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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Playthrough Simulation #2 — "The Hunt for Fabius Bile"
+ * GM + 4 players: anders, christoffer, claes, phillip
+ *
+ * Run: node src/tests/playthroughRun2.js
+ *
+ * Uses real dice rolls against actual player stats from DB.
+ * Tracks: wounds, fate, conditions, fear, initiative, degrees, roll feed.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// ─── ANSI colours ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const C = {
+  reset: '\x1b[0m', bold: '\x1b[1m',
+  red: '\x1b[31m', green: '\x1b[32m', yellow: '\x1b[33m',
+  blue: '\x1b[34m', magenta: '\x1b[35m', cyan: '\x1b[36m',
+  white: '\x1b[37m', grey: '\x1b[90m', brightRed: '\x1b[91m',
+  brightGreen: '\x1b[92m', brightYellow: '\x1b[93m', brightBlue: '\x1b[94m',
+  brightMagenta: '\x1b[95m', brightCyan: '\x1b[96m',
+};
+const bold   = s => `${C.bold}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const red    = s => `${C.red}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const green  = s => `${C.green}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const yellow = s => `${C.yellow}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const cyan   = s => `${C.cyan}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const magenta= s => `${C.magenta}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const grey   = s => `${C.grey}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const bRed   = s => `${C.brightRed}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const bGreen = s => `${C.brightGreen}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const bYellow= s => `${C.brightYellow}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const bCyan  = s => `${C.brightCyan}${s}${C.reset}`;
+const bMag   = s => `${C.brightMagenta}${s}${C.reset}`;
+
+// ─── Dice ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function d(sides) { return Math.floor(Math.random() * sides) + 1; }
+function d100()   { return d(100); }
+function d10()    { return d(10); }
+function dX(formula) {
+  // parse e.g. "2d10+4", "1d10+3", "3d10"
+  const m = formula.match(/(\d+)d(\d+)([+-]\d+)?/);
+  if (!m) return 5;
+  let total = 0;
+  for (let i = 0; i < +m[1]; i++) total += Math.floor(Math.random() * +m[2]) + 1;
+  if (m[3]) total += +m[3];
+  return Math.max(1, total);
+}
+
+function roll(target, modifier = 0) {
+  const effective = Math.max(5, Math.min(95, target + modifier));
+  const result    = d100();
+  const success   = result <= effective;
+  const dos       = success ? Math.floor((effective - result) / 10) + 1 : 0;
+  const dof       = !success ? Math.floor((result - effective) / 10) + 1 : 0;
+  return { result, effective, success, dos, dof };
+}
+
+function rollLabel(r) {
+  if (r.success) {
+    if (r.dos >= 4) return bGreen(`✅ CRITICAL SUCCESS (${r.result}/${r.effective}, ${r.dos} DoS)`);
+    if (r.dos >= 2) return green(`✅ Success (${r.result}/${r.effective}, ${r.dos} DoS)`);
+    return green(`✅ Narrow success (${r.result}/${r.effective})`);
+  } else {
+    if (r.dof >= 4) return bRed(`❌ CATASTROPHIC FAIL (${r.result}/${r.effective}, ${r.dof} DoF)`);
+    if (r.dof >= 2) return red(`❌ Failure (${r.result}/${r.effective}, ${r.dof} DoF)`);
+    return red(`❌ Narrow failure (${r.result}/${r.effective})`);
+  }
+}
+
+// ─── Characters ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const PLAYERS = {
+  anders: {
+    name: 'anders', chapter: 'Blood Angels', spec: 'Devastator',
+    WS:60, BS:60, S:70, T:70, Ag:50, Int:60, Per:60, Wp:60, Fel:50,
+    wounds: 15, maxWounds: 15, fate: 1, maxFate: 1,
+    skills: ['Awareness', 'Intuition'],
+    weapons: [{name:'Heavy Bolter', damage:'2d10+4', ap:4, type:'heavy'},
+              {name:'Bolt Pistol', damage:'1d10+3', ap:4, type:'pistol'}],
+    conditions: [], fateUsed: false,
+    rolls: [], successCount: 0, failCount: 0, fateSpends: 0,
+    heroMoments: [], shameList: [],
+  },
+  christoffer: {
+    name: 'christoffer', chapter: 'Ultramarines', spec: 'Chaplain',
+    WS:75, BS:40, S:80, T:80, Ag:50, Int:70, Per:60, Wp:85, Fel:50,
+    wounds: 15, maxWounds: 15, fate: 1, maxFate: 1,
+    skills: ['Empathy', 'Leadership', 'Intuition'],
+    weapons: [{name:'Crozius Arcanum', damage:'2d10', ap:4, type:'melee'},
+              {name:'Bolt Pistol', damage:'1d10+3', ap:4, type:'pistol'}],
+    conditions: [], fateUsed: false,
+    rolls: [], successCount: 0, failCount: 0, fateSpends: 0,
+    heroMoments: [], shameList: [],
+  },
+  claes: {
+    name: 'claes', chapter: 'Ultramarines', spec: 'Tactical',
+    WS:70, BS:60, S:80, T:80, Ag:50, Int:60, Per:60, Wp:60, Fel:50,
+    wounds: 15, maxWounds: 15, fate: 1, maxFate: 1,
+    skills: ['Stealth', 'Awareness'],
+    weapons: [{name:'Bolter', damage:'1d10+4', ap:4, type:'ranged'},
+              {name:'Chainsword', damage:'1d10+2', ap:4, type:'melee'},
+              {name:'Power Fist', damage:'3d10', ap:4, type:'melee'},
+              {name:'Bolt Pistol', damage:'1d10+3', ap:4, type:'pistol'}],
+    conditions: [], fateUsed: false,
+    rolls: [], successCount: 0, failCount: 0, fateSpends: 0,
+    heroMoments: [], shameList: [],
+  },
+  phillip: {
+    name: 'phillip', chapter: 'Ultramarines', spec: 'Tactical',
+    WS:60, BS:60, S:70, T:70, Ag:50, Int:60, Per:60, Wp:60, Fel:50,
+    wounds: 15, maxWounds: 15, fate: 1, maxFate: 1,
+    skills: ['Awareness', 'Intuition'],
+    weapons: [{name:'Bolter', damage:'1d10+4', ap:4, type:'ranged'},
+              {name:'Chainsword', damage:'1d10+2', ap:4, type:'melee'},
+              {name:'Bolt Pistol', damage:'1d10+3', ap:4, type:'pistol'}],
+    conditions: [], fateUsed: false,
+    rolls: [], successCount: 0, failCount: 0, fateSpends: 0,
+    heroMoments: [], shameList: [],
+  },
+};
+
+const GM = { name: 'GM (Hestus)', rollFeed: [] };
+
+// ─── State ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+let sceneIndex  = 0;
+let missionXp   = 0;
+let totalRounds = 0;
+const MISSION_LOG = [];
+
+// ─── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function log(msg) { console.log(msg); MISSION_LOG.push(msg.replace(/\x1b\[\d+m/g, '')); }
+function sep(char = '─', len = 72) { log(grey(char.repeat(len))); }
+function header(title) {
+  sep('═');
+  log(`${bold(bCyan('  ' + title))}`);
+  sep('═');
+}
+function subheader(title) {
+  sep();
+  log(bold(yellow(`  ${title}`)));
+  sep();
+}
+
+function stat(player, statName) { return player[statName] || 0; }
+
+function addCondition(player, cond) {
+  if (!player.conditions.includes(cond)) {
+    player.conditions.push(cond);
+    log(`  ${yellow('⚠')} ${bold(player.name)} gains condition: ${bYellow(cond)}`);
+  }
+}
+
+function removeCondition(player, cond) {
+  const i = player.conditions.indexOf(cond);
+  if (i !== -1) {
+    player.conditions.splice(i, 1);
+    log(`  ${green('✦')} ${bold(player.name)} shakes off: ${green(cond)}`);
+  }
+}
+
+function conditionMod(player, type = 'BS') {
+  let m = 0;
+  for (const c of player.conditions) {
+    if (c === 'Pinned')       m += type === 'BS' ? -20 : 0;
+    if (c === 'Stunned')      m += -20;
+    if (c === 'Knocked Down') m += -20;
+    if (c === 'Fatigued')     m += -10;
+    if (c === 'Grappled')     m += type === 'WS' ? -20 : 0;
+  }
+  return m;
+}
+
+function dealDamage(player, dmgFormula, armorPen = 0) {
+  const dmg = dX(dmgFormula);
+  const absorption = Math.max(0, 6 - armorPen); // Power Armour AV 6 base
+  const net = Math.max(0, dmg - absorption);
+  player.wounds -= net;
+  return { dmg, absorption, net };
+}
+
+function isAlive(player) { return player.wounds > 0; }
+
+function checkFate(player, checkName) {
+  if (player.fate > 0 && !player.fateUsed) {
+    player.fate--;
+    player.fateUsed = true;
+    player.fateSpends++;
+    log(`  ${bMag('✧ FATE SPENT')} — ${bold(player.name)} burns a Fate Point to re-roll ${bold(checkName)}!`);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function recordRoll(player, checkName, r, sceneName) {
+  const entry = { checkName, sceneName, ...r, time: new Date().toISOString() };
+  player.rolls.push(entry);
+  GM.rollFeed.push({ player: player.name, ...entry });
+  if (r.success) player.successCount++; else player.failCount++;
+  return entry;
+}
+
+function performCheck(player, checkName, statName, baseTarget, modifier = 0, allowFate = true) {
+  const base  = stat(player, statName);
+  const cMod  = conditionMod(player, statName === 'WS' ? 'WS' : 'BS');
+  const total = base + modifier + cMod;
+  let r = roll(total);
+  log(`  ${grey('↳')} ${bold(player.name)} [${cyan(checkName)}] ${statName}:${base}${modifier !== 0 ? (modifier > 0 ? '+' : '')+modifier : ''}${cMod !== 0 ? (cMod > 0 ? '+' : '')+cMod : ''} → ${rollLabel(r)}`);
+  recordRoll(player, checkName, r, '');
+
+  // Fate re-roll on critical failure
+  if (!r.success && r.dof >= 3 && allowFate && checkFate(player, checkName)) {
+    r = roll(total);
+    log(`    ${grey('↳ Re-roll:')} ${rollLabel(r)}`);
+    recordRoll(player, checkName, r, '');
+  }
+  return r;
+}
+
+function fearTest(player, fearRating, sceneTitle) {
+  const penalty = [0, 0, -10, -20, -30, -40][fearRating] || 0;
+  const wpBase  = player.Wp;
+  const cMod    = conditionMod(player, 'WS');
+  const target  = wpBase + penalty + cMod;
+  const r = roll(target);
+  log(`  ${bYellow('☠')} ${bold(player.name)} FEAR TEST (Wp${penalty}) → ${rollLabel(r)}`);
+  if (!r.success) {
+    const dof = r.dof;
+    if (dof >= 4) {
+      log(`    ${bRed('BROKEN!')} — ${bold(player.name)} is overcome with existential dread.`);
+      addCondition(player, 'Stunned');
+      player.wounds -= 2;
+      log(`    Takes 2 Shock wounds (${player.wounds}/${player.maxWounds} remaining)`);
+      player.shameList.push(`Broke under Fear ${fearRating} in ${sceneTitle}`);
+    } else if (dof >= 2) {
+      log(`    ${red('Rattled.')} — ${bold(player.name)} is shaken.`);
+      addCondition(player, 'Fatigued');
+      player.shameList.push(`Failed fear test in ${sceneTitle}`);
+    } else {
+      log(`    ${yellow('Unsteady.')} — ${bold(player.name)} grits teeth but hesitates.`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (r.dos >= 3) {
+      log(`    ${bGreen('Unshakeable.')} — ${bold(player.name)} channels righteous fury.`);
+      player.heroMoments.push(`Withstood Fear ${fearRating} with ${r.dos} DoS in ${sceneTitle}`);
+    }
+  }
+  return r;
+}
+
+function rollInitiative(player) {
+  const agBonus = Math.floor(stat(player, 'Ag') / 10);
+  const die     = d10();
+  return { name: player.name, total: agBonus + die, die, agBonus };
+}
+
+function combatRound(roundNum, players, enemies, sceneTitle, checkList) {
+  log('');
+  subheader(`⚔  ROUND ${roundNum}`);
+  totalRounds++;
+
+  // Initiative
+  const initiatives = players.map(rollInitiative);
+  enemies.forEach(e => {
+    const die = d10();
+    initiatives.push({ name: e.name, total: e.agBonus + die, die, agBonus: e.agBonus, isNpc: true });
+  });
+  initiatives.sort((a, b) => b.total - a.total);
+  log(grey('  Initiative order: ') + initiatives.map(i => {
+    const tag = i.isNpc ? bRed(i.name) : bold(i.name);
+    return `${tag}(${i.total})`;
+  }).join(grey(' → ')));
+
+  let sceneSuccesses = 0;
+  let sceneFailures  = 0;
+
+  for (const actor of initiatives) {
+    if (actor.isNpc) {
+      // NPC attacks random player
+      const target = players[Math.floor(Math.random() * players.length)];
+      if (!isAlive(target)) continue;
+      const enemy   = enemies.find(e => e.name === actor.name);
+      const atkRoll = d100();
+      const hit     = atkRoll <= enemy.bs;
+      log(`  ${bRed(enemy.name)} attacks ${bold(target.name)}: ${atkRoll}/${enemy.bs} → ${hit ? red('HIT') : green('MISS')}`);
+      if (hit) {
+        const { dmg, absorption, net } = dealDamage(target, enemy.damage, enemy.ap || 0);
+        if (net > 0) {
+          log(`    ${red(`${enemy.name} deals ${dmg} damage (${net} net after AP:${absorption}) → ${target.name} ${target.wounds}/${target.maxWounds} wounds`)}`);
+          if (net >= 5) {
+            addCondition(target, d(2) === 1 ? 'Pinned' : 'Stunned');
+          }
+          if (target.wounds <= 0) {
+            log(`    ${bRed('💀 CRITICAL — ' + target.name.toUpperCase() + ' IS DOWN!')}`);
+            target.shameList.push(`Went down in ${sceneTitle} round ${roundNum}`);
+          }
+        } else {
+          log(`    ${green('Power Armour absorbs the blow.')}`);
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Player attack or check
+      const player = players.find(p => p.name === actor.name);
+      if (!player || !isAlive(player)) continue;
+      if (player.conditions.includes('Stunned')) {
+        log(`  ${bold(player.name)} is ${yellow('Stunned')} — loses their action.`);
+        removeCondition(player, 'Stunned');
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Pick check or attack
+      if (checkList.length > 0 && Math.random() < 0.5) {
+        const chk = checkList[Math.floor(Math.random() * checkList.length)];
+        const r = performCheck(player, chk.name, chk.stat, player[chk.stat], chk.modifier || 0);
+        if (r.success) sceneSuccesses++; else sceneFailures++;
+        if (r.success && r.dos >= 3) player.heroMoments.push(`${chk.name} (${r.dos} DoS) in ${sceneTitle}`);
+        if (!r.success && r.dof >= 3) player.shameList.push(`Botched ${chk.name} in ${sceneTitle}`);
+      } else {
+        // Attack nearest enemy
+        const enemy = enemies[0];
+        if (!enemy || enemy.wounds <= 0) continue;
+        const isRanged = player.weapons[0]?.type !== 'melee';
+        const isGrappled = player.conditions.includes('Grappled');
+        if (isRanged && isGrappled) {
+          log(`  ${bold(player.name)} is Grappled — switches to melee!`);
+        }
+        const weapon = (isRanged && !isGrappled) ? player.weapons[0] : player.weapons.find(w => w.type === 'melee') || player.weapons[0];
+        const statName = (weapon.type === 'melee' || weapon.type === 'pistol') ? 'WS' : 'BS';
+        const base = player[statName];
+        const cMod = conditionMod(player, statName);
+        const r = roll(base + cMod);
+        log(`  ${bold(player.name)} attacks with ${cyan(weapon.name)}: ${statName}:${base}${cMod !== 0 ? (cMod>0?'+':'')+cMod : ''} → ${rollLabel(r)}`);
+        if (r.success) {
+          const dmg = dX(weapon.damage);
+          const dos = r.dos;
+          const totalDmg = dmg + (dos > 1 ? dos - 1 : 0);
+          enemy.wounds -= totalDmg;
+          log(`    ${green('HIT!')} ${weapon.name} deals ${bold(totalDmg)} damage to ${red(enemy.name)} (${Math.max(0,enemy.wounds)} remaining)`);
+          player.successCount++;
+          if (dos >= 4) {
+            player.heroMoments.push(`Critical hit on ${enemy.name} with ${weapon.name} (${r.dos} DoS) in ${sceneTitle}`);
+            log(`    ${bGreen('⚡ RIGHTEOUS FURY')} — a kill-blow worthy of the Emperor!`);
+          }
+          if (enemy.wounds <= 0) {
+            log(`    ${bGreen('☠ ' + enemy.name.toUpperCase() + ' IS SLAIN!')}`);
+          }
+        } else {
+          player.failCount++;
+          if (r.dof >= 3) {
+            addCondition(player, 'Pinned');
+            player.shameList.push(`Exposed flank against ${enemy.name} in ${sceneTitle}`);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Clear Pinned if checked aggressively
+      if (player.conditions.includes('Pinned') && Math.random() < 0.4) {
+        removeCondition(player, 'Pinned');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return { sceneSuccesses, sceneFailures };
+}
+
+// ─── Scene Runners ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function runSkillScene(sceneNum, title, type, description, checks, complications, assignedChecks, fearRating = 0) {
+  header(`SCENE ${sceneNum} ▸ ${title}  [${type.toUpperCase()}]`);
+  log('');
+  log(grey(`  "${description}"`));
+  log('');
+
+  log(cyan(`  GM reveals scene to all players.`));
+  log('');
+
+  // Fear tests first if applicable
+  if (fearRating > 0) {
+    subheader(`☠  FEAR RATING ${fearRating} — Willpower Tests`);
+    for (const p of Object.values(PLAYERS)) {
+      fearTest(p, fearRating, title);
+    }
+    log('');
+  }
+
+  // Skill checks
+  subheader('📋  SKILL CHECKS');
+  let sceneSuccesses = 0;
+  let sceneFailures  = 0;
+
+  for (const assignment of assignedChecks) {
+    const player = PLAYERS[assignment.player];
+    if (!player || !isAlive(player)) {
+      log(`  ${grey(assignment.player + ' is unable to act.')}`);
+      sceneFailures++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    const r = performCheck(player, assignment.check.name, assignment.stat, player[assignment.stat], assignment.modifier ?? assignment.check.modifier ?? 0);
+    if (r.success) {
+      sceneSuccesses++;
+      log(`    ${green('Reward: ' + assignment.check.reward)}`);
+      if (r.dos >= 3) {
+        player.heroMoments.push(`${assignment.check.name} (${r.dos} DoS) in ${title}`);
+      }
+    } else {
+      sceneFailures++;
+      if (r.dof >= 3) {
+        const comp = complications[Math.floor(Math.random() * complications.length)];
+        log(`    ${red('⚡ Complication triggers:')} ${comp}`);
+        player.shameList.push(`Triggered complication in ${title}: ${comp.slice(0, 50)}`);
+        // Apply minor damage for hard complications
+        if (comp.toLowerCase().includes('damage') || comp.toLowerCase().includes('wound') || comp.toLowerCase().includes('feeder') || comp.toLowerCase().includes('corrosive')) {
+          const { net } = dealDamage(player, '1d5', 0);
+          if (net > 0) log(`    ${red(player.name + ' takes ' + net + ' wounds → ' + player.wounds + '/' + player.maxWounds)}`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  log('');
+  const outcome = sceneSuccesses >= Math.ceil(assignedChecks.length / 2) ? 'SUCCESS' : 'PARTIAL';
+  log(outcome === 'SUCCESS'
+    ? bGreen(`  ✅ Scene outcome: ${outcome} (${sceneSuccesses}/${assignedChecks.length} checks passed)`)
+    : bYellow(`  ⚠ Scene outcome: ${outcome} (${sceneSuccesses}/${assignedChecks.length} checks passed)`));
+  missionXp += sceneSuccesses * 50 + (outcome === 'SUCCESS' ? 100 : 0);
+  return { sceneSuccesses, sceneFailures };
+}
+
+function runCombatScene(sceneNum, title, description, checks, complications, enemies, fearRating = 0, maxRounds = 3) {
+  header(`SCENE ${sceneNum} ▸ ${title}  [COMBAT]`);
+  log('');
+  log(grey(`  "${description}"`));
+  log('');
+
+  log(cyan(`  GM reveals scene. ${fearRating > 0 ? `Fear Rating ${fearRating} is active.` : ''}`));
+  log('');
+
+  if (fearRating > 0) {
+    subheader(`☠  FEAR RATING ${fearRating} — Willpower Tests`);
+    for (const p of Object.values(PLAYERS)) {
+      fearTest(p, fearRating, title);
+    }
+    log('');
+  }
+
+  // Clone enemy pool
+  const activeEnemies = enemies.map(e => ({ ...e, wounds: e.wounds }));
+
+  let round = 1;
+  let sceneSuccesses = 0;
+  let sceneFailures  = 0;
+
+  while (round <= maxRounds && activeEnemies.some(e => e.wounds > 0)) {
+    const alive = Object.values(PLAYERS).filter(isAlive);
+    if (alive.length === 0) { log(bRed('  ALL BROTHERS ARE DOWN. MISSION COMPROMISED.')); break; }
+    const result = combatRound(round, alive, activeEnemies.filter(e => e.wounds > 0), title, checks);
+    sceneSuccesses += result.sceneSuccesses;
+    sceneFailures  += result.sceneFailures;
+    round++;
+  }
+
+  const remainingEnemies = activeEnemies.filter(e => e.wounds > 0);
+  log('');
+  if (remainingEnemies.length === 0) {
+    log(bGreen(`  ✅ All enemies eliminated. Scene cleared!`));
+    missionXp += 200;
+  } else {
+    log(bYellow(`  ⚠ ${remainingEnemies.length} enemies remain — squad withdraws under fire.`));
+    missionXp += 75;
+  }
+
+  // Post-combat condition clear (rest)
+  for (const p of Object.values(PLAYERS)) {
+    if (p.conditions.includes('Fatigued') && Math.random() < 0.5) removeCondition(p, 'Fatigued');
+  }
+
+  return { sceneSuccesses, sceneFailures };
+}
+
+// ─── MISSION ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+console.clear();
+log('');
+header('THE HUNT FOR FABIUS BILE — PLAYTHROUGH SIMULATION #2');
+log(grey('  GM: Watch-Captain Hestus | Kill-team: anders, christoffer, claes, phillip'));
+log(grey('  Date: ' + new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-GB', { dateStyle: 'full' })));
+log('');
+log('  Kill-team composition:');
+log(`  • ${bold('anders')}       Blood Angels Devastator  WS:60 BS:60 Wp:60 — Heavy Bolter`);
+log(`  • ${bold('christoffer')}  Ultramarines Chaplain    WS:75 BS:40 Wp:85 — Crozius Arcanum`);
+log(`  • ${bold('claes')}        Ultramarines Tactical    WS:70 BS:60 Wp:60 — Bolter + Power Fist`);
+log(`  • ${bold('phillip')}      Ultramarines Tactical    WS:60 BS:60 Wp:60 — Bolter + Chainsword`);
+log('');
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 1 — Mission Brief [intro]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(1,
+  'Mission Brief', 'intro',
+  'Watch-Captain Hestus projects the kill-zone in cold blue lumen: a quarantined research world, a false distress call, and a gene-lab signature matching the works of Fabius Bile.',
+  [], // will use assignedChecks
+  [
+    'Orbital augurs show movement beneath the landing zone.',
+    'The distress beacon repeats in a voice pattern copied from an executed Magos.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Analyse the briefing slate', reward: 'Identify signs of illegal gene-craft and likely sample storage.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'claes', check: { name: 'Plan the insertion', reward: 'Gain a +10 situational edge on the first scene check.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 10 },
+    { player: 'anders', check: { name: 'Orbital threat assessment', reward: 'Note the bio-spore density for the insertion corridor.' }, stat: 'Per', modifier: 0 },
+  ],
+  0
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 2 — Landing Goes Wrong [combat] Fear 2
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runCombatScene(2,
+  'Landing Goes Wrong',
+  'The Thunderhawk punches through ash cloud and bio-spore turbulence. The moment pods touch down, Tyranid forms erupt from the soil. Gaunts swarm the beacon.',
+  [
+    { name: 'Spot the tunnel breach',            stat: 'Per', modifier: 0 },
+    { name: 'Hold formation under spore rain',   stat: 'Ag',  modifier: -10 },
+    { name: 'Coordinate overlapping fire',       stat: 'Fel', modifier: 0 },
+  ],
+  [
+    'A natural 90+ means the landing beacon takes damage.',
+    'Failed check lets the horde drag the fight into bad footing.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { name: 'Hormagaunt', wounds: 8,  bs: 45, ws: 50, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+3', agBonus: 5 },
+    { name: 'Hormagaunt', wounds: 8,  bs: 45, ws: 50, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+3', agBonus: 5 },
+    { name: 'Termagant',  wounds: 6,  bs: 50, ws: 40, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+2', agBonus: 4 },
+    { name: 'Termagant',  wounds: 6,  bs: 50, ws: 40, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+2', agBonus: 4 },
+  ],
+  2, // fear rating
+  4  // max rounds
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 3 — Guard Survivors [social]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(3,
+  'Guard Survivors', 'social',
+  'A pocket of exhausted Guardsmen holds a barricaded manufactorum shrine. Their voices are strained, their eyes hollowed. Some have seen things that broke their faith.',
+  [],
+  [
+    'If the squad threatens the Guardsmen, a witness destroys useful evidence.',
+    'The vox briefly repeats one Battle-Brother\'s private oath in an unknown voice.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Rally the survivors', reward: 'The Guardsmen provide a route marker and demolition charges.' }, stat: 'Fel', modifier: 10 },
+    { player: 'phillip',     check: { name: 'Read the compromised witness', reward: 'Notice xenos memory implant before it speaks.' }, stat: 'Per', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Purge vox contamination', reward: 'Recover a clean fragment of the distress log.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'anders',      check: { name: 'Secure the perimeter', reward: 'No enemy scouts report the position.' }, stat: 'Per', modifier: 0 },
+  ],
+  0
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 4 — Supply Point [restock]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(4,
+  'Supply Point', 'restock',
+  'The supply point is a half-collapsed Munitorum depot. Ammunition crates lie open, but the air smells wrong — organic, wet, like the inside of something living.',
+  [],
+  [
+    'Opening the wrong crate releases feeder organisms.',
+    'Taking too long lets spore growth reach the promethium lines.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'anders',      check: { name: 'Inventory usable supplies', reward: 'Find one useful supply cache.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 10 },
+    { player: 'phillip',     check: { name: 'Detect bio-contamination', reward: 'Avoid tainted supplies and identify the strain marker.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Rig a demolition fallback', reward: 'Create a one-use environmental weapon.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: -10 },
+  ],
+  0
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 5 — Research Station Investigation [investigation]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(5,
+  'Research Station Investigation', 'investigation',
+  'The research station is quiet except for the wet click of automated sample arms. Every screen displays the same rotating helix. The ceiling moves. Something breathes in the vents.',
+  [],
+  [
+    'Each failed investigation roll advances the station purge clock.',
+    'The cogitator speaks with overlapping voices, one of them human.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Break the data quarantine', reward: 'Recover vault map and sample manifest.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Interpret mutation records', reward: 'Learn what Tyranid strain is being guided by outside intelligence.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'anders',      check: { name: 'Search the specimen galleries', reward: 'Find the ambush before it unfolds.' }, stat: 'Per', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'phillip',     check: { name: 'Track the synapse signature', reward: 'Locate the directing intelligence\'s relay node.' }, stat: 'Per', modifier: -10 },
+  ],
+  0
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 6 — Horde: Tyranid Swarm [combat] Fear 2
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runCombatScene(6,
+  'Horde — Tyranid Swarm',
+  'The lower transit artery floods with Tyranid organisms. They do not attack like creatures. They attack like the ocean. A tide of chitin, claw, and alien hunger, directed by a distant will.',
+  [
+    { name: 'Cut a path through the horde',    stat: 'BS', modifier: 10 },
+    { name: 'Counter the flank surge',         stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { name: 'Stand against the press',         stat: 'S',  modifier: -10 },
+  ],
+  [
+    'A failed check lets the horde drag the fight into bad footing.',
+    'Using heavy fire draws synapse attention.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { name: 'Horde-Gaunt α', wounds: 20, bs: 45, ws: 55, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+3', agBonus: 5 },
+    { name: 'Horde-Gaunt β', wounds: 20, bs: 45, ws: 55, ap: 0, damage: '1d5+3', agBonus: 5 },
+    { name: 'Warrior',       wounds: 18, bs: 50, ws: 60, ap: 2, damage: '1d10+4', agBonus: 4 },
+  ],
+  2, // fear rating
+  4
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 7 — Ambush at the Station [combat] Fear 3
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runCombatScene(7,
+  'Ambush at the Station',
+  'Past the horde, the station opens into a surgical amphitheatre. The floor is slick with biological lubricant. Lictor-forms drop from the ceiling without sound. The lights strobe.',
+  [
+    { name: 'React to the ceiling attack',  stat: 'Per', modifier: -10 },
+    { name: 'Secure the sample vessel',     stat: 'Ag',  modifier: 0 },
+    { name: 'Read the ambush pattern',      stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+  ],
+  [
+    'The lights strobe hard enough to foul range judgment (–10 BS).',
+    'Blast weapons risk destroying evidence.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { name: 'Lictor',        wounds: 22, bs: 55, ws: 75, ap: 3, damage: '1d10+6', agBonus: 6 },
+    { name: 'Lictor',        wounds: 22, bs: 55, ws: 75, ap: 3, damage: '1d10+6', agBonus: 6 },
+    { name: 'Genestealer',   wounds: 16, bs: 45, ws: 70, ap: 3, damage: '1d10+5', agBonus: 6 },
+  ],
+  3, // fear rating
+  4
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 8 — Synapse Connection [puzzle]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(8,
+  'Synapse Connection', 'puzzle',
+  'The synapse chamber is not a room so much as a wound in reality. Cables, nerves, and biotech fuse in the walls. The relay hums with alien thought. Every mind in the room feels it reaching in.',
+  [],
+  [
+    'A failed Willpower roll gives the GM license to present one false tactical detail.',
+    'Destroying the relay immediately loses information about Bile\'s route.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Resist alien memory bleed', reward: 'Keep control and avoid false orders.' }, stat: 'Wp', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'phillip',     check: { name: 'Resist alien memory bleed', reward: 'Keep control and avoid false orders.' }, stat: 'Wp', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'anders',      check: { name: 'Resist alien memory bleed', reward: 'Keep control and avoid false orders.' }, stat: 'Wp', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Resist alien memory bleed', reward: 'Keep control and avoid false orders.' }, stat: 'Wp', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Trace the relay path', reward: 'Locate the intelligence directing the brood.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Sever the relay safely', reward: 'Disable connection without psychic backlash.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: -20 },
+  ],
+  1 // mild fear from alien presence
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 9 — Boss Fight: Neurothrope [combat] Fear 4
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runCombatScene(9,
+  'Boss Fight — Neurothrope',
+  'The inner vault opens on a floating synaptic organism suspended in amniotic light. It turns toward the kill-team and something in its gaze makes the air hurt. The vault purge clock is already counting.',
+  [
+    { name: 'Weather psychic pressure',         stat: 'Wp', modifier: -20 },
+    { name: 'Target exposed nerve clusters',    stat: 'BS', modifier: -10 },
+    { name: 'Keep the vault systems alive',     stat: 'Int', modifier: -10 },
+  ],
+  [
+    'At the end of each round the vault purge advances unless checked.',
+    'Any Brother failing Willpower hears a perfect imitation of their squad commander.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { name: 'Neurothrope',   wounds: 35, bs: 60, ws: 50, ap: 4, damage: '1d10+8', agBonus: 4 },
+    { name: 'Zoanthrope',    wounds: 20, bs: 65, ws: 45, ap: 3, damage: '1d10+6', agBonus: 3 },
+  ],
+  4, // Fear 4 — hardest
+  5
+);
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// SCENE 10 — Empty Laboratory [epilogue]
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+runSkillScene(10,
+  'Empty Laboratory', 'epilogue',
+  'The laboratory is empty when the last organism dies. Its primary vault has been wiped but the secondary archive still breathes. A vial rests on the central dais — Bile\'s work, contained but alive.',
+  [],
+  [
+    'The vial may be bait, evidence, or both.',
+    'The last vox burst contains coordinates outside the declared warzone.',
+  ],
+  [
+    { player: 'christoffer', check: { name: 'Secure unstable evidence', reward: 'Preserve the vial without contamination.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'claes',       check: { name: 'Decode the helix marker', reward: 'Identify the next lead in the hunt for Bile.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: -10 },
+    { player: 'anders',      check: { name: 'Extract the secondary archive', reward: 'Download the gene-craft formula index.' }, stat: 'Int', modifier: 0 },
+    { player: 'phillip',     check: { name: 'Deliver final judgement', reward: 'Stabilise loyal survivors and close the operation cleanly.' }, stat: 'Fel', modifier: 0 },
+  ],
+  0
+);
+
+// ─── MISSION DEBRIEF ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+header('MISSION DEBRIEF — OPERATION COMPLETE');
+
+const allPlayers = Object.values(PLAYERS);
+const totalSuccesses = allPlayers.reduce((s, p) => s + p.successCount, 0);
+const totalFails     = allPlayers.reduce((s, p) => s + p.failCount, 0);
+const totalRolls     = totalSuccesses + totalFails;
+const missionSuccess = allPlayers.filter(isAlive).length >= 2 && missionXp >= 800;
+
+log('');
+log(`  ${bold('Mission Result:')} ${missionSuccess ? bGreen('✅ VICTORY — EMPEROR PROTECTS') : bRed('❌ PARTIAL FAILURE — THE HUNT CONTINUES')}`);
+log(`  ${bold('Total XP earned:')}   ${bYellow(missionXp)} XP`);
+log(`  ${bold('Combat rounds:')}     ${totalRounds}`);
+log(`  ${bold('Rolls cast:')}        ${totalRolls} (${green(totalSuccesses + ' successes')}, ${red(totalFails + ' failures')})`);
+log(`  ${bold('Success rate:')}      ${Math.round(totalSuccesses / Math.max(1, totalRolls) * 100)}%`);
+log('');
+
+// Per-player report card
+subheader('INDIVIDUAL BATTLE-BROTHER REPORT CARDS');
+for (const p of allPlayers) {
+  const rolls = p.successCount + p.failCount;
+  const pct   = Math.round(p.successCount / Math.max(1, rolls) * 100);
+  const status= isAlive(p) ? green(`ALIVE (${p.wounds}/${p.maxWounds} wounds)`) : bRed('DOWN');
+  const grade = pct >= 70 ? bGreen('A') : pct >= 55 ? yellow('B') : pct >= 40 ? yellow('C') : bRed('D');
+
+  log('');
+  log(`  ${bold(p.name.toUpperCase())}  ${grey(p.chapter + ' ' + p.spec)}`);
+  log(`  Status: ${status}  |  Fate remaining: ${p.fate}/${p.maxFate}  |  Fate spends: ${p.fateSpends}`);
+  log(`  Rolls: ${rolls} (${green(p.successCount + '✅')}, ${red(p.failCount + '❌')}, ${pct}%) — Grade: ${grade}`);
+  log(`  Conditions at end: ${p.conditions.length ? yellow(p.conditions.join(', ')) : green('None')}`);
+  if (p.heroMoments.length) {
+    log(`  ${bGreen('★ HERO MOMENTS:')}`);
+    for (const h of p.heroMoments) log(`    • ${h}`);
+  }
+  if (p.shameList.length) {
+    log(`  ${red('✗ SHAME LIST:')}`);
+    for (const s of p.shameList) log(`    • ${s}`);
+  }
+}
+
+// Roll feed summary
+log('');
+subheader('FULL ROLL FEED');
+log(grey('  (as visible to GM in roll feed panel)'));
+log('');
+for (const entry of GM.rollFeed) {
+  const icon = entry.success ? green('✅') : red('❌');
+  const dos  = entry.success ? cyan(` ${entry.dos}DoS`) : '';
+  const dof  = !entry.success ? red(` ${entry.dof}DoF`) : '';
+  log(`  ${icon} ${bold(entry.player.padEnd(12))} ${entry.checkName.padEnd(40)} ${entry.result}/${entry.effective}${dos}${dof}`);
+}
+
+// Issues to log for next iteration
+log('');
+subheader('NEW FINDINGS FOR NEXT SESSION');
+const findings = [];
+
+// Check if any player ran out of fate with catastrophic rolls
+const brokenPlayers = allPlayers.filter(p => !isAlive(p));
+if (brokenPlayers.length > 0) {
+  findings.push(`${brokenPlayers.map(p=>p.name).join(', ')} went down — consider Toughness-based damage soak display`);
+}
+const heroPlayers = allPlayers.filter(p => p.heroMoments.length >= 2);
+if (heroPlayers.length > 0) {
+  findings.push(`${heroPlayers.map(p=>p.name).join(', ')} had notable hero moments — commendation mechanic could reward this`);
+}
+if (totalRounds >= 18) {
+  findings.push('Combat ran long — enemy count or wounds may need tuning for 4-player group');
+}
+if (allPlayers.every(p => p.fateSpends === 0)) {
+  findings.push('No Fate points spent — difficulty may need to increase, or Fate spend button visibility is insufficient');
+}
+if (allPlayers.some(p => p.shameList.length >= 3)) {
+  findings.push('One or more players struggled significantly — check if stat spread needs review');
+}
+if (findings.length === 0) {
+  findings.push('Run was clean — no critical new issues found');
+}
+for (const f of findings) log(`  ⚡ ${f}`);
+
+log('');
+sep('═');
+log(bold(bCyan('  HUNT FOR FABIUS BILE — SIMULATION #2 COMPLETE')));
+sep('═');
+log('');