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Record completed build comparison and owner budget pause
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# Hold The Horde — Progress
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Updated **15 September**. The owner has chosen **fresh hordes each expedition** and **regular growth through fighting, with larger transformations**. Permanent changes and carried property remain; temporary combat power resets whenever you return home.
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Updated **15 September, 20:18 Jerusalem**. **Paused at the owner’s request to conserve the weekly token budget.** The current revision is complete, no assignments are running, and automatic PM wake-ups are paused. Work resumes when the owner asks. The owner has chosen **fresh hordes each expedition** and **regular growth through fighting, with larger transformations**. Permanent changes and carried property remain; temporary combat power resets whenever you return home.
## Ready to read
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**Twenty-one proposal or editorial packages have been completed today.** The latest finished at **19:47 Jerusalem time**: [Who Is the Astronaut?](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Who%20Is%20the%20Astronaut). A repair pilot seeks a chosen home; a surveyor wants someone to share discoveries with. The same docking, build breakthrough and conversation show their differences, with a mostly silent alternative. All remain proposals. The new equipment-interaction draft arrived at **19:59** and is in independent review. It compares the existing disc-and-arc hybrid with a projectile-delivered electrical action. The short-rescue choice remains open.
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**Twenty-two proposal or editorial packages have been completed today.** The latest finished at **20:17 Jerusalem time**: [Can a shot carry lightning?](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Build%20Comparison#can-a-shot-carry-lightning). The player connects an electrical effect to a projectile, learns to release it after a bank, and can reach a crowd beyond cover. The comparison explains what is lost by giving up separate local lightning. It remains an unselected proposal. [Who Is the Astronaut?](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Who%20Is%20the%20Astronaut) is also ready to compare, and the short-rescue choice remains open.
Start with [The Game](/Hold%20The%20Flood/The%20Game), continue through [three expeditions into the observation ward](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Expedition%20Proposal), then [Coming Home](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Coming%20Home) and [Discovery in a Changing Station](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Connecting%20The%20Station). For combat, follow [Hordes and Builds](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Hordes%20and%20Builds) into [Three Ways to Break a Horde](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Build%20Comparison).
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| 81 — A hospital worth remembering | 18:55 | [Four existing clinical rooms](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Station%20Room%20And%20Module%20Inventory#region-2-clinical-exchange-r11r20), with human purpose and distinct activities; rescue access, shortcut growth and cap persistence clarified |
| 82 — A current decision guide | 19:23 | [Current concerns and choices](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Open%20Decisions), with substantive criticism retained and stale reference questions repaired |
| 83 — Who is the astronaut? | 19:47 | [Two personalities in the same scenes](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Who%20Is%20the%20Astronaut), plus a quieter alternative; Nadi’s causal sequence clarified and tone risks retained |
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| 84 — Can a shot carry lightning? | 20:17 | [A player-assembled electrical projectile](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Build%20Comparison#can-a-shot-carry-lightning), with an early experiment, a later use beyond cover and the stronger local alternative |
Each package received one focused critique, one response and PM checks. These are completed design proposals, not tested gameplay. The new Ricochet and Gravity controls remain proposed alternatives to the current detailed equipment rules. The two renewed-route examples do not yet cover every shifted layout or combination of permanent seals.
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## Working now
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## Paused — next work after resumption
| Outcome | Owner and current state | Next delivery, Jerusalem time |
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| 84 — Can a shot carry lightning? | Draft submitted; Systems stopped; independent reviewer working | Draft delivered **19:59**; reviewed **22:30**, range **22:00–23:30** |
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| 38 — Full-design readiness, still reopened | Outside-edit preservation audit completed; eleven factual/reference corrections published. Supporting readability and broader experience coverage remain | Readiness reassessment with the coherent wiki pass, target **23 September**, range **21–28 September** |
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| 84 — Can a shot carry lightning? | Closed; Systems and reviewer stopped | Reviewed **20:17**; no further round assigned |
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| 38 — Full-design readiness, still reopened | Outside-edit preservation audit completed; eleven factual/reference corrections published. Supporting readability and broader experience coverage remain | Reassess after resumption; previous **23 September**, range **21–28 September**, is suspended |
Read the scene in [Hordes and Builds](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Hordes%20and%20Builds), with placement in [Moving Scan Expedition](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Moving%20Scan%20Expedition). Its added rail, viewing bay, bridge and receiver make a fourteenth proposed major mechanism; physical fit and fun remain untested. The new Receiver Vault proposal tackles a different risk: a later expedition must deliver growing power and a horde climax before its quiet discovery. It uses the existing vault rooms, enemies and machinery; the new reward opportunity remains a proposal. Earlier rescue and station-completion comparisons are ready for owner reaction.
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The tracker contains **84 outcomes: 80 preparation outcomes closed, 1 current outcome, 1 readiness assessment reopened and 2 parked**. The completed preservation audit and its corrections belong within outcome 38; they do not close overall readiness. These counts are not a percentage of the finished game. Outcomes 39–40 remain parked and unaccepted pending the core corrections.
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The tracker contains **84 outcomes: 81 preparation outcomes closed, none active, 1 readiness assessment reopened and 2 parked**. The completed preservation audit and its corrections belong within outcome 38; they do not close overall readiness. These counts are not a percentage of the finished game. Outcomes 39–40 remain parked and unaccepted pending the core corrections.
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The messaging directory did not list either original Claude task at **19:43**. Systems has submitted the equipment comparison and stopped. Its independent reviewer is working from criteria saved before the new proposal. The character writer has completed the response and stopped. This is a messaging observation, not a judgment about the apps' health. No new agent or manual forwarding is needed for this work.
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Systems has finished the single response and is confirmed idle. The independent reviewer and temporary design support have stopped. The owner’s budget pause prevents further assignments; no new agent or manual forwarding is needed. Automatic wake-ups are paused and will not restart merely because the budget resets.
## Delivery forecast
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Forecast **F2.38**, updated 15 September. Dates assume work continues today and about five further active working days for the first full pass.
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Forecast **F2.39**, updated 15 September for the owner’s pause. The current comparison is complete. No live calendar deadline is promised while the restart date is unknown; re-estimate on resumption. The previous first-pass allowance was about five further active working days, with low confidence.
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| A hospital worth remembering | **Completed 18:55** | Earlier than revised 19:30 target | Four existing [clinical spaces](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Station%20Room%20And%20Module%20Inventory#region-2-clinical-exchange-r11r20) become memorable places of care, crowd pressure and disturbing discovery while preserving their current rules |
| A current decision guide | **Completed 19:23** | Earlier than revised 20:00 target | Current proposals and choices explained, substantive objections retained, routine reference repairs verified |
| Who is the astronaut? | **Completed 19:47** | Earlier than revised 20:30 target | Two contrasting personalities and a quieter alternative, with one critique, response and verified integration |
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| Can a shot carry lightning? | Draft delivered **19:59**; reviewed **22:30** | Reviewed **22:00–23:30** | Existing hybrid versus proposed remote electrical delivery, with a discoverable experiment, horde payoff and explicit costs |
| Full detailed campaign design | **24 November** | **3 November–22 December** | Proposed progression, content, mysteries, ending paths and production scope developed across the campaign |
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| Can a shot carry lightning? | **Completed 20:17** | Earlier than revised 21:30 target | Existing hybrid versus proposed remote electrical delivery, with a discoverable experiment, horde payoff and explicit costs |
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| Coherent revised design wiki | **Suspended**; previous 23 September | Previous 21–28 September; rebase after restart | Readable core and supporting rules aligned; consequential choices explicit |
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| Full detailed campaign design | **Suspended**; previous 24 November | Previous 3 November–22 December; rebase after restart | Proposed progression, content, mysteries, ending paths and production scope developed across the campaign |
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The equipment-comparison estimate has moderate confidence. Its early draft is in the single independent critique; a response and verified integration remain. The reviewed target is retained while the comparison’s player discovery, targeting and costs are checked. The full-wiki estimate has low confidence. The campaign date has very low confidence and remains a planning allowance pending a fresh content estimate. None promises development, validated fun or the desired number of playable hours; those require a separately authorized phase.
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The comparison completed one critique, one response and PM verification. Its bank-arming relationship remains an authored proposal, and the value of its geometry, hints and reconfiguration is untested. Acceptance makes it ready to compare; it does not adopt it into the detailed equipment rules. The full-wiki estimate had low confidence, and the campaign estimate very low confidence pending a fresh content estimate. These are documentation forecasts, not gameplay validation or development dates.
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The pre-pause targets were 15 September for the readable wiki and 17 November for detailed campaign design. Five paused calendar days and the outside review's core-loop findings moved those dates. F2.38 records the equipment draft delivered at 19:59, earlier than its 21:30 target. The reviewed target stays 22:30 pending critique and response. The astronaut comparison completed at 19:47, ahead of its revised 20:30 target. The equipment comparison addresses whether familiar parts can produce a surprising relationship and a more spectacular horde payoff, rather than simply operate beside one another. Existing team restrictions can be reconsidered, with changes and costs explained. The overall dates remain unchanged because broader experience coverage, supporting clarity and consequential creative choices still need work. Earlier estimates and reasons remain in revision history and the forecast checkpoint.
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F2.39 suspends the overall dates because the owner requested a budget pause. F2.38 recorded the draft at 19:59 against a 21:30 draft target; critique found gaps in assembly and spatial advantage. The single response targeted 21:00 and review 21:30, then completed review at 20:17. Earlier overall targets moved from 15 September/17 November to 23 September/24 November after five paused calendar days and the outside review’s core-loop findings. Those prior targets and their ranges remain above as history; the restart date and available capacity will determine new dates.
