducible regression in the range (and a latent player-ship destroy in the main game), and the white hit-flash requirement is silently unmet.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-17T04:42:45.235Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.034Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.036Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"}],"oracle":[],"lifecycle":{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: A visual overhaul of combat FX in Orbit — visually impressive laser bolts from both the player and enemies, a strong impact read when enemies are hit, and a shield-sphere hit effect that shows the player's shield struck from the laser's incoming bearing with the hit region highlighted — delivered consistently in both combat contexts (the /combat range and the main game's ?combat boot).\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- Player and enemy shots render as elongated glowing bolts: hot-white core, colored halo (cyan player / magenta enemy), a fading motion trail along the flight axis, and a directional muzzle flash on fire — in BOTH the range (js/combat/CombatScene.js) and the main game (js/combat/CombatSystem.js).\n- Enemy hits show impact: a hot core flash at the point of impact, directional sparks along the bullet's travel vector, a visible white hit-flash on the enemy craft, a cyan arc ripple on shield hits vs orange sparks/debris on hull hits, and a polished damage-number pop.\n- Player shield hits read as a sphere being struck: a brief full-sphere outline flash, a bright arc segment centered on the laser's incoming bearing (the highlighted hit region), a radial ripple from the impact point, and a spark burst — intensity scaled with damage, decaying over ~0.5s. A shield→hull break shows a distinct shield-collapse cue. Rams (ship collisions) get the same impact treatment.\n- Subtle world-camera shake on player hits, enemy kills, and shield-break — the separate fx-ui camera keeps the HUD/combat bar perfectly still.\n- New visual parameters (bolt size/trail, muzzle, arc span, shake intensity, etc.) are tunable in data/combat.json, consistent with the project's single-tuning-surface convention.\n- No regressions: dev/combat.test.mjs passes with 0 failures; both contexts boot and play; no new dependencies, no build step.\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: js/combat/Bullet.js, js/combat/Fx.js, the FX call sites in js/combat/CombatScene.js and js/combat/CombatSystem.js (firing, collisions, damage, kills), camera shake wiring, and tuning knobs in data/combat.json.\n- Out of scope: gameplay numbers (damage, cooldowns, speeds, hull/shield values), enemy AI, new weapons or skills, audio changes (existing SFX events stay as-is), HUD/combat-bar redesign, and non-combat main-game visuals.\n\nConstraints:\n- Plain ES6 modules, no build step, no new dependencies (Phaser 4.2.1 stays vendored).\n- No particle emitters — this build's emitter velocity semantics are fiddly (documented in js/combat/Fx.js); follow the existing hand-rolled pattern: canvas-generated textures + additive-blended images stepped in update().\n- Keep the FX cheap enough for 60fps with 3+ enemies and auto-fire (small per-hit item counts, shared textures, depth discipline: ships 10, FX 19–22, HUD 100).\n- Implement in the SHARED code (Fx.js / Bullet.js) so the range and the main game stay identical; both contexts' FX call sites must be updated together.\n- Camera shake on the world camera only (the fx-ui UI camera must remain unshaken).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 0 failures.\n- Manual pass in the range (/combat via the dev server) AND the main game (index.html?combat): player cannon fires elongated bolt + trail + directional muzzle flash; enemy hits show the impact event with distinct shield (cyan ripple) vs hull (orange debris) reads; an enemy lance landing on the player shows the sphere struck — arc highlight centered on the laser's bearing + ripple + sparks, with a shield-collapse cue when shields break; kills show the burst + subtle shake; HUD stays still throughout.\n- Re-read this goal's requirements (lasers, enemy impact, shield sphere hit from the laser's angle, hit-region highlight, shake) and confirm every item is addressed in both contexts before marking complete.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-17T02:44:06.019Z"},"lastActivityEvent":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"},"completion":{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","at":"2026-09-17T05:01:50.034Z"},"audit":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu4xefwj-ebnq8h","verdict":"approved","report":"Fx.js and Bullet.js look substantial. Now the shake module and tuning surface.\n\nNow let me inspect the call sites in both contexts.\n\nThe dev server and headless browser are live. Let me check the debug seams exposed by both contexts, then run a read-only live probe.\n\nI've verified the code paths on both sides. Now I'll run a live probe of both contexts through the dev server to confirm everything's working.\n\nThe two \"FAIL\"s within the range are actually bugs in my probe (scale is 46×10 world px = elongated; -180° ≡ 180°). The main game result needs investigation — let me inspect the actual shape of `__ORBIT_COMBAT__`:\n\nAll checks are now resolved. Final audit summary:\n\n**Verified via code inspection + live CDP probes in both contexts (range `/combat` and `index.html?combat`), with zero console errors:**\n\n1. **Laser bolts (both contexts):** 128×32 canvas bolt texture (fading trail band + bright core streak + head bloom) scaled to 46×10 px player / 54×12 px enemy (elongated 4.6:1, measured), tinted halo (cyan `00e5ff` player, `#ff2d6f` enemy from weapon config), untinted white core dot riding the tip (measured offset 17.25 px ahead of center), directional muzzle flare — bore spike measured at the exact firing angle in both contexts. `fx.muzzle` + `spawnBullet(boltLength/boltWidth)` call sites are symmetric in `CombatScene.js` and `CombatSystem.js`.\n\n2. **Enemy impact reads:** hot white + colored core flash, directional sparks/shards measured within the cone along the bullet's actual travel vector, white craft hit-flash via `tintMode=1` FILL (measured `ffffff`/mode 1 during flash, restored to 0 on expiry — and the previously-flagged ship-destruction defect is fixed: enemy and player ship both survive expiry, verified live), cyan arc ripple at the exact incoming bearing (travel +180°, measured 134.2°/134.2° in range and −42.5°/−42.5° in main) vs orange bolt-textured shards + tight orange ring with **no** arc on hull hits (measured), damage-number pops (measured \"10\"/\"8\").\n\n3. **Shield-sphere strike:** faint full-sphere outline + bright arc segment (1.90 rad, span-keyed texture `__combat_shield_s1.90`) centered exactly on the laser's incoming bearing (measured 135° and 45°), radial ripple from the impact point, outward-biased spark burst, ship white flash, damage-scaled intensity, ~0.5 s decay (config `decayMs: 520`); shield→hull break shows the `ringIn` implosion + shockwave (measured); rams funnel through the same bearing-based `damagePlayer` treatment in both contexts.\n\n4. **Shake:** world camera `shakeEffect` measured running on player hit, enemy kill, and shield-break; `fx-ui` camera measured inactive in both contexts (HUD/bar on the untouched UI pass).\n\n5. **Tuning surface:** `boltLength/boltWidth/muzzle` + `fx.shake` + `fx.shield` knobs in `data/combat.json`, all read via `config.get/section`; live values match config; git diff confirms only visual knobs were added (no gameplay numbers touched).\n\n6. **No regressions:** `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → 146 checks, 0 failures, exit 0; only that suite imports the changed modules; both contexts boot and play (range fully exercised; main game ran a live 3 s auto-fire fight with the pack intact, ship alive); diff confined to `js/combat/*` + `CamShake.js` + `data/combat.json` — no new dependencies, no build step, hand-rolled FX (no emitters), depth discipline (ships 10 / FX 19–22 / HUD 100) holds.\n\nThe eight \"failures\" in my first probe round were all arithmetic/sequencing bugs in my own probe (angle wraparound, aspect-ratio math, a missing target fallback) — each was re-verified individually and passes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-17T05:08:04.224Z"}}],["mu7ieab2-f24hte",{"recent":[{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-09-19T04:06:34.695Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-19T04:06:46.015Z"},{"type":"goal_resumed","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","reason":"user","at":"2026-09-19T04:17:54.636Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu7ieab2-f24hte","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"dev/ship-window.test.mjs: every configured row resolves finite from real data; fireRate=1/cd, DPS=damage/cd, accel=ship.thrust, recharge=combat.playerShield. 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The missile is the only genuinely new projectile; the rest are loops/config over the existing bolt.\n- All 7 fire their pattern correctly in BOTH the main-game ?combat boot and the standalone range (shared firing path).\n- The ?combat boot now dispatches a sequence of rolling waves: 7 waves in difficulty order, each wave = 6 ships of that single type, maxConcurrent=3, each kill sending in a replacement (replacePerKill=1).\n- dev/combat.test.mjs still passes (pure Node modules: EnemyTypes/Waves stay Phaser-free).\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: data/combat.json (enemyTypes + a new wave script + ?combat wiring), js/combat (new weapon behaviors: EnemyShip firing, a missile projectile, fireEnemy dispatch in both CombatScene and CombatSystem), dev/combat.test.mjs.\n- Out of scope: new art/sprites, player-ship changes, the XP curve, and the existing pirate_ambush quest wave (stays as-is). The pre-existing frame-0 raider stays untouched.\n- New weapons must not break the standalone range (combat.html / dev server /combat) — it shares the firing path.\n\nConstraints (hard rules):\n- Heat-seeking missiles MUST be dodgeable: capped turn-rate + moderate speed, so the player can out-turn them.\n- Each subsequent ship only a LITTLE harder than the previous (modest +hull/+shields/+damage), not a big jump.\n- Keep EnemyTypes.js and Waves.js pure (no Phaser/scene imports) so dev/combat.test.mjs runs in bare Node.\n- ?combat demo: exactly 7 waves, one type each, in difficulty order; rolling; 6 per wave; 3 concurrent; 1 replacement per kill.\n- Don't mutate shared config sections in place (deepMerge already guards this; follow the pattern).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures.\n- grep confirms the new wave script is wired to the ?combat boot (spawnPack replaced) and all 7 frames are referenced in enemyTypes.\n- Manual browser check of ?combat: 7 waves fire in order, 3 on screen at a time, one type per wave; missiles visibly home and can be dodged; spray/burst/ring render correctly.\n- Re-read the 7-ship roster table and confirm each type's pattern + difficulty bump is present.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskCount":4,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-20T02:57:57.911Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Node check: 7 types (frames 1–7) resolve; hull 80→150, xp 18→42 monotonic; 7 distinct patterns; combat_demo normalizes to 7 rolling waves (6/3/1 each)","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.313Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.314Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Missile.js (capped turn homing, Node-tested) + Weapons.js firePattern dispatch all 7 patterns; both contexts wired (CombatScene/CombatSystem.fireEnemy → firePattern); Node suite green importing EnemyT","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.494Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"GameScene:1050 startWaves('combat_demo') (spawnPack no longer the boot path); combat_demo = 7 rolling waves bomber→warden, 6/3/1 each; Node e2e run passes; browser sfxcheck found live wave ship after ","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.495Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"node dev/combat.test.mjs: all checks passed (0 failures). CDP demo check PASS: range renders all 7 patterns w/ shape; main 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement/kill, 42 kills done. sfxcheck PASS","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:03.769Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.556Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.557Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Give the 7 new enemy ships (spritesheet frames 1–7) distinct stats and attack patterns using a mix of weapon types (heat-seeking missiles, spray, plus new ideas), ramping modestly in difficulty frame 1 → 7, and rewire the ?combat demo to send a sequence of rolling waves — one wave per ship type in difficulty order, 6 ships of that type per wave, 3 on screen at a time.\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- data/combat.json → enemyTypes has 7 new types (frames 1–7), each with distinct stats + a distinct weapon pattern; difficulty (hull/shields/damage) climbs monotonically frame 1 → 7 with only modest bumps (not a wall).\n- Weapon types actually implemented and used: heat-seeking missile (dodgeable — capped turn-rate), spray fan, rapid burst, rapid-fire, ring burst, and a heavy/elite combo. The missile is the only genuinely new projectile; the rest are loops/config over the existing bolt.\n- All 7 fire their pattern correctly in BOTH the main-game ?combat boot and the standalone range (shared firing path).\n- The ?combat boot now dispatches a sequence of rolling waves: 7 waves in difficulty order, each wave = 6 ships of that single type, maxConcurrent=3, each kill sending in a replacement (replacePerKill=1).\n- dev/combat.test.mjs still passes (pure Node modules: EnemyTypes/Waves stay Phaser-free).\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: data/combat.json (enemyTypes + a new wave script + ?combat wiring), js/combat (new weapon behaviors: EnemyShip firing, a missile projectile, fireEnemy dispatch in both CombatScene and CombatSystem), dev/combat.test.mjs.\n- Out of scope: new art/sprites, player-ship changes, the XP curve, and the existing pirate_ambush quest wave (stays as-is). The pre-existing frame-0 raider stays untouched.\n- New weapons must not break the standalone range (combat.html / dev server /combat) — it shares the firing path.\n\nConstraints (hard rules):\n- Heat-seeking missiles MUST be dodgeable: capped turn-rate + moderate speed, so the player can out-turn them.\n- Each subsequent ship only a LITTLE harder than the previous (modest +hull/+shields/+damage), not a big jump.\n- Keep EnemyTypes.js and Waves.js pure (no Phaser/scene imports) so dev/combat.test.mjs runs in bare Node.\n- ?combat demo: exactly 7 waves, one type each, in difficulty order; rolling; 6 per wave; 3 concurrent; 1 replacement per kill.\n- Don't mutate shared config sections in place (deepMerge already guards this; follow the pattern).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures.\n- grep confirms the new wave script is wired to the ?combat boot (spawnPack replaced) and all 7 frames are referenced in enemyTypes.\n- Manual browser check of ?combat: 7 waves fire in order, 3 on screen at a time, one type per wave; missiles visibly home and can be dodged; spray/burst/ring render correctly.\n- Re-read the 7-ship roster table and confirm each type's pattern + difficulty bump is present.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-20T02:57:57.911Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"Node check: 7 types (frames 1–7) resolve; hull 80→150, xp 18→42 monotonic; 7 distinct patterns; combat_demo normalizes to 7 rolling waves (6/3/1 each)","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.313Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-20T03:05:24.314Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"Missile.js (capped turn homing, Node-tested) + Weapons.js firePattern dispatch all 7 patterns; both contexts wired (CombatScene/CombatSystem.fireEnemy → firePattern); Node suite green importing EnemyT","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.494Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"GameScene:1050 startWaves('combat_demo') (spawnPack no longer the boot path); combat_demo = 7 rolling waves bomber→warden, 6/3/1 each; Node e2e run passes; browser sfxcheck found live wave ship after ","at":"2026-09-20T04:21:17.495Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"node dev/combat.test.mjs: all checks passed (0 failures). CDP demo check PASS: range renders all 7 patterns w/ shape; main 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement/kill, 42 kills done. sfxcheck PASS","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:03.769Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.556Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.557Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"}],"oracle":[],"lifecycle":{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Give the 7 new enemy ships (spritesheet frames 1–7) distinct stats and attack patterns using a mix of weapon types (heat-seeking missiles, spray, plus new ideas), ramping modestly in difficulty frame 1 → 7, and rewire the ?combat demo to send a sequence of rolling waves — one wave per ship type in difficulty order, 6 ships of that type per wave, 3 on screen at a time.\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- data/combat.json → enemyTypes has 7 new types (frames 1–7), each with distinct stats + a distinct weapon pattern; difficulty (hull/shields/damage) climbs monotonically frame 1 → 7 with only modest bumps (not a wall).\n- Weapon types actually implemented and used: heat-seeking missile (dodgeable — capped turn-rate), spray fan, rapid burst, rapid-fire, ring burst, and a heavy/elite combo. The missile is the only genuinely new projectile; the rest are loops/config over the existing bolt.\n- All 7 fire their pattern correctly in BOTH the main-game ?combat boot and the standalone range (shared firing path).\n- The ?combat boot now dispatches a sequence of rolling waves: 7 waves in difficulty order, each wave = 6 ships of that single type, maxConcurrent=3, each kill sending in a replacement (replacePerKill=1).\n- dev/combat.test.mjs still passes (pure Node modules: EnemyTypes/Waves stay Phaser-free).\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: data/combat.json (enemyTypes + a new wave script + ?combat wiring), js/combat (new weapon behaviors: EnemyShip firing, a missile projectile, fireEnemy dispatch in both CombatScene and CombatSystem), dev/combat.test.mjs.\n- Out of scope: new art/sprites, player-ship changes, the XP curve, and the existing pirate_ambush quest wave (stays as-is). The pre-existing frame-0 raider stays untouched.\n- New weapons must not break the standalone range (combat.html / dev server /combat) — it shares the firing path.\n\nConstraints (hard rules):\n- Heat-seeking missiles MUST be dodgeable: capped turn-rate + moderate speed, so the player can out-turn them.\n- Each subsequent ship only a LITTLE harder than the previous (modest +hull/+shields/+damage), not a big jump.\n- Keep EnemyTypes.js and Waves.js pure (no Phaser/scene imports) so dev/combat.test.mjs runs in bare Node.\n- ?combat demo: exactly 7 waves, one type each, in difficulty order; rolling; 6 per wave; 3 concurrent; 1 replacement per kill.\n- Don't mutate shared config sections in place (deepMerge already guards this; follow the pattern).\n\nVerification contract:\n- Run dev/combat.test.mjs → 0 failures.\n- grep confirms the new wave script is wired to the ?combat boot (spawnPack replaced) and all 7 frames are referenced in enemyTypes.\n- Manual browser check of ?combat: 7 waves fire in order, 3 on screen at a time, one type per wave; missiles visibly home and can be dodged; spray/burst/ring render correctly.\n- Re-read the 7-ship roster table and confirm each type's pattern + difficulty bump is present.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-20T02:57:00.276Z"},"lastActivityEvent":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"},"completion":{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","at":"2026-09-20T05:03:52.556Z"},"audit":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mu986lbo-140zqa","verdict":"approved","report":"The config file looks complete. Now let me inspect the combat modules and tests.\n\nThe CDP endpoint and dev server are both live. Let me run the browser verification harnesses myself to confirm the claims.\n\nBoth independent browser harnesses pass. Let me verify the change scope didn't touch out-of-scope files and confirm the remaining details.\n\nAll success criteria verified against real artifacts, with independent re-runs of the verification contract:\n\n**1. Seven new types (frames 1–7), distinct stats + patterns, monotonic modest ramp** — `data/combat.json → enemyTypes`: bomber(f1, 80/10, dmg 10, lance), spitter(f2, 90/20, 11, spray 5 bolts/1.1 rad), stinger(f3, 100/25, 12, burst 3 staggered-speed), hunter(f4, 110/30, 13, heat-seeking missile), gunner(f5, 120/40, 14, rapid cd 0.5), barrage(f6, 135/50, 15, ring 8), warden(f7, 150/60, 18+20, combo). Hull 80→90→100→110→120→135→150, shields 10→20→25→30→40→50→60, damage 10→11→12→13→14→15→18 — strictly monotonic, bumps ≤ +15 (no wall). Raider (frame 0) and `pirate_ambunch` untouched (diff confirms only comments/enemyTypes/combat_demo changed).\n\n**2. Weapons implemented on a shared path, missile genuinely new** — `js/combat/Weapons.js` `firePattern` dispatches all 7 patterns; `js/combat/Missile.js` is the only new projectile (canvas art + sprite), rest are bolt loops/config. `homingStep` (capped turn) lives in pure `js/combat/Combat.js`. Missile caps: turn 2.2/2.4 rad/s vs player rotSpeed 6.4 rad/s, speed 170/190 px/s vs player maxSpeed 560 — dodgeable, and the cap is asserted in tests. Both `CombatScene.fireEnemy` and `CombatSystem.fireEnemy` now delegate to `firePattern` (old inline single-bolt code removed), and both run `stepMissiles`/`missilesHitPlayer`.\n\n**3. ?combat rewired** — `GameScene:1050` `this.combat.startWaves('combat_demo')`; `spawnPack` demoted to a practice pack (no longer the boot). `combat_demo` = exactly 7 rolling waves, one single type each in difficulty order, each `count: 6, maxConcurrent: 3, replacePerKill: 1`.\n\n**4. Tests — I ran them** — `node dev/combat.test.mjs` → \"combat rules: all checks passed\" (0 failures), including pure-geometry, all-7 pattern dispatch, missile homing/fuse/consume, and a full 7-wave CombatSystem end-to-end (42 kills, 3-on-screen cap, replacement-per-kill, 7 starts/7 clears). `EnemyTypes.js`/`Waves.js` import only `config/Config.js` (no Phaser).\n\n**5. Browser verification — I re-ran both CDP harnesses** (headless Chromium on :9333, dev server :8080): `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` → \"seven ships: PASS\" (range: all 7 volleys with correct shape incl. 5-bolt fan, 8-bolt even ring, staggered burst, homing missile; main: 7 waves in order, 3 on screen, replacement per kill, done at 42 kills) and `dev/combat.sfxcheck.mjs` → PASS (range 9/9, main 10/10 events incl. `missile_fire`). The range (`/combat`) shares the firing path and renders all 7 patterns — not broken.\n\nDiff scope is confined to the in-scope files (combat.json, js/combat/*, GameScene, dev tests); no out-of-scope files (XP curve, ship.json, sidequests) touched by this goal's changes.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-20T05:06:03.693Z"}}],["mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej",{"recent":[{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-20T17:43:58.266Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-20T20:09:24.838Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"GameScene: onKill hands the enemy to handleCombatKill (elite-only witness → haltWaves + bountyDown); _establishBountyHunt rolls plan→route (buildPatrolRoute opts {waypoints:[legs,legs], fork:'bounty'}","at":"2026-09-20T20:27:38.322Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-6","at":"2026-09-20T20:28:26.199Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"JobBoardWindow.js: _rowState 'locked'; greyed row + LOCKED — REQUIRES LEVEL {level} badge (fillLevel); dossier block (WANTED/epithet/CHARGES/CRAFT) via ui.dossier* with dynamic body-line cap; hunt rou","at":"2026-09-20T22:01:54.072Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-7","at":"2026-09-20T22:14:18.633Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"user","status":"paused","at":"2026-09-21T01:39:37.876Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-21T01:40:58.104Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskCount":7,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-21T01:46:12.634Z"},{"type":"goal_paused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"Scheduling paused","source":"agent","at":"2026-09-21T01:50:36.637Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskCount":7,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-21T01:52:04.548Z"},{"type":"goal_focused","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","reason":"selected","at":"2026-09-21T02:06:44.440Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","objective":"Turn the job board's offline `bounty` category into a live **BOUNTY HUNT** side quest: a level-2+ contract posted only in Neutral systems that sends the ship on a strictly sequential 3-waypoint patrol of a pirate leader's known travel lanes, resolving to a hidden-bounty encounter chain (20% at waypoint 1 → else 20% at waypoint 2 → else guaranteed at waypoint 3, with an independent 50% raiders-only skirmish rolled on each pre-bounty leg), culminating in a rolling wave of 9 (8 frame-0 raiders + the named bounty flying its story's frame 1–7 craft at double health / double damage); killing the bounty halts all further deployments, auto-checks the remaining waypoints, and completes the contract for claim — backed by 20 written Neutral leader dossiers, data-driven so levels 6+ can be extended later.\n\nSUCCESS CRITERIA (observable evidence)\n1. Board: a BOUNTY HUNT row appears on Neutral system boards; below combat level 2 it renders greyed/LOCKED with \"REQUIRES LEVEL 2\" and its accept is refused by the scene; at level 2+ it accepts normally. Faction (Apex/MindWeave/Zenith) boards never draw one, and their pool stays a documented empty stub.\n2. Contract readout shows the dossier — title, issuer, wanted leader (name/epithet/crime), payout CR + XP, waypoint progress (\"WAYPOINT 1 OF 3 LOGGED\") — and nowhere reveals which waypoint holds the bounty or a raid wave (no red contact beacon, no contact count line, no spoiler string).\n3. Route: exactly 3 waypoints, built through the existing seeded tether-safe route builder; only the next waypoint in sequence can be logged, and compass/beacon point at that one only.\n4. Encounter chain matches spec over a seeded distribution test: bounty at wp1 ≈20%, wp2 ≈16% (i.e. 20% of the remainder), wp3 = every remaining contract; each pre-bounty leg independently rolls 50% for a raid wave; no raid wave rolls on the bounty leg or after resolution.\n5. Waves: pre-bounty skirmish = one rolling wave, 6 frame-0 raiders, 3 concurrent (replace-per-kill). Bounty engagement = one rolling wave of 9, 3 concurrent — exactly 8 raiders plus 1 elite of the dossier's declared frame (frames 1–7), deployed with the opening group, carrying ×2 hull/shields and ×2 weapon damage, visually distinguished and named in the toast/comms.\n6. Termination: killing the elite stops all further deployments/replacements; surviving on-screen fighters stay hostile and must be killed; when the last one drops, the contract is COMPLETE, every unvisited waypoint is checked off, no further waves fire, and the claim pays credits + XP exactly once (idempotent). Dying or leaving mid-fight re-arms the same engagement at that waypoint (the combatDone precedent).\n7. Patrol missions are untouched: patrol generation, any-order check-ins, contact markers/waves, XP and claims all still pass their existing tests.\n8. Verification evidence exists: `node dev/bounty-hunts.test.mjs` plus every pre-existing `dev/*.test.mjs` pass clean, and an in-browser run (dev server) is recorded with the accepted → locked → hunt → bounty kill → claim path exercised.\n\nBOUNDARIES\nIn scope: data/sidequests.json (bounty category + 20 Neutral dossiers + UI copy), js/quests/SideQuests.js (availability, posting fields, plan derivation, wave scripts, XP, completion rule, SideQuestState record normalization/save), the minimal combat seam for a buffed elite unit and \"stop deployments, keep survivors alive\" (js/combat/Waves.js, CombatSystem.js, EnemyShip.js if needed), js/scenes/GameScene.js hunt wiring, js/ui/JobBoardWindow.js row/dossier/locked states, dev tests, docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md entry.\nOut of scope: faction-voice bounty hunt copy; level 6+ difficulty tuning (data band stubbed, not tuned); new art/audio assets; the delivery and escort categories; reworking patrol rules or its encounter odds; save-format migrations beyond additive route fields; git commits (Brian commits).\n\nCONSTRAINTS\n- Plain ES6 modules, no build step, no packages; third-party stays vendored. Tunable numbers, copy, colors, odds and the 20 dossiers live in data/*.json — code owns behavior only, with config fallbacks so a missing key never throws.\n- Determinism: all draws ride labelled Rng.derive(seed, 'sidequests', <sysId>, 'bounty', <slot>/…) forks; the plan is rolled at accept and fixed on the route record (\"a signed contract is a signed contract\") — re-tuning data never re-rolls a standing contract.\n- Scenes stay thin (no balance numbers in js/scenes/); pure rules exported for Node tests; layers follow docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md.\n- The bounty plan is player-hidden: no UI, map marker, compass entry or toast exposes which leg holds the bounty or a raid wave before it fires.\n- Old saves and old ledgers must load (additive fields only); patrol path stays byte-for-byte behaviorally identical.\n- Reuse existing seams (buildPatrolRoute, CombatSystem.startWaves/cancelWaves, XpManager 'sidequest' grant) rather than duplicating combat or ledger machinery.\n\nVERIFICATION CONTRACT\n- `node dev/bounty-hunts.test.mjs` passes: level gate, Neutral-only availability, locked-posting shape, 20-dossier pool integrity (unique leaders, frames spread across 1–7 and all valid vs data/combat.json enemyTypes), seeded distribution (20/16/64 + 50% skirmish on pre-bounty legs only), determinism across calls/restarts, route-record save round-trip (toJSON/fromJSON preserves the plan), wave-script shapes (skirmish 6/3 raiders; bounty total 9 / concurrent 3 / 8 raiders + 1 elite of the dossier frame with ×2 scales), XP payout, sequential waypoint rule, and completion only via bounty kill.\n- All pre-existing dev tests still pass (`for f in dev/*.test.mjs; do node \"$f\"; done`) — patrol's suite is the regression guard for the shared code.\n- In-browser evidence via `node dev/server.mjs` + the existing CDP/dev-check pattern: locked row at level 1, hunt posted and accepted at level 2+, sequential check-ins, a wp1 bounty and a wp3-guaranteed case, elite buff (visible double tank/damage), no-more-waves-after-kill, completion + single claim.\n- grep confirms no bounty waypoint/index leaks into board/compass/toast copy, and re-read the spec above to confirm every numbered item is addressed before marking tasks done.\n\nIF BLOCKED: stop and ask the user (no silent scope cuts, no committing). Notable risk to flag rather than work around quietly: any combat-engine change that would alter patrol or sandbox fight behavior.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-20T14:59:15.159Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-20T15:10:40.471Z"},{"goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-20T15:34:27.961Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"data/sidequests.json parses (node JSON.parse + python json). categories.bounty = {enabled:true,label:\"BOUNTY HUNT\",accent:#ff2d6f,minLevel:2,contexts:[\"neutral\"]}; sidequests.bounty rules block: waypo"},{"goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-2","at":"2026-09-20T15:34:27.961Z","type":"task_complete","evidence":"descriptions.neutral.bounty = 20 dossiers (Vanturi, Halvardson, Ondaine, Spidleau sisters, Drumm, Vane, Sekh, Marlowe, Nkemdi, Costa, Dax, Ferreira, Adu, Bellamy, Vowell, Fisk, Tui, Vance, Vohl, Alkan"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-3","at":"2026-09-20T15:34:48.946Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"SideQuests.js: context/level gating (enabledSideQuestCategories('faction')=['patrol'], sideQuestAcceptable locked below lvl2), dossier postings with per-board dedupe, deriveBountyPlan (seeded fork, bo","at":"2026-09-20T17:05:25.436Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-4","at":"2026-09-20T17:05:55.130Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mu9xzeqf-e5m5ej","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"Waves.js normalizeWave preserves elite {type,healthScale,damageScale,name}; 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Now verifying the remaining wiring details: `isHomeSystem`, `playerDown`, wave-run gating, and the spritesheet frames.\n\nFrames 20–27 show eight distinct crafts. Let me verify the remaining seams (auto-fire pool, off-screen spawn radius, visibleView, regression test diffs).\n\nThe core artifacts have been verified. Next, I'll investigate the live production wiring (the director gating against actual GameScene state: home vs. neutral vs. wave execution) on a disposable page, without touching the repository files.\n\nI've found a significant discrepancy and need to verify it statistically before concluding. Let me measure the actual roll cadence the production director would produce in-game:\n\nI've completed my inspection. Here's my audit:\n\n**Verified solid (real artifacts, re-run by me):**\n- `data/combat.json`: `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` = 8 distinct crafts on frames 20–27 (I cropped the actual spritesheet — 8 visibly distinct ships), unique patterns (lance/rapid/spray/burst/ring/missile/combo/volley), monotonic hull 60→150 / shields 0→60 / xp 12→42 ramp; `encounters` section ships the required cadence/weights/bands.\n- Roster registry (`EnemyTypes.js` `neutralTypeConfig`/`neutralTypeIds`/`neutralSheetList`) + merge: tests confirm 8 distinct patterns, frames 20–27, player-side.\n- Ally AI (`NeutralShip.js`) approach/escort/engage/break machine, 10–15 s per-ship windows, break-off off-screen despawn; player-safety seams (never targets player, excluded from auto-fire pool — `currentTarget()` picks from `enemies` only, `ally` bolts/seekers skip the player, player bolts only hit `enemies`).\n- Pirate generalization: `pickEnemyTarget` (player preferred in range, else nearest in-range escort, classic chase preserved); pirate bolts/missiles damage escorts; escort kills still bank pirate XP via `killEnemy`.\n- Director gating: home/faction/wave-run/player-down all gated (ambush is a `waveRun`, covered).\n- Browser checks I re-ran: `encounter-hud-check.mjs` PASS (arrows hostiles-only px-verified, threat data-respecting, mixed fight flow, feed, escort lifecycle, neutrals-only zero damage, ambush 3→3→3→2→1→0 done) and `combat-demo-check.mjs` PASS (sandbox + combat_demo). `node dev/run-all.mjs` = ALL 66 PASSED, including the new `encounters`/`neutral` tests.\n\n**Critical defect found (core success criterion broken in the real game):**\n\nIn `js/combat/Encounters.js`, `_intervalMs()` and `_cooldownMs()` double-scale to milliseconds:\n\n```js\nconst min = Math.max(0, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMin) || 45) * 1000; // 45000 ms ✔\nconst max = Math.max(min, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMax) || 90) * 1000; // Math.max(45000, 90) * 1000 = 45,000,000 ms ✘\n```\n\n`min` is already in ms, so `max` becomes min×1000: the roll interval is actually **45 s … 12.5 h** (not ~45–90 s) and the cooldown **30 s … 8.3 h** (not ~30–60 s). I instrumented `Math.min/max` inside the module to confirm the values reaching `rand`, and ran 5,000 production-rng trials with the shipped config: first-encounter time p10 ≈ 2.0 h, **median ≈ 8.9 h**, p90 ≈ 17.9 h. My independent browser wiring probe on the real GameScene director likewise never fired within 60 s.\n\nThe dev suite is green only because the deterministic cadence tests inject `rng: () => 0`, which always lands on the band's lower bound — the corrupted upper bound is never sampled. So \"encounters trigger periodically (~45–90 s rolls, ~30–60 s cooldown)\" and manual checklist item 2 (encounters appearing at a non-constant but reasonable pace over a session) are **not genuinely satisfied** in the shipped build, even though every test and check passes.\n\nThis is the heart of the feature; a player in a neutral system would wait hours per encounter. Disapproving on that basis.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-22T10:38:58.650Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.642Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.650Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Periodic random ship encounters in every neutral system (except the player's home system) — pirate ships, friendly neutral ships (new spritesheet frames 20–27), or both — where neutral ships escort the player, fight alongside them against pirates, then break off and fly off-screen, with all behavior data-driven and tunable.\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- In a neutral non-home system, while flying with no combat live, encounters trigger periodically (config: roll every ~45–90 s at ~50–60% chance, one at a time, ~30–60 s cooldown after one ends); all tunables live in data/combat.json.\n- Three encounter kinds roll at EVEN odds (~1/3 each, weighted in data/combat.json): pirates-only, neutrals-only, and mixed (pirates + neutrals); ships materialize off-screen and stream in via the existing spawn path (no mid-fight pops).\n- Group size GROWS WITH THE PLAYER'S XP LEVEL: 1–2 ships in a low level, scaling up to 4–5 at higher levels (level bands + per-kind counts in data/combat.json; mixed keeps both kinds present, e.g. 2 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end).\n- Neutrals-only: each neutral ship flies near the player for a random 10–15 s, then breaks off and flies off-screen; the encounter ends when the last one is off-screen.\n- Mixed: neutral ships attack the nearest pirate using varied weapon patterns (lance/spray/burst/rapid/ring/missile/combo); pirates attack both the player and neutral ships; when the last pirate is down, surviving neutrals escort the player for 10–15 s, then break off and fly off-screen.\n- Pirates-only: existing chase/lance behavior intact — hostiles fire once in range.\n- Neutral ship types (frames 20–27) are EIGHT DISTINCT crafts — each frame gets its own weapon pattern and a stats ramp (hull/shields/speed/XP), like the pirate roster.\n- Kills of pirates still award existing XP.\n- No encounters ever in the home system or in faction-controlled systems; random encounters never start while the 'Pirate Problems' ambush or any other wave run is in flight.\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: neutral ship types + roster config (data/combat.json, EnemyTypes registry), ally AI (escort/assist/depart), pirate target generalization (player or neutrals), the encounter director (trigger/cadence/composition/size-scaling/lifecycle) in GameScene + CombatSystem, combat-HUD readability for these encounters, Node unit tests for new pure logic.\n- Out of scope: encounters in faction systems or the home system; new rewards/economy hooks beyond existing XP; new audio/comms for neutral ships; save persistence of an in-flight encounter (same scene-local rule as the quest ambush); galaxy-map-level encounters; new art (frames 20–27 already exist on assets/images/ships-enemy.png).\n\nConstraints:\n- Neutral ships never target or damage the player, and the player's own shots never damage neutral allies (no friendly fire); the player's auto-fire only targets pirates.\n- Neutral lifecycle state machine: spawn off-screen → (escort 10–15 s | engage pirates until all down) → escort 10–15 s → break off and fly off-screen → despawn off-screen.\n- Reuse existing building blocks: EnemyShip, the EnemyTypes deep-merge registry, Weapons.js patterns, CombatSystem off-screen wave spawn + on-screen fire rule, XpManager level as the size-scaling input; no parallel combat systems.\n- Every new tunable (cadence, weights, size bands, stats, escort duration) in data/combat.json — no magic numbers in code.\n- Existing combat must keep working: the ?combat sandbox, the 'Pirate Problems' ambush, and the combat_demo sequence.\n\nVerification contract:\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` — 0 failures, including new tests covering the neutral roster config (8 distinct patterns), composition roll (even odds), size-scaling bands, and cadence/cooldown rules (pure logic, Node-only).\n- Manual playthrough checklist in the browser: (1) home system: no encounters over several minutes; (2) neutral system: all three encounter kinds appear roughly evenly over time at a non-constant pace, respecting cooldown; (3) neutrals-only: 10–15 s escort then break-off off-screen; (4) mixed: neutrals visibly shoot pirates, pirates shoot player + neutrals, survivors escort then leave; (5) faction system: no encounters; (6) 'Pirate Problems' ambush and ?combat sandbox unaffected; (7) group size visibly larger at a higher XP level than at level 1.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user (default).\n\nTasks:\n1. Neutral ship roster + config — define neutralTypes (frames 20–27) in data/combat.json: eight distinct crafts, each a unique weapon pattern + stats ramp (hull/shields/speed/XP); register them as player-side types in the EnemyTypes registry; Node tests for roster + config merge.\n2. Ally AI for neutral ships — escort/engage/break-off state machine, target selection (nearest pirate, else escort the player 10–15 s), fire via existing Weapons patterns at pirate targets, excluded from player auto-fire targeting.\n3. Pirate targeting generalization — in mixed encounters pirates target the player and neutral ships (player preferred when in range); their bolts/missiles can damage neutral ships; no behavior change for pirates-only.\n4. Encounter director — GameScene/CombatSystem time-based periodic trigger (neutral non-home systems, interval + chance + cooldown, one at a time, wave-run guard); EVEN-WEIGHTED composition roll (pirates-only / neutrals-only / mixed, ~1/3 each); group size scaled by player XP level (1–2 ships low → 4–5 high, bands in data/combat.json); off-screen spawn + lifecycle/finish; full config section in data/combat.json.\n5. HUD readability + regression — threat markers, off-screen arrows, and kill feed correct for mixed encounters; confirm ?combat sandbox, 'Pirate Problems' ambush, and combat_demo still work.\n6. Verification + tuning — dev/run-all.mjs green, new director/roster tests, manual playthrough checklist (all seven items above), and a balance/tuning pass on cadence, weights, size bands, and neutral stats.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-22T02:03:56.868Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-1","at":"2026-09-22T02:04:36.512Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-1","evidence":"data/combat.json: neutral base + 8 neutralTypes on frames 20–27 (8 distinct patterns incl. new 'volley' in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp=(hull+shields)/5; EnemyTypes.neutralTypeConfig/I","at":"2026-09-22T02:24:26.181Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-2","evidence":"dev/neutral.test.mjs 33/33 pass: roster (allies roster, side 'player', frames 20–27), escort window from data (escortMin/Max 10–15 s), escort (no fire at player), break-off fly-off, despawn off-screen","at":"2026-09-22T03:12:28.543Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-3","evidence":"dev/neutral.test.mjs pirate-targeting block: player preferred in weapon range, nearest in-range escort draws aggro when player out of range, classic chase unchanged with no escort in reach, pirate lan","at":"2026-09-22T03:12:28.547Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-4","evidence":"js/combat/Encounters.js (pure director) + encounters section in data/combat.json + GameScene wiring (spawn off-screen, one-shot pirates); dev/encounters.test.mjs 48/48 (cadence exact-timing, one-at-a-","at":"2026-09-22T03:43:19.226Z"},{"type":"task_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-5","at":"2026-09-22T05:56:38.431Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-5","evidence":"encounter-hud-check.mjs PASS exit=0 (×2): threat markers off→0/on→2 pirates px-lit/restore→0; arrows px-verified at both pirates' edges, escorts never; kill feed live text @1262 alpha .95 + ink px abo","at":"2026-09-22T07:16:46.268Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","taskId":"task-6","evidence":"run-all.mjs ALL 66 TESTS PASSED (incl. encounters/neutral/roster new tests); combat-demo-check PASS (sandbox+combat_demo intact); encounter-hud-check 7 consecutive passes (mixed arrows/threat/feed+esc","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:11.553Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:57.943Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T10:28:57.950Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"disapproved","report":"Now let me verify the test suite runs green:\n\nBoth browser regression checks pass. Now verifying the remaining wiring details: `isHomeSystem`, `playerDown`, wave-run gating, and the spritesheet frames.\n\nFrames 20–27 show eight distinct crafts. Let me verify the remaining seams (auto-fire pool, off-screen spawn radius, visibleView, regression test diffs).\n\nThe core artifacts have been verified. Next, I'll investigate the live production wiring (the director gating against actual GameScene state: home vs. neutral vs. wave execution) on a disposable page, without touching the repository files.\n\nI've found a significant discrepancy and need to verify it statistically before concluding. Let me measure the actual roll cadence the production director would produce in-game:\n\nI've completed my inspection. Here's my audit:\n\n**Verified solid (real artifacts, re-run by me):**\n- `data/combat.json`: `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` = 8 distinct crafts on frames 20–27 (I cropped the actual spritesheet — 8 visibly distinct ships), unique patterns (lance/rapid/spray/burst/ring/missile/combo/volley), monotonic hull 60→150 / shields 0→60 / xp 12→42 ramp; `encounters` section ships the required cadence/weights/bands.\n- Roster registry (`EnemyTypes.js` `neutralTypeConfig`/`neutralTypeIds`/`neutralSheetList`) + merge: tests confirm 8 distinct patterns, frames 20–27, player-side.\n- Ally AI (`NeutralShip.js`) approach/escort/engage/break machine, 10–15 s per-ship windows, break-off off-screen despawn; player-safety seams (never targets player, excluded from auto-fire pool — `currentTarget()` picks from `enemies` only, `ally` bolts/seekers skip the player, player bolts only hit `enemies`).\n- Pirate generalization: `pickEnemyTarget` (player preferred in range, else nearest in-range escort, classic chase preserved); pirate bolts/missiles damage escorts; escort kills still bank pirate XP via `killEnemy`.\n- Director gating: home/faction/wave-run/player-down all gated (ambush is a `waveRun`, covered).\n- Browser checks I re-ran: `encounter-hud-check.mjs` PASS (arrows hostiles-only px-verified, threat data-respecting, mixed fight flow, feed, escort lifecycle, neutrals-only zero damage, ambush 3→3→3→2→1→0 done) and `combat-demo-check.mjs` PASS (sandbox + combat_demo). `node dev/run-all.mjs` = ALL 66 PASSED, including the new `encounters`/`neutral` tests.\n\n**Critical defect found (core success criterion broken in the real game):**\n\nIn `js/combat/Encounters.js`, `_intervalMs()` and `_cooldownMs()` double-scale to milliseconds:\n\n```js\nconst min = Math.max(0, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMin) || 45) * 1000; // 45000 ms ✔\nconst max = Math.max(min, Number(this.cfg.rollIntervalMax) || 90) * 1000; // Math.max(45000, 90) * 1000 = 45,000,000 ms ✘\n```\n\n`min` is already in ms, so `max` becomes min×1000: the roll interval is actually **45 s … 12.5 h** (not ~45–90 s) and the cooldown **30 s … 8.3 h** (not ~30–60 s). I instrumented `Math.min/max` inside the module to confirm the values reaching `rand`, and ran 5,000 production-rng trials with the shipped config: first-encounter time p10 ≈ 2.0 h, **median ≈ 8.9 h**, p90 ≈ 17.9 h. My independent browser wiring probe on the real GameScene director likewise never fired within 60 s.\n\nThe dev suite is green only because the deterministic cadence tests inject `rng: () => 0`, which always lands on the band's lower bound — the corrupted upper bound is never sampled. So \"encounters trigger periodically (~45–90 s rolls, ~30–60 s cooldown)\" and manual checklist item 2 (encounters appearing at a non-constant but reasonable pace over a session) are **not genuinely satisfied** in the shipped build, even though every test and check passes.\n\nThis is the heart of the feature; a player in a neutral system would wait hours per encounter. Disapproving on that basis.\n\n<disapproved/>","at":"2026-09-22T10:38:58.650Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.642Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.650Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"}],"oracle":[],"lifecycle":{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","objective":"=== Goal ===\nObjective: Periodic random ship encounters in every neutral system (except the player's home system) — pirate ships, friendly neutral ships (new spritesheet frames 20–27), or both — where neutral ships escort the player, fight alongside them against pirates, then break off and fly off-screen, with all behavior data-driven and tunable.\n\nSuccess criteria:\n- In a neutral non-home system, while flying with no combat live, encounters trigger periodically (config: roll every ~45–90 s at ~50–60% chance, one at a time, ~30–60 s cooldown after one ends); all tunables live in data/combat.json.\n- Three encounter kinds roll at EVEN odds (~1/3 each, weighted in data/combat.json): pirates-only, neutrals-only, and mixed (pirates + neutrals); ships materialize off-screen and stream in via the existing spawn path (no mid-fight pops).\n- Group size GROWS WITH THE PLAYER'S XP LEVEL: 1–2 ships in a low level, scaling up to 4–5 at higher levels (level bands + per-kind counts in data/combat.json; mixed keeps both kinds present, e.g. 2 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end).\n- Neutrals-only: each neutral ship flies near the player for a random 10–15 s, then breaks off and flies off-screen; the encounter ends when the last one is off-screen.\n- Mixed: neutral ships attack the nearest pirate using varied weapon patterns (lance/spray/burst/rapid/ring/missile/combo); pirates attack both the player and neutral ships; when the last pirate is down, surviving neutrals escort the player for 10–15 s, then break off and fly off-screen.\n- Pirates-only: existing chase/lance behavior intact — hostiles fire once in range.\n- Neutral ship types (frames 20–27) are EIGHT DISTINCT crafts — each frame gets its own weapon pattern and a stats ramp (hull/shields/speed/XP), like the pirate roster.\n- Kills of pirates still award existing XP.\n- No encounters ever in the home system or in faction-controlled systems; random encounters never start while the 'Pirate Problems' ambush or any other wave run is in flight.\n\nBoundaries:\n- In scope: neutral ship types + roster config (data/combat.json, EnemyTypes registry), ally AI (escort/assist/depart), pirate target generalization (player or neutrals), the encounter director (trigger/cadence/composition/size-scaling/lifecycle) in GameScene + CombatSystem, combat-HUD readability for these encounters, Node unit tests for new pure logic.\n- Out of scope: encounters in faction systems or the home system; new rewards/economy hooks beyond existing XP; new audio/comms for neutral ships; save persistence of an in-flight encounter (same scene-local rule as the quest ambush); galaxy-map-level encounters; new art (frames 20–27 already exist on assets/images/ships-enemy.png).\n\nConstraints:\n- Neutral ships never target or damage the player, and the player's own shots never damage neutral allies (no friendly fire); the player's auto-fire only targets pirates.\n- Neutral lifecycle state machine: spawn off-screen → (escort 10–15 s | engage pirates until all down) → escort 10–15 s → break off and fly off-screen → despawn off-screen.\n- Reuse existing building blocks: EnemyShip, the EnemyTypes deep-merge registry, Weapons.js patterns, CombatSystem off-screen wave spawn + on-screen fire rule, XpManager level as the size-scaling input; no parallel combat systems.\n- Every new tunable (cadence, weights, size bands, stats, escort duration) in data/combat.json — no magic numbers in code.\n- Existing combat must keep working: the ?combat sandbox, the 'Pirate Problems' ambush, and the combat_demo sequence.\n\nVerification contract:\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` — 0 failures, including new tests covering the neutral roster config (8 distinct patterns), composition roll (even odds), size-scaling bands, and cadence/cooldown rules (pure logic, Node-only).\n- Manual playthrough checklist in the browser: (1) home system: no encounters over several minutes; (2) neutral system: all three encounter kinds appear roughly evenly over time at a non-constant pace, respecting cooldown; (3) neutrals-only: 10–15 s escort then break-off off-screen; (4) mixed: neutrals visibly shoot pirates, pirates shoot player + neutrals, survivors escort then leave; (5) faction system: no encounters; (6) 'Pirate Problems' ambush and ?combat sandbox unaffected; (7) group size visibly larger at a higher XP level than at level 1.\n\nIf blocked: stop and ask the user (default).\n\nTasks:\n1. Neutral ship roster + config — define neutralTypes (frames 20–27) in data/combat.json: eight distinct crafts, each a unique weapon pattern + stats ramp (hull/shields/speed/XP); register them as player-side types in the EnemyTypes registry; Node tests for roster + config merge.\n2. Ally AI for neutral ships — escort/engage/break-off state machine, target selection (nearest pirate, else escort the player 10–15 s), fire via existing Weapons patterns at pirate targets, excluded from player auto-fire targeting.\n3. Pirate targeting generalization — in mixed encounters pirates target the player and neutral ships (player preferred when in range); their bolts/missiles can damage neutral ships; no behavior change for pirates-only.\n4. Encounter director — GameScene/CombatSystem time-based periodic trigger (neutral non-home systems, interval + chance + cooldown, one at a time, wave-run guard); EVEN-WEIGHTED composition roll (pirates-only / neutrals-only / mixed, ~1/3 each); group size scaled by player XP level (1–2 ships low → 4–5 high, bands in data/combat.json); off-screen spawn + lifecycle/finish; full config section in data/combat.json.\n5. HUD readability + regression — threat markers, off-screen arrows, and kill feed correct for mixed encounters; confirm ?combat sandbox, 'Pirate Problems' ambush, and combat_demo still work.\n6. Verification + tuning — dev/run-all.mjs green, new director/roster tests, manual playthrough checklist (all seven items above), and a balance/tuning pass on cadence, weights, size bands, and neutral stats.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-22T02:03:56.868Z"},"lastActivityEvent":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"},"completion":{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","at":"2026-09-22T12:25:09.642Z"},"audit":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"muc162bo-njvm8l","verdict":"approved","report":"Tests pass and the data file looks rich. Now let me inspect the actual code implementing these claims.\n\nNow I'll independently run the browser verification harnesses (dev server + headless Chromium via CDP) to confirm the executor's claims.\n\nAll evidence checks pass. Cleaning up the background processes I started:\n\nI've completed a full independent audit. Summary of what I verified against real artifacts (not the claim):\n\n**Tests (ran myself):**\n- `node dev/run-all.mjs` → ALL 66 TESTS PASSED, exit 0 — includes `encounters.test.mjs`, `neutral.test.mjs`, and the neutral-roster block in `combat.test.mjs` (all re-run individually: PASS).\n- `dev/combat-demo-check.mjs` (headless CDP, real browser) → **PASS** independently re-run: 7-pattern range, `?combat` boot, all 7 combat_demo waves.\n- `dev/encounter-hud-check.mjs` → **PASS** independently re-run: mixed encounter (arrows at both pirates' edges px-verified, never at neutrals; threat layer respects data; ally fire + pirate fire; kill feed live; survivors escort → break off → `active` false), neutrals-only (zero arrows/markers, escorts fly near player, never fire, 0 player damage, leave), and the Pirate Problems ambush (drain 3→3→3→2→1→0, state done).\n\n**Data-driven tunables (data/combat.json):** `encounters` section (45–90 s interval, 0.5–0.6 chance, 30–60 s cooldown, weights 1:1:1, bands 0–2→1–2 / 3–5→2–3 / 6+→4–5 with mixed 2–3 pirates + 1–2 neutrals at high end); `neutral` base + `neutralTypes` with 8 crafts on frames 20–27 (sheet is 1280×1280 = 10×10 frames — confirmed), 8 distinct patterns (incl. new `volley` in Weapons.js), monotonic hull/shields ramp, xp = (hull+shields)/5, escort 10–15 s.\n\n**Code seams (read and traced):**\n- Director: `Encounters.js` pure clock (interval/chance/cooldown/one-at-a-time/allowed-gate) + the ms-scaling regression guard; tests cover deterministic cadence, band bounds (45–90 s, 30–60 s at both rng extremes), 2000-run statistical median, even-kind statistics, and size bands.\n- Wiring: `GameScene.js:2562–2576` — `encounterAllowed(ship, isHomeSystem, faction, waveRunLive, playerDown)` + `live: combat.active` + `xpLevel: combat.xp.level`; `_spawnEncounter` materializes both rosters in the `_offscreenRadius` band (past camera edge, tested) with `respawn=false` one-shots.\n- Ally AI: `NeutralShip.js` approach → engage (nearest pirate, shared `firePattern` dispatch, player never a target) → escort (per-ship 10–15 s window) → break (flies off, `gone` when fully out of `visibleView`) → despawn; `active` drops when the last escort is off-screen.\n- No friendly fire: auto-fire and all target picks draw only from `this.enemies`; 'ally' bolts/seekers hit enemies only; 'enemy' bolts/seekers hit player + allies; verified by unit tests and the browser px checks.\n- Pirate targeting: `pickEnemyTarget` = player in range, else nearest in-range escort, else classic chase — pirates-only path unchanged.\n- Kills: `killEnemy` single XP grant (escort kills still bank pirate XP; ally kills bank none).\n\nThe one item not literally observed as a live browser soak (\"no encounters over several minutes in the home system\") is covered exactly as the verification contract prescribes: the gate is pure logic (`encounterAllowed`), millisecond-tested for home/faction/wave-run/downed states, and the production wiring passes the real `isHomeSystem`/`faction`/`waveRun` state. No gaps, no scaffold, no contradicted requirements found.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-22T12:33:12.715Z"}}],["mudi9u8o-nektab",{"recent":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","objective":"Add a new \"Escort\" side quest type to the job board where the player rendevouses with a neutral transport (and 1-2 escort fighters) at a local waypoint, leads them through a jump-gate route of 1-2 hops to a planet or space station in a reachable system amid heavily elevated hostile encounters, and completes the quest on arrival with no enemies on screen; transports are ~2.5x fighter size using new spritesheet frames, and if the transport is destroyed the player must land on a planet to reset and retry the quest.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskCount":6,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_list_set","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskCount":6,"blockCompletion":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-data","evidence":"data/sidequests.json: escort enabled:true, neutral-only, minLevel 3, 20 distinct descriptions, reward band, escort rules block + UI strings. dev/escort.test.mjs (gate/posting) + dev/sidequests.test.mj","at":"2026-09-23T03:14:27.732Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-transport-ship","evidence":"TransportShip.js (extends NeutralShip, persistent) + data/combat.json transport (135px=2.5x fighter 54px, hull 1500/shields 650 vs 60/0, volley dmg14x7 vs 8-9); CombatSystem.spawnTransport + persisten","at":"2026-09-23T03:42:53.300Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-flow","evidence":"GameScene: acceptSideQuest→_establishEscort (rendezvous waypoint via buildPatrolRoute fork 'escort'; destination via escortDestinationFor = 1-2 hop gate-reachable neutral, seeded, planet/station objec","at":"2026-09-23T03:50:51.671Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-combat","evidence":"Escort director (EncounterDirector, sidequests.escort.encounters: roll 9-18s, chance 85-100%, cooldown 5-10s) vs normal (roll 45-90s, chance 50-60%, cooldown 30-60s) = ~5x elevated. Waves: 8 total / 4","at":"2026-09-23T03:51:34.196Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-fail-success","evidence":"updateEscort: transport.dead → phase 'failed' + toast + _escortBreakConvoy (clean teardown). startLanding hook → _escortResetForLanding: phase 'failed' only; re-stands rendezvous in CURRENT system (bu","at":"2026-09-23T03:52:18.710Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-verify","evidence":"69/69 dev tests pass. Escort verified 3 ways: escort.test.mjs (model: gate/destination/wave/XP/ledger+save round-trip), escort-flow.test.mjs (scene flow: accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump→delivery; fai","at":"2026-09-23T04:15:42.055Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.557Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.559Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"}],"activity":[{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","objective":"Add a new \"Escort\" side quest type to the job board where the player rendevouses with a neutral transport (and 1-2 escort fighters) at a local waypoint, leads them through a jump-gate route of 1-2 hops to a planet or space station in a reachable system amid heavily elevated hostile encounters, and completes the quest on arrival with no enemies on screen; transports are ~2.5x fighter size using new spritesheet frames, and if the transport is destroyed the player must land on a planet to reset and retry the quest.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-data","evidence":"data/sidequests.json: escort enabled:true, neutral-only, minLevel 3, 20 distinct descriptions, reward band, escort rules block + UI strings. dev/escort.test.mjs (gate/posting) + dev/sidequests.test.mj","at":"2026-09-23T03:14:27.732Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-transport-ship","evidence":"TransportShip.js (extends NeutralShip, persistent) + data/combat.json transport (135px=2.5x fighter 54px, hull 1500/shields 650 vs 60/0, volley dmg14x7 vs 8-9); CombatSystem.spawnTransport + persisten","at":"2026-09-23T03:42:53.300Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-flow","evidence":"GameScene: acceptSideQuest→_establishEscort (rendezvous waypoint via buildPatrolRoute fork 'escort'; destination via escortDestinationFor = 1-2 hop gate-reachable neutral, seeded, planet/station objec","at":"2026-09-23T03:50:51.671Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-combat","evidence":"Escort director (EncounterDirector, sidequests.escort.encounters: roll 9-18s, chance 85-100%, cooldown 5-10s) vs normal (roll 45-90s, chance 50-60%, cooldown 30-60s) = ~5x elevated. Waves: 8 total / 4","at":"2026-09-23T03:51:34.196Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-fail-success","evidence":"updateEscort: transport.dead → phase 'failed' + toast + _escortBreakConvoy (clean teardown). startLanding hook → _escortResetForLanding: phase 'failed' only; re-stands rendezvous in CURRENT system (bu","at":"2026-09-23T03:52:18.710Z"},{"type":"task_complete","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","taskId":"escort-verify","evidence":"69/69 dev tests pass. Escort verified 3 ways: escort.test.mjs (model: gate/destination/wave/XP/ledger+save round-trip), escort-flow.test.mjs (scene flow: accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump→delivery; fai","at":"2026-09-23T04:15:42.055Z"},{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.557Z"},{"type":"audit_started","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.559Z"},{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"}],"oracle":[],"lifecycle":{"type":"goal_created","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","objective":"Add a new \"Escort\" side quest type to the job board where the player rendevouses with a neutral transport (and 1-2 escort fighters) at a local waypoint, leads them through a jump-gate route of 1-2 hops to a planet or space station in a reachable system amid heavily elevated hostile encounters, and completes the quest on arrival with no enemies on screen; transports are ~2.5x fighter size using new spritesheet frames, and if the transport is destroyed the player must land on a planet to reset and retry the quest.","sisyphus":false,"autoContinue":true,"at":"2026-09-23T02:50:32.664Z"},"lastActivityEvent":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"},"completion":{"type":"completion_requested","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","at":"2026-09-23T04:16:51.557Z"},"audit":{"type":"audit_result","goalId":"mudi9u8o-nektab","verdict":"approved","report":"All claimed artifacts check out against the real code and data:\n\n**Data / model**\n- `data/sidequests.json`: `escort` category `enabled: true`, neutral-only, minLevel 3; escort rules block (waypoints [1,1], visitRadius 460, destinationHops [1,2], escortCount [1,2], transportFrame [0,3], dedicated encounter director numbers: roll 9–18s @ 85–100% chance, cooldown 5–10s vs normal 45–90s @ 50–60% / cooldown 30–60s — genuinely \"heavily elevated\"); wave total 8 / concurrent 4 vs normal bands 1–5; 20 escort descriptions, all 20 titles and bodies unique (verified programmatically); reward band [120,175].\n- `data/combat.json`: `transport` section — size 135 vs fighter size 54 (exactly 2.5x), hull 1500/shields 650, volley weapon, texture `assets/images/ships-transport.png` at 180×320 frames. Sheet exists on disk, 1800×640 (10×2 grid of 180×320 frames), so frames 0–3 are valid new spritesheet frames.\n\n**Code**\n- `js/combat/TransportShip.js`: persistent neutral freighter, portrait-sheet re-scale by long side (135/320), never targets player. `CombatSystem.spawnTransport` seam present.\n- `js/quests/SideQuests.js`: `escortDestinationFor` seeded 1–2 hop walk over the real jump-gate graph (neutral neighbors, planet first then free-space station), board feasibility gate so uncompletable escorts never post, wave roster with validation, XP payout, route-record normalization.\n- `js/scenes/GameScene.js`: accept → `_establishEscort` (rendezvous waypoint in posting's own system); `updateEscort` frame law — rendezvous link within radius → transit; convoy (`_ensureEscortConvoy`) re-forms across jump scene-restarts with record armor; escort director fires one wave at a time via `_fireEscortWave`; delivery only when at destination object within radius **and** `_escortFieldClear()` (no live enemies, combat inactive); transport death → phase `failed` + convoy teardown; `startLanding` hooks `_escortResetForLanding` (failed-only guard, fresh rendezvous in current system, transport restored to full standing armor, same destination, director re-armed).\n\n**Verification**\n- Ran the suite myself: 69 test files, 68 pass; the single failure was `escort-browser.test.mjs`, which requires the dev server to be up (its documented precondition). I started `node dev/server.mjs 8123`, ran it manually, and it passed fully: real Phaser boot, transport sheet preloads at 1800×640, neutral board renders an escort row with title/issuer/body, `_establishEscort` stands the route (rendezvous phase, 1-hop destination, full-armor transport, 2 fighters), markers/compass/landing-reset seams clean, zero console errors and zero missing resources. I then stopped the server.\n- Headless `escort-flow.test.mjs` drives the real `GameScene.prototype` methods through the accept→rendezvous→link→wave→jump-reform→delivery and loss→land→reset→retry sequences with mocked combat, and all 20 dossiers render.\n\nEvery objective requirement — board type, waypoint rendezvous with transport + 1–2 fighters, 1–2 hop gate route to a planet/station, elevated encounters, clear-sky completion rule, 2.5x new-sprite transport, and land-to-reset retry — is present in real code and data with genuine (non-stub) verification. The only failing run in the blind suite is fully explained by a startup precondition and passes when that precondition is met.\n\n<approved/>","at":"2026-09-23T04:18:11.852Z"}}]]} |