Step 10M.1: veteran skill and deal loan from content

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

DECISIONS.md

@@ -1204,3 +1204,9 @@ Implementation decisions not spelled out in `memory-bank/implementation-plan.md`
 
 - **Renumbered on arrival:** titled "CR-010 … Phase 10J"; CR-010 to CR-012 and Phases 10J–10L already exist, so it is **CR-013**, done as **Phase 10M** (its 10J.n are 10M.n).
 - **Decisions:** the CR's 0.5.64 and 0.5.65 are **0.5.82** and **0.5.83**; its amended "0.5.52 Veteran skill" is this plan's **0.5.70**. Its "CR-007" (veteran, steps 10G.n) is **CR-010** (10J.n); its "CR-009" (new ships, 10I.11) is **CR-012** (10L.11).
+
+## Step 10M.1
+
+- **The deal's contents are config** (`deal.avatarShipModelId`, `veteranShipModelId`, `bayLocationId`) so the loan formula and the server's deal both read the same ids; the stored `dealLoanAmount` number is gone.
+- **The loan is a pure function of content** (`dealLoanAmount`), computed once into the bundle. Tests call it with altered prices to show it follows them.
+- **The loan grows from 5,000 to 66,600 credits.** At the 30 % repayment share, paying it off takes far more deliveries than before; the "under 4 hours of active play" target is for the balance script (Step 12.1) to check.

apps/server/src/game/deal.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export async function acceptDeal(tx: Queryable, playerId: string, now: RealTime)
   });
   await tx
     .update(companies)
-    .set({ loanBalance: content.config.dealLoanAmount })
+    .set({ loanBalance: content.dealLoanAmount })
     .where(eq(companies.playerId, playerId));
   await tx
     .update(players)

apps/server/test/deal.test.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe("accepting the deal", () => {
       assignedShipId: ship!.id,
       locationId: "earth",
     });
-    expect(state.company.loanBalance).toBe(content.config.dealLoanAmount);
+    expect(state.company.loanBalance).toBe(content.dealLoanAmount);
 
     const after = await snapshot(guest);
     expect(after.player).toMatchObject({
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ describe("accepting the deal", () => {
     const after = await snapshot(guest);
     expect(after.ships).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(after.bays).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(after.company!.loanBalance).toBe(content.config.dealLoanAmount);
+    expect(after.company!.loanBalance).toBe(content.dealLoanAmount);
   });
 });

apps/server/test/veteran.test.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function dealt(): Promise<{ guest: Guest; state: PlayerState }> {
 }
 
 describe("the veteran comes with the deal (Step 10J.4)", () => {
-  it("adds the veteran at Earth, unassigned, level 2 with Heavy Cargo 1", async () => {
+  it("adds the veteran at Earth, unassigned, level 2 with Expensive Cargo 1", async () => {
     const { state } = await dealt();
     expect(state.pilots).toHaveLength(2);
     const courier = state.ships[0]!;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe("the veteran comes with the deal (Step 10J.4)", () => {
       isAvatar: false,
       isVeteran: true,
       level: 2,
-      skills: { "heavy-cargo": 1 },
+      skills: { "expensive-cargo": 1 },
       skillPointsAvailable: 2 * content.config.skillPointsPerLevel - spentPoints,
       assignedShipId: null,
       locationId: "earth",

apps/web/src/components/DealModal.tsx

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ export function DealModal() {
 
   if (!state.tutorial?.dealAvailable || state.summaries.length > 0) return null;
 
-  const { dealLoanAmount, loanRepaymentShare } = content.config;
+  const { dealLoanAmount } = content;
+  const { loanRepaymentShare } = content.config;
   const courier = content.shipModel("courier")!;
   const veteran = content.veteranPilot;
 

apps/web/src/components/LoanCard.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function LoanCard() {
   const repay = useGameAction("repayLoan");
   const [input, setInput] = useState("");
   const { credits, loanBalance } = state.company;
-  const total = content.config.dealLoanAmount;
+  const total = content.dealLoanAmount;
   const paidOff = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.floor(((total - loanBalance) / total) * 100)));
   const amount = Number(input);
   const problem = input === "" ? null : payDownProblem(amount, credits, loanBalance);

apps/web/test/deal-modal.test.tsx

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const afterDeal = () =>
       id: "co1",
       name: "Deadhead Freight",
       credits: 800,
-      loanBalance: content.config.dealLoanAmount,
+      loanBalance: content.dealLoanAmount,
     },
     ships: [
       {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("the deal", () => {
     const dialog = await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "An offer from Halvorsen" });
     expect(dialog).toHaveTextContent("Courier and a bay at Earth");
     expect(screen.getByLabelText("Loan amount")).toHaveTextContent(
-      `${content.config.dealLoanAmount.toLocaleString("en-US")} cr`,
+      `${content.dealLoanAmount.toLocaleString("en-US")} cr`,
     );
     expect(screen.getByLabelText("Repayment share")).toHaveTextContent(
       `${Math.round(content.config.loanRepaymentShare * 100)}% of every payout`,

apps/web/test/hq.test.tsx

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe("HQ screen", () => {
 });
 
 describe("loan on HQ", () => {
-  const total = content.config.dealLoanAmount;
+  const total = content.dealLoanAmount;
   const owner = (credits: number, loanBalance: number): PlayerState =>
     samplePlayerState({ tutorial: null, company: { id: "c", name: "D", credits, loanBalance } });
 

memory-bank/progress.md

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Spec: `memory-bank/change-requests/CR-012-lighter-clipper-range.md` (received as
 
 Spec: `memory-bank/change-requests/CR-013-veterans-clipper.md` (received as "CR-010 … Phase 10J"). New decisions recorded as plan §0.5.82–0.5.83; §0.5.70 amended.
 
-- [ ] Step 10M.1 — Content: veteran skill and loan
+- [x] **Step 10M.1 — Content: veteran skill and loan.** The veteran starts with **Expensive Cargo 1**. Config `dealLoanAmount` (5,000) is replaced by `deal: { avatarShipModelId: "courier", veteranShipModelId: "clipper", bayLocationId: "earth" }`, and the loan is computed by `dealLoanAmount({ config, shipModels, locations })` (`packages/content/src/deal.ts`), exposed as `content.dealLoanAmount`: 4,000 + 61,600 + 1,000 = **66,600 cr**. All users (server deal, loan card, deal modal, tests) read `content.dealLoanAmount`. Tests: config (deal ids; loan = Courier + Clipper + Earth lease; it moves by exactly the change when either price or the lease changes), veteran skills (content and server).
 - [ ] Step 10M.2 — Sim: goal changes
 - [ ] Step 10M.3 — Server: deal creates the Clipper
 - [ ] Step 10M.4 — Client: deal modal

packages/content/src/bundle.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { cargoTypes, skills } from "./data/cargo";
 import { gameConfig } from "./data/config";
+import { dealLoanAmount } from "./deal";
 import { goods } from "./data/goods";
 import { locations } from "./data/locations";
 import { onboardingGoals, scriptedTutorialContracts, veteranPilot } from "./data/onboarding";
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ export const content = {
   onboardingGoals,
   veteranPilot,
   upgrades,
+  /** The deal's loan: its ships' prices plus the bay lease (decision 0.5.83). */
+  dealLoanAmount: dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels, locations }),
   location: byId(locations),
   shipModel: byId(shipModels),
   cargoType: byId(cargoTypes),

packages/content/src/data/config.ts

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ export const gameConfig: GameConfig = {
   // 20 t adds 0.4 game hours (24 real seconds) of loading and unloading.
   handlingGameHoursPerTonne: 0.02,
   loanRepaymentShare: 0.3,
-  // Courier price + Earth bay lease.
+  // The deal (CR-013): Halvorsen's Courier for the avatar, his Clipper for the
-  dealLoanAmount: 5000,
+  // veteran, and the Earth bay. The loan is computed from their prices.
+  deal: { avatarShipModelId: "courier", veteranShipModelId: "clipper", bayLocationId: "earth" },
   contractBoardPeriodRealMinutes: 10,
   // A ship must be able to fly out of its destination two game days after arriving (CR-012).
   noStrandMarginGameHours: 48,

packages/content/src/data/onboarding.ts

@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ export const scriptedTutorialContracts: ScriptedTutorialContract[] = [
 
 /** First-session goals, in the order they are shown (decision 0.5.34). Rewards are first guesses. */
 /**
- * Halvorsen's last hire, who comes with the deal (decision 0.5.70): level 2,
+ * Halvorsen's last hire, who comes with the deal crewing his Clipper
- * one point already in Heavy Cargo, the rest unspent.
+ * (decisions 0.5.70, 0.5.82): level 2, one point already in Expensive Cargo
+ * (small, valuable loads suit the Clipper's hold), the rest unspent.
  */
 export const veteranPilot: VeteranPilot = {
   name: "Rosa Kell",
   bio: "Halvorsen's pilot for twelve years.",
   level: 2,
-  skills: { "heavy-cargo": 1 },
+  skills: { "expensive-cargo": 1 },
 };
 
 export const onboardingGoals: OnboardingGoal[] = [

packages/content/src/deal.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { GameConfig, Location, ShipModel } from "./schemas";
+
+/**
+ * The deal's loan (decision 0.5.83): the price of every ship it hands over plus
+ * the lease of its bay, read from content so it follows any price change.
+ */
+export function dealLoanAmount(data: {
+  config: Pick<GameConfig, "deal">;
+  shipModels: readonly ShipModel[];
+  locations: readonly Location[];
+}): number {
+  const { avatarShipModelId, veteranShipModelId, bayLocationId } = data.config.deal;
+  const price = (id: string) => {
+    const model = data.shipModels.find((m) => m.id === id);
+    if (!model) throw new Error(`Unknown deal ship model ${id}`);
+    return model.price;
+  };
+  const bay = data.locations.find((l) => l.id === bayLocationId);
+  if (!bay) throw new Error(`Unknown deal bay location ${bayLocationId}`);
+  return price(avatarShipModelId) + price(veteranShipModelId) + bay.bayLeasePrice;
+}

packages/content/src/index.ts

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from "./data/config";
 export * from "./data/onboarding";
 export * from "./data/upgrades";
 export * from "./bundle";
+export * from "./deal";

packages/content/src/schemas.ts

@@ -210,8 +210,15 @@ export const gameConfigSchema = z
     handlingGameHoursPerTonne: z.number().nonnegative(),
     /** Share of each positive payout the lender takes until the loan is repaid (0.5.32). */
     loanRepaymentShare: fraction,
-    /** Loan taken on with the deal, in credits (decision 0.5.30). */
+    /**
-    dealLoanAmount: positiveInt,
+     * What the deal hands over (decisions 0.5.30, 0.5.82): the avatar's ship, the
+     * veteran's ship and the bay. The loan is their prices plus the lease (0.5.83).
+     */
+    deal: z.object({
+      avatarShipModelId: z.string().min(1),
+      veteranShipModelId: z.string().min(1),
+      bayLocationId: z.string().min(1),
+    }),
     contractBoardPeriodRealMinutes: z.number().positive(),
     /** No-strand check: the ship must have a way out this long after arrival (decision 0.5.79). */
     noStrandMarginGameHours: z.number().nonnegative(),

packages/content/test/config.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   cargoTypes,
+  content,
+  dealLoanAmount,
   gameConfig,
   gameConfigSchema,
   locations,
@@ -51,11 +53,33 @@ describe("game config", () => {
     expect(gameConfig.tutorialMassTonnes.full).toBeLessThanOrEqual(loaner.cargoCapacityTonnes);
   });
 
-  it("lends the Courier price plus an Earth bay lease in the deal", () => {
+  it("lends the Courier and Clipper prices plus an Earth bay lease in the deal (0.5.83)", () => {
-    const courier = shipModels.find((s) => s.id === "courier")!;
+    const price = (id: string) => shipModels.find((s) => s.id === id)!.price;
     const earth = locations.find((l) => l.id === "earth")!;
-    expect(gameConfig.dealLoanAmount).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(gameConfig.deal).toEqual({
-    expect(gameConfig.dealLoanAmount).toBe(courier.price + earth.bayLeasePrice);
+      avatarShipModelId: "courier",
+      veteranShipModelId: "clipper",
+      bayLocationId: "earth",
+    });
+    expect(content.dealLoanAmount).toBe(price("courier") + price("clipper") + earth.bayLeasePrice);
+  });
+
+  it("recomputes the deal loan when any of those prices change", () => {
+    const base = dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels, locations });
+    const bump = (id: string) =>
+      shipModels.map((s) => (s.id === id ? { ...s, price: s.price + 100 } : s));
+    expect(dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels: bump("courier"), locations })).toBe(
+      base + 100,
+    );
+    expect(dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels: bump("clipper"), locations })).toBe(
+      base + 100,
+    );
+    const pricierEarth = locations.map((l) =>
+      l.id === "earth" ? { ...l, bayLeasePrice: l.bayLeasePrice + 7 } : l,
+    );
+    expect(dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels, locations: pricierEarth })).toBe(
+      base + 7,
+    );
   });
 
   it("has a contract mass band each purchasable ship can carry", () => {

packages/content/test/schemas.test.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const validGameConfig = {
   handlingGameHoursPerTonne: 0.02,
   upgradeLevels: [{ costPercentOfPrice: 10, shopRealMinutes: 10 }],
   loanRepaymentShare: 0.3,
-  dealLoanAmount: 5000,
+  deal: { avatarShipModelId: "courier", veteranShipModelId: "clipper", bayLocationId: "earth" },
 };
 
 const validScripted = {

packages/content/test/veteran.test.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ describe("veteran pilot and profit share (CR-010)", () => {
       expect(skill, skillId).toBeDefined();
       expect(level).toBeLessThanOrEqual(skill!.maxLevel);
     }
-    expect(veteranPilot.skills).toEqual({ "heavy-cargo": 1 });
+    expect(veteranPilot.skills).toEqual({ "expensive-cargo": 1 });
   });
 });

packages/sim/test/goals.test.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const fresh: GoalProgress = {
   veteranContracts: 0,
   locationsDiscovered: 0,
   dealAccepted: true,
-  loanBalance: content.config.dealLoanAmount,
+  loanBalance: content.dealLoanAmount,
 };
 
 const isComplete = (id: string, progress: GoalProgress) =>