aetherbound-guild/docs/runtime/PHASE9_4_SECOND_CYCLE_ADAPTATION_CONTRACT.md

P9.4 Second-Cycle Adaptation Contract

Revision: p9.4-contract-r1 Baseline: 73834ab

Entry State

P9.4 begins only after the accepted P9.3 Open Road return:

• Coin 20;
• Company 2/10: Hearthguard, Farstring;
• remaining standing offers: Wayrunner for 10, Kindhand for 11;
• one completed reward receipt for Open Road;
• Crosswind is the visible incoming threat: contact plus ranged pressure and a 12 Coin reward.

Adaptation Choice

Recruit	Spend	Required role evidence	Required consequence
Wayrunner	10	visible flank/counter actions	victory tick 99; Hearthguard 22 HP; Coin 22 after reward
Kindhand	11	visible healing actions, including 11 authoritative heals	victory tick 133; Hearthguard 84 HP; Coin 21 after reward

The first actor tap focuses and the second commits exactly once. The other offer remains unhired. No slot selection or confirmation page is added; stable Company order remains system-owned.

Presentation

• On the returned Hall, two small Riftblade silhouettes stand near the departure gate with one short Crosswind / contact + ranged caption.
• The existing Company remains the first focal read, remaining Recruits second, and the incoming threat third.
• Recruit detail may state one strength and limitation, but may not become a panel or forecast exact test numbers in normal play.
• Crosswind combat reuses the P9.3 field, actor scale, health bars, damage/heal floats, bounded VFX and pause/speed controls.
• The result holds on the battlefield and the returned Hall visibly preserves the selected three-person Company and exact Coin.

Evidence

• dual-path domain test for entry state, exactly-once hire, authoritative role actions, terminal tick/HP, reward and returned Company;
• parsed ScreenTouch runtime path through both alternatives with fallback/direct zero;
• normal-render frames for returned threat, focused Wayrunner/Kindhand, both role actions, both results and both returned Hall states;
• one source-bound H5 update after local runtime gates;
• Owner comprehension, game-feel, listening, device and release remain separate.