#165 does not reproduce -- the destroyed-weapon fire gate HOLDS on the exact field path: bench (xfire_bench.sh) kills ERPPC_1+ERSLaser_1 via the cascade's own ForceCriticalFailure writer under held autofire -- ERSLaser_1 9 FIRED pre-kill, 0 post, 4213 refusals (destroyed=1), surviving ERMLaser fires on. Rajel's field read explained: the refusal tail recomputes output voltage every tick (binary-authentic), so a destroyed weapon's recharge dial keeps CYCLING under its X while the surviving torso lasers put the beams peers saw. Rider: the [emitter] FIRED receipt now NAMES its weapon under BT_DMG_LOG (the #110 nit) so the next field session can settle it by name.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

game/reconstructed/emitter.cpp

@@ -304,7 +304,14 @@ void
 	// BRING-UP verify (rate-limited): prove the real fire path executes + feeds the heat
 	// sim (heatPortion -> pendingHeat -> flows to the central sink -> mech temp climbs).
 	static int s_fireLog = 0;
-	if ((s_fireLog++ % 19) == 0)	// 19 prime: rotates across the 5 emitters (20 aliased to one)
+	// #165 bench: EVERY discharge, NAMED, under BT_DMG_LOG (the old unnamed
+	// 1-in-19 sample could not answer "which weapon fired" -- the #110 nit);
+	// the rate-limited unnamed line stays for ambient runs without the env.
+	if (getenv("BT_DMG_LOG"))
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[emitter] FIRED '" << (GetName() ? GetName() : "?")
+			<< "' damage=" << damagePortion << " heat=" << heatPortion
+			<< "\n" << std::flush;
+	else if ((s_fireLog++ % 19) == 0)	// 19 prime: rotates across the 5 emitters (20 aliased to one)
 		DEBUG_STREAM << "[emitter] FIRED #" << s_fireLog << "  damage=" << damagePortion
 			<< " heat=" << heatPortion << " pendingHeat=" << pendingHeat << "\n" << std::flush;
 

scratchpad/night15/xfire_bench.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# #165: do crit-DESTROYED energy weapons still fire?  Rajel's field case: live
+# arm cascade destroyed ERPPC_1+ERSLaser_1, he reports they still fired with
+# X's showing.  Rig: vulture, BT_AUTOFIRE holds the trigger, BT_KILL_SUBSYS
+# destroys both left-arm weapons at frame 900 (~15s, ForceCriticalFailure --
+# the same call the cascade makes).  Receipts: [emitter] '<name>' fire REFUSED
+# vs FIRED lines (BT_DMG_LOG).
+# PASS: ERPPC_1 fires BEFORE the kill, only REFUSED after; a surviving weapon
+# keeps firing after.  FAIL: any post-kill FIRED from a destroyed weapon.
+set -x
+. /c/git/bt411/scratchpad/night6/bench_common.sh
+cd /c/git/bt411/content || exit 1
+taskkill //F //IM btl4.exe >/dev/null 2>&1; sleep 3
+rm -f xfire.log
+bt_expert_egg MP.EGG XF.EGG
+sed -i "s/^map=.*/map=grass/; s/^time=.*/time=day/; s/^vehicle=.*/vehicle=vulture/" XF.EGG
+
+( export BT_AUTOFIRE=1 BT_FIRE_AT_ICON=1 BT_KILL_SUBSYS=ERPPC_1,ERSLaser_1
+  export BT_DMG_LOG=1 BT_FIRE_LOG=1
+  bt_launch xfire.log XF.EGG 0x03 -egg XF.EGG )
+sleep 100
+bt_kill_ours; sleep 2; taskkill //F //IM btl4.exe >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+python - <<'PY'
+import io, re
+txt = io.open("xfire.log", encoding="latin-1", errors="replace").read()
+lines = txt.splitlines()
+kill = next((i for i,l in enumerate(lines) if "ForceCriticalFailure" in l or "KILL_SUBSYS" in l or "kill-subsys" in l.lower()), None)
+# fall back: first REFUSED line marks the post-kill era
+if kill is None:
+    kill = next((i for i,l in enumerate(lines) if "fire REFUSED" in l), None)
+print("=== #165 X'D-WEAPON FIRE ===")
+print("kill marker line:", kill)
+def count(era, name, what):
+    if kill is None: return -1
+    seg = lines[:kill] if era=="pre" else lines[kill:]
+    return sum(1 for l in seg if name in l and what in l)
+for w in ("ERPPC_1", "ERSLaser_1", "ERMLaser_1"):
+    print("%-11s pre-kill FIRED=%3d | post-kill FIRED=%3d REFUSED=%3d"
+          % (w, count("pre", w, "FIRED"), count("post", w, "FIRED"), count("post", w, "REFUSED")))
+leak = (count("post","ERPPC_1","FIRED") or 0) + (count("post","ERSLaser_1","FIRED") or 0)
+alive = count("post","ERMLaser_1","FIRED")
+if kill is None:
+    print("VERDICT: INCONCLUSIVE -- no kill/refusal marker found (did the kill hook fire?)")
+elif leak > 0:
+    print("VERDICT: FAIL(=field confirmed) -- destroyed weapons fired %d times post-kill" % leak)
+elif alive == 0:
+    print("VERDICT: INCONCLUSIVE -- nothing fired post-kill (autofire/lock problem)")
+else:
+    print("VERDICT: PASS -- destroyed weapons refuse, survivor keeps firing (port gate holds)")
+PY