diff --git a/MEGAPLAN.md b/MEGAPLAN.md
index 996a7cb..cba1aa3 100644
--- a/MEGAPLAN.md
+++ b/MEGAPLAN.md
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ faction, or it reads as clip-art soup. Fix the Blender camera rig once, reuse.
    John says go (repo must carry COPYING = GPL v3, credit OpenRA engine).
 3. itch.io page + dmg/AppImage/exe via `packaging/package-all.sh <tag>`.
 
+## 5b. Balance state (2026-07-26)
+
+Six instrumented arena matches so far: 3x MRP blowouts (structural AI bugs,
+fixed), 2x Stream blowouts (buff overshoot: scraper 18 / drmwalker 750),
+then 1x close 12-min MRP win with zero verdict flags after the half-step
+walk-back (scraper 16, drmwalker 820, bufferbot 5000 kept). The matchup now
+flips with small knob changes = we are near the boundary. Acceptance test for
+any future balance change: a 5-match arena series via balance_report.py, not
+a single game. Human playtesting is the real referee from here.
+
 ## 6. Known traps
 
 **The game needs a live display.** OpenRA is SDL2/OpenGL only — there is no null
diff --git a/mods/vinylgod/rules/stream.yaml b/mods/vinylgod/rules/stream.yaml
index 8892fc5..d90a646 100644
--- a/mods/vinylgod/rules/stream.yaml
+++ b/mods/vinylgod/rules/stream.yaml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ scraper:
 		SearchFromProcRadius: 15
 		SearchFromHarvesterRadius: 8
 	StoresResources:
-		Capacity: 18
+		Capacity: 16
 		Resources: Wax
 	DockClientManager:
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ drmwalker:
 		BuildPaletteOrder: 51
 		Prerequisites: printfarm
 	Valued:
-		Cost: 750
+		Cost: 820
 	Tooltip:
 		Name: actor-drmwalker.name
 	Health: