Signature mechanic — auras make sound physical:
* In The Mix (MRP): allied units within 5 cells of an Amp Stack get +25%
firepower, pink note decoration. Amp placement is now forward strategy.
* Low Latency (Stream): allied units within 5 cells of an Edge Node move 30%
faster, blue chevron decoration. The datacentre build-radius creep now has a
combat identity to match the lore.
Pure YAML: ProximityExternalCondition -> ExternalCondition + multipliers.
Also: VISION.md (five pillars, one page), THE DROP/SHUFFLE launches now play a
procedural vinyl needle-drop crackle (33rpm rumble + dust pops), and generated
cinematic keyart wired into the loadscreen stripe.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Fixes a critical bug: undeployed MCV vans now count for short-game survival —
previously every match ended at tick 1 (all players 'defeated', local player
'won'). The bot-vs-bot shellmap claim from earlier rounds was invalid for the
same reason: shellmaps stall with Bot: players and matches insta-ended. The
arena map + tools/balance_report.py is the real, verified harness.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
