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.

**Sixteen proposal or editorial packages have been completed today.** The latest finished at **17:18 Jerusalem time**: [two trips with the same equipment and different earned upgrades](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Upgrade%20Choices), including a useful hybrid and a reach-versus-contacts trade. Systems has started a scene about recognizing one former patient within an existing horde and bringing that knowledge home. The separate 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).

| Completed package | Actual time today | What changed |

| 69 — Short rescue and death comparison | 14:20 | A person’s records, a short horde crossing and a homecoming; two unselected failure approaches with explicit protection and retry costs |

| 71 — Campaign scope comparison | 14:56 | A 40-room reference versus 36 denser rooms, with named losses and retained work; current mechanism counts aligned and old hour allowances clearly qualified |

| 73 — Whole campaign | 15:26 | [The campaign from docking to deepest discoveries](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Whole%20Game%20Outline), with the horde/build/bridge climax, human consequences and open endings explained |

| 75 — Equipment and combinations | 16:05 | [Twelve equipment parts](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Equipment%20Catalogue), introduced through visible behavior and a working build; readiness and installed-part explanations corrected |

| 77 — Enemy guide | 16:46 | [Nine creatures and two horde setpieces](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Combat%20And%20Enemy%20Roster), explained through visible warnings, pressure and responses; rescue and carrying examples corrected |

| 79 — A person in the crowd | Systems is working; independent criteria saved and reviewer ready | Draft **18:50**, range **18:20–19:20**; reviewed proposal **20:00**, range **19:15–20:45** |

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

| Moving-scan proposal | **Delivered 13:39** | Earlier than 14:15 target | Concrete location, rising fight, build climax, discovery and next trip |

| Reviewed short-rescue proposal | **Completed 14:20** | Earlier than 15:15 target | One critique and response; owner comparison published, shared rules await selection |

| Costed campaign comparison | **Completed 14:56** | Earlier than 17:00 target | Named retained, moved and removed experiences; current counts and historical allowance distinguished |

| Readable campaign overview | **Completed 15:26** | Earlier than 16:00 target | Opening through deeper and optional play shows horde growth, discoveries and people, with current proposals distinguished |

| Readable equipment reference | **Completed 16:05** | Earlier than revised 16:30 target | A reader can picture the twelve parts and their combinations, find actual costs and distinguish current mechanisms from proposed alternatives |

| Readable enemy guide | **Completed 16:46** | Earlier than revised 17:15 target | The nine creatures, their horde roles and two setpieces are explained through what the player sees, chooses and overcomes, with actual behaviors retained through review |

| Coherent revised design wiki | **23 September** | **21–28 September** | Readable core and supporting rules aligned; consequential choices explicit |

The patient-scene estimate has moderate-to-low confidence because preserving one identity across renewed expeditions may require a simpler treatment. Other near-term estimates have moderate confidence. 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.

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. F2.27 records the upgrade comparison completed at 17:18 after one critique and response, ahead of its revised 18:00 target. The next assignment began at 17:21 and addresses the human meaning of an existing horde encounter. Its allowance is 60–120 minutes for a draft plus review, response and integration; a record-only comparison is available if the recognition scene demands too much new state. 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.

- Broader expeditions must sustain fresh combat, meaningful growth and different discoveries around persistent changes.

- Full readiness requires a coherent player journey and honest scope, beyond internally consistent tables.

The two immediate combat questions are answered in the [Owner Brief](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Brief). The current concrete choice is in [Rescue Under Pressure](/Hold%20The%20Flood/Rescue%20Under%20Pressure): if the astronaut dies after Yeva starts crossing the prepared short route, does she finish and reach the ship, or take shelter and require a new attempt after the shift? PM recommends finishing; the stronger failure/retry case and both safety exceptions are explained. The owner has been asked directly; no answer is inferred. The first survivor and wider survivor mortality remain open.

The earlier build-priority question also remains: which direction to deepen first. It does not discard the others or approve every proposed rule.