diff --git a/server/sim/content/tokens.js b/server/sim/content/tokens.js
index d9234261..a9392892 100644
--- a/server/sim/content/tokens.js
+++ b/server/sim/content/tokens.js
@@ -1286,17 +1286,34 @@ function yanyouKit(bb, raw) {
   };
 }
 
-/** Free field tile for a flyer: the player's half, void/non-deployable tiles first, nearest to the half's centre. */
+/**
+ * Stage positions held for the band map characters (data/stages.json `mapChars`: the levels' predefined 预备干员-医疗 /
+ * Touch of 外勤医疗, hidden until a player holds the strategy), as tile keys.
+ */
+function mapCharKeys(battle) {
+  const list = battle.stage?.raw?.mapChars ?? battle.stage?.mapChars ?? [];
+  const out = new Set();
+  for (const m of Array.isArray(list) ? list : []) if (m && Array.isArray(m.pos)) out.add(m.pos[0] * COLS + m.pos[1]);
+  return out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Free field tile for a flyer: the player's half, void/non-deployable tiles first, nearest to the half's centre — never a
+ * map character's position: the 炎佑 spawns at the same battle start as 外勤医疗's medic and took its tile on the maps
+ * whose free void tiles nearest the centre include it (战场#08 涨潮控制 always, 战场#07 排气格栅 with 9 炎), so the medic
+ * never stood (community report of 2026-10-06 「Touch策略给的医疗干员会跟炎盟约的炎祐冲突，无法同时出场」).
+ */
 function airTile(battle, playerId, taken) {
   const R = battle.rect;
   const ps = battle.getPlayer(playerId);
   let c0 = R.c0, c1 = R.c1;
   if (battle.players.length > 1 && ps) { if (ps.half === 'R') c0 = Math.max(c0, 11); else c1 = Math.min(c1, 10); }
   const cr = (R.r0 + R.r1) / 2, cc = (c0 + c1) / 2;
+  const held = mapCharKeys(battle);
   let best = null, bs = null;
   for (let r = R.r0; r <= R.r1; r++) {
     for (let c = c0; c <= c1; c++) {
-      if (taken.has(r * COLS + c) || !tileFree(battle, r, c)) continue;
+      if (taken.has(r * COLS + c) || held.has(r * COLS + c) || !tileFree(battle, r, c)) continue;
       const t = battle.grid.tile(r, c);
       const cls = t.build === 'NONE' && t.pass !== 'ALL' ? 0 : t.build === 'NONE' ? 1 : 2;
       const s = [cls, Math.hypot(r - cr, c - cc), r * COLS + c];
diff --git a/test/content/feedback5-yanyou-touch.test.js b/test/content/feedback5-yanyou-touch.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6813c9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/content/feedback5-yanyou-touch.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Community report of 2026-10-06 「Touch策略给的医疗干员会跟炎盟约的炎祐冲突，无法同时出场」 (item 23): the 炎 bond's 炎佑 and the
+// 外勤医疗 map character spawn at the same battle start; the 炎佑's free-tile search (tokens.js airTile: void tiles nearest the
+// half's centre) took the medic's stage slot (data/stages.json mapChars, (10, 2)) on 战场#08 涨潮控制 (and 战场#07 with two
+// 炎佑), so the medic found its tile taken and never stood. The map characters' positions are held for them now.
+
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { makeBattle } from '../helpers/battleHarness.js';
+import { hasGeneratedData } from '../../server/sim/simdata.js';
+
+const REAL = { skip: !hasGeneratedData() };
+const YAN = ['chess_char_1_03', 'chess_char_2_04', 'chess_char_3_03', 'chess_char_3_04', 'chess_char_4_15', 'chess_char_4_17', 'chess_char_5_03', 'chess_char_5_12', 'chess_char_6_03'];
+const TILES = [[9, 3], [9, 4], [10, 3], [10, 4], [11, 3], [11, 4], [9, 5], [11, 5], [10, 5]];
+
+function tokensAt(stageId, n, elite = false) {
+  const h = makeBattle({
+    stageId, units: YAN.slice(0, n).map((id, i) => ({ chessId: `${id}_${elite && i < 2 ? 'b' : 'a'}`, row: TILES[i][0], col: TILES[i][1] })),
+    bonds: { yanShip: { count: n, layers: 1, active: true, tier: n >= 9 ? 3 : 2 } }, bandId: 'band_amedic', timeLimit: 10, seed: 1, autoFinish: false,
+  });
+  h.step(3);
+  const toks = h.b.allyUnits.filter((u) => u.kind === 'token' && u.alive);
+  return {
+    yan: toks.filter((u) => u.defId === 'enemy_9012_acloon'),
+    medic: toks.find((u) => u.defId === 'char_605_cmedic' || u.defId === 'char_613_acmedc') ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+test('战场#08 涨潮控制: the 炎佑 and 外勤医疗\'s medic both stand, the medic on its own slot', REAL, () => {
+  const t = tokensAt('act2autochess_m04', 6);
+  assert.equal(t.yan.length, 1);
+  assert.ok(t.medic, 'the medic stands (the parent: none — the 炎佑 sat on (10, 2))');
+  assert.deepEqual([t.medic.tileR, t.medic.tileC], [10, 2]);
+  assert.ok(!(t.yan[0].tileR === 10 && t.yan[0].tileC === 2));
+  const touch = tokensAt('act2autochess_m04', 6, true);
+  assert.equal(touch.medic?.defId, 'char_613_acmedc', 'two elites: Touch, on the same slot');
+});
+
+test('9 炎: two 炎佑 and the medic on every season map', REAL, () => {
+  for (const stageId of ['act2autochess_m01', 'act2autochess_m02', 'act2autochess_m03', 'act2autochess_m04']) {
+    const t = tokensAt(stageId, 9);
+    assert.equal(t.yan.length, 2, stageId);
+    assert.ok(t.medic, `${stageId}: the medic stands`);
+  }
+});