Work resumed on **15 September**. The immediate goal is a game proposal that delivers fresh horde combat, an exciting rise in power, surprising discoveries and builds that play differently on successive expeditions.

The owner has now 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. The answers are recorded in the [Owner Brief](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Brief).

| 62 — Growth and a renewed combat route | [Combat Rules](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Combat%20Rules): regular improvements, a major breakthrough, meaningful crowds and discovery quiet mapped onto existing rooms |

The chosen expedition and growth rules are aligned in Combat Rules and ten supporting articles. The new Ricochet and Gravity mechanisms are still proposed replacements for parts of the old detailed build rules; numerical reconciliation has not been declared complete.

**The next package has 2 outcomes in progress.** The completed route uses open enemy sources. We are now resolving what the next expedition is like after the player permanently seals all four sources on that route. The player should keep the benefit of that work and still find a worthwhile horde, growth and a discovery.

| Outcome | Who | State | Next delivery, Jerusalem time |

|---|---|---|---|

| Growth and renewed-route draft | **Submitted today 12:22** | Earlier than 13:00 target | A concrete rhythm and an example using the actual station plan; critique completed 12:27 |

| Coherent revised design wiki | 23 September | 21–28 September | Readable core articles and supporting rules aligned with selected directions; consequential open choices explicit |

The near-term forecast has moderate confidence. The full-wiki estimate has low confidence; the detailed-campaign date has very low confidence and is a planning allowance pending a fresh content estimate. Neither means the game is built, tested, balanced or proven to last the desired number of hours. Development and playtests await separate authorization.

The first packet was initially forecast for 14:15 today, advanced to 13:00 as drafts arrived, and completed at 12:08. The pre-pause estimates were 15 September for the readable wiki and 17 November for detailed campaign design. Five paused calendar days and the outside review's unresolved core-loop findings require new dates. F2.3 resumed the story/survival review in parallel after reconciling current sources. F2.4 recorded the story package at 12:32. F2.5 records the combat package at 12:45, ahead of its 14:30 estimate, and adds the next concrete case after all four sources are sealed. The full-wiki and campaign dates are unchanged. Earlier estimates and actual deliveries remain in this page's revision history.

- Each expedition provides fresh combat and a rise in power before its major challenge, while permanent discoveries and changes keep their value.

The full tracker contains **65 outcomes: 60 preparation outcomes closed, 2 current, 0 held, 1 readiness assessment reopened and 2 parked**. Earlier closure records document preparation and integration, not proof the game meets the brief.

| Outcome | State | Reason |

Previous completed work includes the discovery/home, combat, room/information, and build/expedition drafting batches. The latest owner answers supersede their permanent encounter-clearing and stage-only growth assumptions. Their useful content remains input to the correction.

The two immediate combat choices are answered. The owner is now being asked which of the three build directions to deepen first; this sets a priority without discarding the others. Next, PM will bring concrete story and rescue alternatives, then the effect of completing the station connection and a costed scope proposal. The fourteen review categories are not fourteen questions the owner must answer before work continues.