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@@ -103,3 +103,30 @@ claims happen?" — inverted form confirmed: one identity, two seats.
   final FIRE lines = the weapon at the moment of death).
 - REPRO PATH: solo + BT_FORCE_MODEL=owens (btl4mssn.cpp), fire lasers.  If
   deterministic -> local stack + real debugging -> faithful fix.
+
+## Conn Man detail (2026-07-27, via operator): TRUCKS vs OPPONENTS
+Firing at TRUCKS (scenery): no crash.  Firing at an OPPONENT: crash.
+Both spawn hit effects, so the delta is the PLAYER-HIT path on the shooter's
+machine: score/damage attribution (SCORE/FIRE messages), target tracking, or
+the victim REPLICANT's damage/death handling (a kill -> teardown windows =
+the 515 class).  Q for Conn Man when he sends join.log: did it crash on a HIT
+or at the moment of a KILL?
+
+## Post-night fix session (2026-07-27, 00:00-00:25) -- status of each thread
+- GUARDS LANDED + BUILD CLEAN: SortAndReloadNameBitmaps / LoadOrdinalBitmaps /
+  LoadNameBitmaps (round-stop path) + the Reservoir ctor's linkedSinks.Resolve()
+  (the captured crash site, now '[spawn] FATAL-AVOIDED' + inactive-copy degrade).
+- STOP-PATH VERIFIED LIVE: offset-port rig (1520), full launch -> mission ->
+  StopMission -> both pods relaunched clean through the guarded resort, 0 faults.
+- DUP-PILOT REPRO: NEGATIVE.  A minimal 2-pod egg with the ghost shape (same
+  callsign+vehicle both seats) loaded and PLAYED.  The 23:16 trigger therefore
+  needs more than duplicate callsigns (7-pilot shape? abort-churn state? the
+  tag-level ghost?) -- hypothesis stays OPEN; the guard defends the site
+  regardless, and the FATAL-AVOIDED line self-identifies if it ever fires.
+- Seat identity swap: FIXED (LEFT-grace window) + 7-check regression suite.
+- Logs rotate (.1) instead of truncating -- both destroyers removed.
+- Map dropdown = the authentic Mac-console catalog (8 maps); relay warns on
+  phantom maps at egg load and names the map after 60s of 0/N ready.
+- Gitea #35 updated twice (occurrence + trucks-vs-opponents discriminator).
+STILL OWED: Conn Man's join.log (the laser-crash stack); live games-night
+verification of tonight's five fixes.