Round 5a: heroes (The Selector, The Curator), air (45 Flyer, Compression Drone) with pads + Aircraft queue/tab, scouts (Boom Bike, Crawler), 5 weapons, wax seep regrowth on all maps

Wax seeps fix the economy flatline the arena telemetry exposed: both bots hit
cash=0/stored=0 from tick 6250 with no way to recover.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

LORE.md

@@ -95,6 +95,89 @@ replaced by a receipt.
 | `datacentre` | Edge Node | power/build-radius creep | humming white monolith with a single blue status LED |
 | `transcoder` | Transcoder | refinery | white cube that swallows records whole; only receipts come out |
 
+## Heroes
+
+Each side fields exactly one hero. They cost a fortune, they cannot be replaced
+while alive, and losing one is a story beat, not a statistic.
+
+### THE SELECTOR (MRP, `selector`)
+
+Nobody built the Selector. It assembled itself in the sub-basement of a flooded
+pressing plant out of a coat rack, a broken mastering lathe, and the contents of
+a collection somebody spent forty years building and one afternoon losing.
+
+It carries a crate of **one-of-one dubplates** — acetates cut before the
+Compression, of songs that exist nowhere else. Each one it throws is gone
+forever. That is the Selector's whole tragedy and its whole tactic: it wins
+fights by destroying the last copies of the things it is fighting for.
+
+It does not speak. It nods, and something in the distance falls over.
+
+- Slow, absurdly tough for infantry, huge splash damage, long reload.
+- Voice lines are just the needle-drop crackle of a record starting.
+
+### THE CURATOR (Stream, `curator`)
+
+The Algorithm's only physical opinion. A white sphere ringed with lenses that
+hovers three feet off the ground and *watches*, and the watching is the weapon —
+everything it looks at is being scored, ranked, and found wanting.
+
+It is unfailingly polite. It refers to units it is destroying as "underperforming
+content." It refers to the Selector as "a legacy account."
+
+- Fast, fragile for a hero, continuous beam that melts armour.
+- Cannot capture or hold ground. It only ever passes through, sampling.
+
+## Air
+
+Late-war escalation. Both sides looked up at the same time.
+
+- **45 Flyer** (`flyer45`, MRP): a 7-inch single with tonearm rotor blades and a
+  scavenged engine pod bolted through the spindle hole. Loud, fast, made of
+  rubbish, held together by belief.
+- **Compression Drone** (`compressor`, Stream): from the original Stream roster —
+  projects a shrinking blue field; things inside get smaller and worse.
+- Launch pads: **Launch Ramp** (`launchramp`) and **Drone Port** (`droneport`).
+
+## Scouts
+
+- **Boom Bike** (`boombike`, MRP): a trike with two speaker cones where the
+  pillion should be. Nothing outruns it. Nothing wants to be near it either.
+- **Crawler** (`crawler`, Stream): a flat white rover that maps your base and
+  files a report. Unarmed, silent, already gone by the time you shoot at it.
+
+## Wax seeps
+
+Wax fields are not deposits, they are **wounds**. Each field grows from a
+**seep point** — a crack over a buried pressing plant, a landfill vent, a
+flooded archive — and as long as the seep is open, the field regrows. Kill the
+economy of a map and it will heal; the Black Wax has all the time in the world.
+
+## The campaign: SIDE A
+
+Three missions. The MRP origin story, told from the landfill up.
+
+### 1. FIRST PRESSING
+The Party wakes up. A pop-up van and a single digger in a wax field at the edge
+of the old industrial estate. Get a pressing plant running and press the first
+records of the new world — before the Stream's survey drones finish counting
+what's down here.
+*Objectives: build a Pressing Plant, bank 2000 records, survive the first probe.*
+
+### 2. CRATE DIGGERS
+A Stream transcoder outpost has found something under the hill: a **master
+lacquer**, the original of an original. In six minutes it will be a receipt.
+Take the outpost apart and take back the master.
+*Objectives: destroy the Transcoder before the timer, keep the Selector alive.*
+
+### 3. THE DROP
+The Algorithm has surfaced. Build the Mastering Studio, charge the orbital
+tonearm, and put the needle through it.
+*Objectives: build a Mastering Studio, fire THE DROP at the Algorithm, survive
+the counterattack.*
+
+*(SIDE B — the Stream campaign, in which you are the polite one — is unwritten.)*
+
 ## Tone
 
 Saturday-morning-cartoon apocalypse. The stakes are real (music is being deleted

assets_src/PROMPTS.md

@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ All images generated locally on MODELBEAST (`flux_local`) via `tools/mbgen.py`.
 | renders/scraper.png | 2026-07-20 | glossy seamless white tech aesthetic, soft blue ring lights, smooth rounded minimal design, autonomous white street sweeper vehicle inhaling black vinyl through a glowing blue intake, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
 | renders/bufferbot.png | 2026-07-20 | glossy seamless white tech aesthetic, soft blue ring lights, smooth rounded minimal design, knee-high white sphere robot with a loading spinner face, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
 | renders/drmwalker.png | 2026-07-20 | glossy seamless white tech aesthetic, soft blue ring lights, smooth rounded minimal design, tall faceless white mech with one blue ring-light eye and a glowing paywall screen chest, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
+| renders/selector.png | 2026-07-25 | rusty junkyard robot aesthetic, rust metal with hot pink trim, analog dials and speaker parts, legendary hero DJ robot in a long coat with a crate of glowing gold dubplates under one arm and a tonearm staff, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
+| renders/curator.png | 2026-07-25 | glossy seamless white tech aesthetic, soft blue ring lights, smooth rounded minimal design, hovering white sphere ringed with many camera lenses, a single blue eye at the front, faint halo, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
+| renders/launchramp.png | 2026-07-25 | rusty junkyard robot aesthetic, rust metal with hot pink trim, analog dials and speaker parts, scrap metal launch ramp pad with painted pink chevrons, floodlights and a parked flying vinyl disc, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |
+| renders/droneport.png | 2026-07-25 | glossy seamless white tech aesthetic, soft blue ring lights, smooth rounded minimal design, white circular drone landing pad building with recessed blue guide lights and folded launch arms, isometric three-quarter view from above, single object centered, video game asset, plain flat grey background, no text |

mods/vinylgod/chrome/chrome.yaml

@@ -403,3 +403,6 @@ production-icons:
 		vehicle: 0, 32, 16, 16
 		vehicle-disabled: 16, 32, 16, 16
 		vehicle-alert: 32, 32, 16, 16
+		aircraft: 0, 48, 16, 16
+		aircraft-disabled: 16, 48, 16, 16
+		aircraft-alert: 32, 48, 16, 16

mods/vinylgod/chrome/layouts/ingame-player.yaml

@@ -93,3 +93,14 @@ Container@PLAYER_WIDGETS:
 									X: 7
 									Y: 7
 									ImageCollection: production-icons
+						ProductionTypeButton@AIRCRAFT:
+							Y: 99
+							Width: 30
+							Height: 30
+							Background: button
+							ProductionGroup: Aircraft
+							Children:
+								Image@ICON:
+									X: 7
+									Y: 7
+									ImageCollection: production-icons

mods/vinylgod/fluent/rules.ftl

@@ -87,3 +87,23 @@ power-thedrop =
 power-theshuffle =
     .name = THE SHUFFLE
     .description = Reality-compression strike. Terms of service apply.
+
+## round 5: heroes, scouts, air
+actor-selector =
+    .name = The Selector
+actor-curator =
+    .name = The Curator
+actor-boombike =
+    .name = Boom Bike
+actor-crawler =
+    .name = Crawler
+actor-flyer45 =
+    .name = 45 Flyer
+actor-compressor =
+    .name = Compression Drone
+actor-launchramp =
+    .name = Launch Ramp
+actor-droneport =
+    .name = Drone Port
+actor-waxseed =
+    .name = Wax Seep

mods/vinylgod/maps/arena/map.yaml

@@ -58,5 +58,11 @@ Actors:
 	Actor4: scraper
 		Owner: BotB
 		Location: 24,25
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 8,20
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 18,10
 
 Rules: rules.yaml

mods/vinylgod/maps/compression/map.yaml

@@ -76,3 +76,30 @@ Actors:
 	Actor5: mpspawn
 		Owner: Multi5
 		Location: 45,84
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 12,45
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 20,20
+	waxseed2: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 20,71
+	waxseed3: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 45,45
+	waxseed4: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 45,25
+	waxseed5: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 45,66
+	waxseed6: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 71,20
+	waxseed7: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 71,71
+	waxseed8: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 79,45

mods/vinylgod/maps/district/map.yaml

@@ -60,3 +60,30 @@ Actors:
 	Actor3: mpspawn
 		Owner: Multi3
 		Location: 57,57
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 10,32
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 16,16
+	waxseed2: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 16,49
+	waxseed3: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 32,32
+	waxseed4: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 32,10
+	waxseed5: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 32,55
+	waxseed6: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 49,16
+	waxseed7: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 49,49
+	waxseed8: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 55,32

mods/vinylgod/maps/needledrop/map.yaml

@@ -44,3 +44,18 @@ Actors:
 	Actor1: mpspawn
 		Owner: Multi1
 		Location: 34,20
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 7,7
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 7,34
+	waxseed2: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 20,20
+	waxseed3: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 34,7
+	waxseed4: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 34,34

mods/vinylgod/maps/shellmap/map.yaml

@@ -52,3 +52,9 @@ Actors:
 	Actor8: adblocker
 		Owner: Creeps
 		Location: 25,22
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 8,20
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 18,10

mods/vinylgod/maps/vinylgod/map.yaml

@@ -36,3 +36,9 @@ Actors:
 	Actor0: mpspawn
 		Owner: Multi0
 		Location: 16,16
+	waxseed0: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 10,10
+	waxseed1: waxseed
+		Owner: Neutral
+		Location: 24,23

mods/vinylgod/rules/combat.yaml

@@ -215,3 +215,152 @@ algorithm:
 		DisplayRadarPing: true
 		SupportPowerPaletteOrder: 10
 	SupportPowerChargeBar:
+
+# --- round 5: MRP hero + scout ---
+
+selector:
+	Inherits: ^ArmedUnit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: MrpVoice
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Infantry
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 30
+		Prerequisites: mastering
+		BuildLimit: 1
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 2000
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-selector.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 40000
+	Armor:
+		Type: None
+	Mobile:
+		Locomotor: foot
+		Speed: 42
+	Armament:
+		Weapon: dubplate
+	RevealsShroud:
+		Range: 7c0
+	SelectionDecorations:
+
+boombike:
+	Inherits: ^ArmedUnit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: MrpVoice
+	-WithSpriteBody:
+	WithFacingSpriteBody:
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Vehicle
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 35
+		Prerequisites: garage
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 400
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-boombike.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 15000
+	Armor:
+		Type: Light
+	Mobile:
+		Locomotor: wheeled
+		Speed: 140
+	Armament:
+		Weapon: bike_horn
+	RevealsShroud:
+		Range: 8c0
+
+# --- round 5: air ---
+# ponytail: aircraft are Targetable as GroundActor too, so existing weapons can
+# hit them. Upgrade path: dedicated AA armaments + AirborneActor-only targeting.
+
+^AirUnit:
+	BodyOrientation:
+	QuantizeFacingsFromSequence:
+	RenderSprites:
+	WithFacingSpriteBody:
+	SelectionDecorations:
+	AppearsOnRadar:
+		UseLocation: true
+	HitShape:
+	HiddenUnderFog:
+		Type: GroundPosition
+	Selectable:
+		Bounds: 1024, 1024
+	Targetable:
+		TargetTypes: GroundActor, AirborneActor
+	MustBeDestroyed:
+	FireWarheadsOnDeath:
+		Weapon: UnitExplode
+	Aircraft:
+		CanHover: True
+		CanSlide: True
+		VTOL: True
+		IdleBehavior: Land
+		LandableTerrainTypes: Clear, Wax
+		AirborneCondition: airborne
+		CruisingCondition: cruising
+	Hovers@CRUISING:
+		RequiresCondition: cruising
+	AttackMove:
+	Guard:
+	Guardable:
+	AutoTarget:
+	AutoTargetPriority@DEFAULT:
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor, Structure
+	RevealsShroud:
+		Range: 7c0
+		Type: CenterPosition
+	MapEditorData:
+		Categories: Aircraft
+
+flyer45:
+	Inherits: ^AirUnit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: MrpVoice
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Aircraft
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 10
+		Prerequisites: launchramp
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 900
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-flyer45.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 22000
+	Armor:
+		Type: Light
+	Aircraft:
+		Speed: 149
+	Armament:
+		Weapon: rotor_blade
+		PauseOnCondition: !ammo
+	AttackAircraft:
+		AttackType: Hover
+		FacingTolerance: 90
+	AmmoPool:
+		Ammo: 12
+		ReloadDelay: 24
+		AmmoCondition: ammo
+
+launchramp:
+	Inherits: ^EconBuilding
+	Inherits@shape: ^Buildable2x2
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Building
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 55
+		Prerequisites: garage
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 800
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-launchramp.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 70000
+	Production:
+		Produces: Aircraft
+	Exit@1:
+		SpawnOffset: 0,-256,0
+		ExitCell: 0,0
+	Reservable:
+	Power:
+		Amount: -20

mods/vinylgod/rules/economy.yaml

@@ -263,3 +263,27 @@ garage:
 		ExitCell: 0, 2
 	Power:
 		Amount: -20
+
+# --- round 5: wax seep points (regrow the fields; see LORE.md "Wax seeps") ---
+
+waxseed:
+	BodyOrientation:
+	RenderSprites:
+	WithSpriteBody:
+	Interactable:
+	HiddenUnderShroud:
+	Building:
+		Footprint: x
+		Dimensions: 1,1
+		TerrainTypes: Clear, Wax
+	AppearsOnRadar:
+	RadarColorFromTerrain:
+		Terrain: Wax
+	AppearsOnMapPreview:
+		Terrain: Wax
+	SeedsResource:
+		ResourceType: Wax
+		Interval: 90
+		MaxRange: 60
+	MapEditorData:
+		Categories: Resource spawn

mods/vinylgod/rules/player.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ player:
 		Type: Infantry
 		Group: Infantry
 		ReadyAudio: UnitReady
+	ClassicProductionQueue@Aircraft:
+		Type: Aircraft
+		Group: Aircraft
+		ReadyAudio: UnitReady
 	ConquestVictoryConditions:
 	MissionObjectives:
 		WinNotification: Win

mods/vinylgod/rules/stream.yaml

@@ -202,3 +202,108 @@ drmwalker:
 		Speed: 42
 	Armament:
 		Weapon: feedback_burst
+
+# --- round 5: Stream hero + scout ---
+
+curator:
+	Inherits: ^ArmedUnit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: StreamVoice
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Infantry
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 30
+		Prerequisites: algorithm
+		BuildLimit: 1
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 2000
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-curator.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 25000
+	Armor:
+		Type: Light
+	Mobile:
+		Locomotor: foot
+		Speed: 95
+	Armament:
+		Weapon: curator_beam
+	RevealsShroud:
+		Range: 8c0
+	SelectionDecorations:
+
+crawler:
+	Inherits: ^Unit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: StreamVoice
+	-WithSpriteBody:
+	WithFacingSpriteBody:
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Vehicle
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 15
+		Prerequisites: transcoder
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 300
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-crawler.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 10000
+	Armor:
+		Type: Light
+	Mobile:
+		Locomotor: wheeled
+		Speed: 155
+	RevealsShroud:
+		Range: 10c0
+
+# --- round 5: air ---
+
+compressor:
+	Inherits: ^AirUnit
+	Voiced:
+		VoiceSet: StreamVoice
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Aircraft
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 11
+		Prerequisites: droneport
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 700
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-compressor.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 16000
+	Armor:
+		Type: Light
+	Aircraft:
+		Speed: 170
+	Armament:
+		Weapon: compress_field
+		PauseOnCondition: !ammo
+	AttackAircraft:
+		AttackType: Hover
+		FacingTolerance: 90
+	AmmoPool:
+		Ammo: 10
+		ReloadDelay: 20
+		AmmoCondition: ammo
+
+droneport:
+	Inherits: ^EconBuilding
+	Inherits@shape: ^Buildable2x2
+	Buildable:
+		Queue: Building
+		BuildPaletteOrder: 56
+		Prerequisites: printfarm
+	Valued:
+		Cost: 800
+	Tooltip:
+		Name: actor-droneport.name
+	Health:
+		HP: 60000
+	Production:
+		Produces: Aircraft
+	Exit@1:
+		SpawnOffset: 0,-256,0
+		ExitCell: 0,0
+	Reservable:
+	Power:
+		Amount: -20

mods/vinylgod/sequences/economy.yaml

@@ -213,3 +213,59 @@ smoke_m:
 		Filename: sequences/assets/smoke.png
 		Start: 6
 		Length: 2
+
+selector:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/selector.png
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_selector.png
+
+curator:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/curator.png
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_curator.png
+
+launchramp:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/launchramp.png
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_launchramp.png
+
+droneport:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/droneport.png
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_droneport.png
+
+boombike:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/boombike.png
+		Facings: 16
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_boombike.png
+
+crawler:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/crawler.png
+		Facings: 16
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_crawler.png
+
+flyer45:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/flyer45.png
+		Facings: 16
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_flyer45.png
+
+compressor:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/compressor.png
+		Facings: 16
+	icon:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/icon_compressor.png
+
+waxseed:
+	idle:
+		Filename: sequences/assets/waxseed.png

mods/vinylgod/weapons/vinylgod.yaml

@@ -153,3 +153,104 @@ theshuffle_impact:
 		Explosions: bigboom
 		ImpactSounds: audio/sfx_boom.wav
 		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor
+
+# --- round 5: heroes, scouts, air ---
+
+dubplate:
+	Inherits: ^GroundWeapon
+	Report: audio/sfx_throw.wav
+	ReloadDelay: 90
+	Range: 5c512
+	Projectile: Bullet
+		Speed: 448
+		LaunchAngle: 40
+		Image: seven_inch_proj
+		Sequences: idle
+	Warhead@1Dam: SpreadDamage
+		Spread: 426
+		Damage: 9000
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor
+		Versus:
+			None: 100
+			Wood: 90
+			Light: 85
+			Heavy: 65
+	Warhead@2Eff: CreateEffect
+		Explosions: bigboom
+		ImpactSounds: audio/sfx_boom.wav
+		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor
+
+curator_beam:
+	Inherits: ^GroundWeapon
+	Report: audio/sfx_zap.wav
+	ReloadDelay: 8
+	Range: 4c512
+	Warhead@1Dam: SpreadDamage
+		Spread: 42
+		Damage: 1100
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor
+		Versus:
+			None: 70
+			Wood: 80
+			Light: 110
+			Heavy: 120
+	Warhead@2Eff: CreateEffect
+		Explosions: pop
+		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor
+
+bike_horn:
+	Inherits: ^GroundWeapon
+	Report: audio/sfx_bass.wav
+	ReloadDelay: 35
+	Range: 2c512
+	Warhead@1Dam: SpreadDamage
+		Spread: 128
+		Damage: 1400
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor
+		Versus:
+			None: 120
+			Wood: 30
+			Light: 40
+			Heavy: 10
+	Warhead@2Eff: CreateEffect
+		Explosions: pop
+		ImpactSounds: audio/sfx_pop.wav
+		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor
+
+rotor_blade:
+	Inherits: ^GroundWeapon
+	Report: audio/sfx_throw.wav
+	ReloadDelay: 22
+	Range: 3c512
+	Warhead@1Dam: SpreadDamage
+		Spread: 96
+		Damage: 2600
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor
+		Versus:
+			None: 95
+			Wood: 60
+			Light: 90
+			Heavy: 55
+	Warhead@2Eff: CreateEffect
+		Explosions: pop
+		ImpactSounds: audio/sfx_pop.wav
+		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor
+
+compress_field:
+	Inherits: ^GroundWeapon
+	Report: audio/sfx_zap.wav
+	ReloadDelay: 28
+	Range: 3c256
+	Warhead@1Dam: SpreadDamage
+		Spread: 213
+		Damage: 1900
+		ValidTargets: GroundActor
+		Versus:
+			None: 110
+			Wood: 70
+			Light: 80
+			Heavy: 45
+	Warhead@2Eff: CreateEffect
+		Explosions: pop
+		ImpactSounds: audio/sfx_pop.wav
+		ValidTargets: Ground, GroundActor

tools/mbfacings.py

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ VEHICLES = [
     ('streamvan', 26, STR + 'sleek white autonomous delivery van with blue play-button roof logo'),
     ('scraper', 24, STR + 'white autonomous street sweeper vehicle with glowing blue front intake'),
     ('drmwalker', 30, STR + 'white quad-legged mech with one blue ring light, seen from above'),
+    # round 5: scouts + aircraft
+    ('boombike', 20, MRP + 'small fast motorbike trike with two loudspeaker cones mounted on the back'),
+    ('crawler', 18, STR + 'small flat white six-wheeled scout rover with a blue sensor dome'),
+    ('flyer45', 22, MRP + 'flying machine built from a black vinyl record with spinning tonearm rotor blades and a small rusty engine pod'),
+    ('compressor', 22, STR + 'white quadcopter drone with four rotors and a glowing blue lens underneath'),
 ]
 
 
@@ -47,7 +52,12 @@ def sheet16(im, size, out):
     print(f'[facings] {out}', flush=True)
 
 
+only = [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if not a.startswith('-')]
+skip_world = '--units-only' in sys.argv
+
 for name, size, prompt in VEHICLES:
+    if only and name not in only:
+        continue
     raw = os.path.join(RENDERS, f'{name}_raw.png')
     cut = os.path.join(RENDERS, f'{name}.png')
     if not os.path.exists(cut):
@@ -55,6 +65,10 @@ for name, size, prompt in VEHICLES:
         run('bg_remove_local', {}, cut, asset_id=upload(raw))
     sheet16(Image.open(cut).convert('RGBA'), size, os.path.join(ASSETS, f'{name}.png'))
 
+if skip_world or only:
+    print('ALL DONE (units only)')
+    sys.exit(0)
+
 # terrain tile: seamless ground texture -> 32x32
 traw = os.path.join(RENDERS, 'terrain_raw.png')
 if not os.path.exists(traw):

tools/mbsprites.py

@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ ACTORS = [
     ('scraper', 22, STR + 'autonomous white street sweeper vehicle inhaling black vinyl through a glowing blue intake'),
     ('bufferbot', 14, STR + 'knee-high white sphere robot with a loading spinner face'),
     ('drmwalker', 28, STR + 'tall faceless white mech with one blue ring-light eye and a glowing paywall screen chest'),
+    # round 5: heroes + air bases
+    ('selector', 22, MRP + 'legendary hero DJ robot in a long coat with a crate of glowing gold dubplates under one arm and a tonearm staff'),
+    ('curator', 22, STR + 'hovering white sphere ringed with many camera lenses, a single blue eye at the front, faint halo'),
+    ('launchramp', 64, MRP + 'scrap metal launch ramp pad with painted pink chevrons, floodlights and a parked flying vinyl disc'),
+    ('droneport', 64, STR + 'white circular drone landing pad building with recessed blue guide lights and folded launch arms'),
 ]
 
 

tools/place_seeds.py

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Place a neutral `waxseed` actor at the centre of every wax blob on every map.
+
+Reads the resource plane straight out of each map.bin, finds blob centroids by
+flood fill, and appends the actors to map.yaml. Idempotent: strips previously
+placed waxseed entries first.
+"""
+import os, re, struct, glob
+
+MAPS = glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'mods', 'vinylgod', 'maps', '*'))
+
+
+def resource_cells(path):
+    d = open(path, 'rb').read()
+    fmt, w, h = d[0], *struct.unpack_from('<HH', d, 1)
+    tiles_off, heights_off, res_off = struct.unpack_from('<III', d, 5)
+    assert fmt == 2 and heights_off == 0, path
+    cells = set()
+    for x in range(w):
+        for y in range(h):
+            if d[res_off + 2 * (x * h + y)] != 0:
+                cells.add((x, y))
+    return cells
+
+
+def blobs(cells):
+    """Flood-fill into connected blobs, return list of (cx, cy)."""
+    seen, out = set(), []
+    for start in sorted(cells):
+        if start in seen:
+            continue
+        stack, blob = [start], []
+        seen.add(start)
+        while stack:
+            x, y = stack.pop()
+            blob.append((x, y))
+            for n in ((x+1, y), (x-1, y), (x, y+1), (x, y-1)):
+                if n in cells and n not in seen:
+                    seen.add(n)
+                    stack.append(n)
+        if len(blob) >= 6:  # ignore specks
+            out.append((round(sum(p[0] for p in blob) / len(blob)),
+                        round(sum(p[1] for p in blob) / len(blob))))
+    return out
+
+
+for mapdir in sorted(MAPS):
+    my, mb = os.path.join(mapdir, 'map.yaml'), os.path.join(mapdir, 'map.bin')
+    if not (os.path.exists(my) and os.path.exists(mb)):
+        continue
+    centres = blobs(resource_cells(mb))
+    s = open(my).read()
+    s = re.sub(r'\n\twaxseed\d+: waxseed\n\t\tOwner: Neutral\n\t\tLocation: \d+,\d+', '', s)
+    if 'Actors:' not in s:
+        s = s.rstrip() + '\n\nActors:\n'
+    block = ''.join(f'\n\twaxseed{i}: waxseed\n\t\tOwner: Neutral\n\t\tLocation: {x},{y}'
+                    for i, (x, y) in enumerate(centres))
+    # append to the Actors section (it is the last block in our generated maps)
+    head, _, tail = s.partition('Actors:')
+    lines = tail.split('\n')
+    cut = len(lines)
+    for i, ln in enumerate(lines):
+        if ln and not ln.startswith('\t') and i > 0:  # next top-level key
+            cut = i
+            break
+    tail = '\n'.join(lines[:cut]).rstrip() + block + '\n' + '\n'.join(lines[cut:])
+    open(my, 'w').write(head + 'Actors:' + tail)
+    print(f'{os.path.basename(mapdir)}: {len(centres)} seep(s) at {centres}')