# Phase 7.1 Recruit Loadout And Level Contract

## Equipment Rule

- Each living Recruit owns zero or one `equipped_item_id`.
- Item forms such as armament, guard, garb, charm and kit are eligibility and
  presentation families, not simultaneous body slots.
- Equip is a replacement transaction: candidate enters the one active slot and
  the prior item, if any, returns to run inventory in the same receipt.
- An item can interact with a neighbor's item or a shared event, but no effect
  may require its wearer to hold a second item.
- Artifacts remain run-wide rules and never consume the Recruit's item slot.

## Level Rule

- Every Recruit stores its own `level` and `xp`.
- Level range is `1..10`; XP is earned only by the living deployed Recruit who
  qualifies under the economy authority.
- Reserve and Fallen Recruits gain no battle XP.
- Hiring, dismissal, death, promotion and run closure never transfer level or
  XP to another Recruit.
- Promotion preserves that Recruit's level and XP; it does not create a shared
  Company level.

## UI Read

- Offer, Roster, Recruit detail, Equipment, Party and Result surfaces identify
  level as text.
- Recruit detail exposes exact current XP/next-level progress.
- Equipment comparison shows exactly `Current slot -> Candidate`, the returned
  item and the behavior delta.
- Empty slot, incompatible item and replacement states remain distinguishable
  without color.