Playtest #6 follow-up (v2.5.1): leader HP review — 直接乘算, one debuff instance, 999 layer cap, 限伤; elite to the board; 假想敌：胄 kit

- co-op leaders died within seconds: leader HP is the official data (40 values pinned); bond / strategy / item /
  机变 / 特质 "+X%" bonuses now add up (PRTS 直接乘算) instead of compounding; a same-named enemy debuff keeps one
  (strongest) instance per target (奥术 across a pair field); leader parts pass damage 1:1; fixed co-op pool (the user's call)
- official limits read from the client: each bond stops at 999 layers (MAX_GARRISON_STACK); a leader hit of 300000+ in
  boss / hidden battles is cancelled (MAX_BATTLE_DAMAGE, 限伤) — shared/constants.js switches, research 11
- a merge that consumes a deployed copy puts the elite on that tile and facing (user-confirmed); gold target highlight,
  promotion effect
- 假想敌：胄 per PRTS: one shell, shells within range, any drone death costs 2 % max HP, 剑/锤 sorties and 瘫痪
- DESIGN §20.10–§20.14; 2842 unit tests, all 28 browser suites green; Chrome = Node on boss fields

docs/research/01-core-rules.md

@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ The 20-fund 绮良 / 55-fund 帕格尼尼 band thresholds count **funds spent**
   - WIKI: "三位同名干员（无论是否部署）会自动合并且晋级为精锐干员".
   - `upgradeNum`=3 for 132 chess; **风丸 `chess_char_2_11_a` needs 2**.
   - Elites have `upgradeNum`=0: **no further merging**.
+- **Where the elite goes:** to the hand, **unless a consumed copy was deployed — then to that copy's board position**.
+  PRTS 卫戍协议/帮助 §干员的获得与精锐化: "发送1名【精锐】状态的该干员至手牌区（若消耗已部署至作战区的干员，则发送至作战区对应位置）";
+  confirmed first-hand by the user after playtest #6 ("合成精锐时，如果消耗了场上的干员，精锐会出现在场上那个位置"). See A1 row 7
+  for the remake's choices where the text is silent.
 - **Equipment:** anything the merged units carried returns to the bench. Tip: "干员晋级后已配发装备会回收至整备区".
 - **Bond traits** of "<获得时>" type: a triple stacks 1+1+2 (the elite value is double) [COMM].
 - **Stats (`shopCharChessInfoData`):**
@@ -838,7 +842,7 @@ Local copies are in `scratchpad/gd/extra/critic/` (`bw_盟约.txt`, `bw_sweep.tx
 | new | – | At **combat start, all unfrozen shop contents are cleared** ("进入作战期后，栏上若未处于冻结状态则清空全部物资"). | VERIFIED |
 | 4.2 / 8 | bench 10 + temp area | **Hand (手牌区/整备区) = 10 regular + 5 temporary slots**, shared by operators, **items** and hand-deployable **summons**. Several summons of one owner stack into 1 slot; summons of different owners don't stack.<br>When the regular hand is full, every action that would add a card is refused: buy, and withdraw from the board. Exception: a purchase that completes a 3-merge nets −1 card, so allow it.<br>Passive gains (merge result, band/trait/item grants, items returned by promotion) overflow into the temp slots. **While temp is non-empty the player cannot start combat.** Temp is wiped when the next phase starts.<br>A board↔hand swap is allowed even with a full hand. Cards fill hand slots **right→left**. | VERIFIED |
 | 5.2 | – | **Items cannot be sold** ("多余的装备无法进行出售，可以销毁"). They can only be destroyed for 0 funds. Operators sell for 1 from board or hand. | VERIFIED |
-| 7 | promotion reward [COMM] | Confirmed (PRTS 帮助, BWIKI, official intro). On acquiring the 3rd copy:<br>1. The 3rd copy is not created, and the 2 owned copies are destroyed wherever they are.<br>2. **1 elite goes to the hand, not to a board tile.** Their equipment returns to the hand.<br>3. The shop then temporarily shows **3 operators of tier min(shopLevel+1, 6) at price 0**. The official intro shows "II 0 ×3" after a tier-I merge at L1 and "III 0 ×3" at L2.<br>4. The player takes **1**. The offer cannot be refreshed or frozen and expires at round end. | VERIFIED |
+| 7 | promotion reward [COMM] | Confirmed (PRTS 帮助, BWIKI, official intro). On acquiring the 3rd copy:<br>1. The 3rd copy is not created, and the 2 owned copies are destroyed wherever they are.<br>2. **1 elite goes to the hand — or, when a consumed copy was deployed, to that copy's board position** (PRTS 帮助 "发送1名【精锐】状态的该干员至手牌区（若消耗已部署至作战区的干员，则发送至作战区对应位置）"; the user confirmed it first-hand after playtest #6 — this row used to read "not to a board tile", a misreading of the same sentence). Their equipment returns to the hand ("干员晋级后已配发装备会回收至整备区，需要重新配置"). [ASSUMED] where the text is silent: with two or three deployed copies the elite takes the tile of the one that deploys first (top→bottom, then left→right — the official deploy order) with its facing; a deployed operator transformed into the completing copy (突变细胞) counts as deployed; the copies' summons leave and the elite's own summon card joins the hand (§战斗部署 "如果部署的干员拥有可手动部署的附属召唤物，则该召唤物会立刻加入手牌区"); the deploy count never grows.<br>3. The shop then temporarily shows **3 operators of tier min(shopLevel+1, 6) at price 0**. The official intro shows "II 0 ×3" after a tier-I merge at L1 and "III 0 ×3" at L2.<br>4. The player takes **1**. The offer cannot be refreshed or frozen and expires at round end. | VERIFIED (elite to the copy's board position: PRTS + the user); the tile among several deployed copies ASSUMED |
 | 2 | BAND_CHECK "3 random + reroll" [ASSUMED] | **All unlocked bands are shown.** In co-op, players pick **one at a time in a random order** shown on the left ("以随机顺序进行策略轮选"). Each co-op player may **skip once**. The step lasts 50 s; on timeout the band is 华法琳. **Duplicates are allowed:** the official illustration shows 2 teammates' picks still un-greyed in the grid. [ASSUMED] 12 s per turn inside the 50 s step. | VERIFIED except the per-turn timer |
 | 2 | banned bonds "1 core + 1 add-on" [ASSUMED] | Replaced by the verified rule in **A2**. | VERIFIED |
 | 1, 12 | one ×0.7/×0.8 multiplier per mode; `aceffect_enemy_*` mapping [ASSUMED] | Replaced by the **per-round table in A3**. | VERIFIED (PRTS, user-sourced) |