KB housekeeping sweep: end-of-arc staleness purge (2026-08-06)

Corrections (wrong claims fixed + swept):
- open-questions: the DuckState 'no CODE consumer, authentic [T1]' verdict
  RETRACTED (consumer = the unexported posture block; squat clips shipped in
  BTL4.RES all along); the searchlight fog swap re-marked DONE (was 'STILL
  DEFERRED'); crouch index pointer updated.
- combat-damage: old task-#60 kill-score section marked SUPERSEDED by the
  report tail (BTPostKillScore retired).
- pod-hardware: crouch census rows -> COMPLETE; gauges-hud: 07-20 note
  (generators 'unreconstructed') re-swept.

New knowledge:
- reconstruction-gotchas #20: EXPORT-GAP BLINDNESS (4 incidents, 2 falsely
  T1; the byte-scan/named-member/RES-TOC/manifest checklist) + the
  verification-viewpoint bullet in #13 (the crouch capture errors).
- decomp-reference: master posture/crouch block offsets (+0x3f8/+0x79c, the
  myomers cluster) + 8 new bench env gates.
- rendering: beam-material decode (btfx brighten) + look-pass acceptance.
- experience-levels: crouch novice lockout in the +0x25c consumer list.
- build-and-run: the stale-link build ritual; test-harness: bench-script
  gotchas (both previously oral tradition).
- glossary: export-gap-blindness; multiplayer: crouch/searchlight ride
  existing records; subsystems: searchlight visuals pointer.

Status refresh: CLAUDE.md front + project-overview current-state -> core
gameplay reconstruction COMPLETE (774->801), polish phase, #60 census next.
Ledger addenda: INPUT_PATH row 6 complete; RESPAWN_REARM VehicleDead-sender
note. .gitignore: content/ bench artifacts (pngs/logs/eggs/exe) out of
status. checkctx CLEAN.

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

context/pod-hardware.md

@@ -54,9 +54,10 @@ button** (Reservoir InjectCoolant, hold-to-flush — works), **0x2F/0x2E/0x2D/0x
 the per-condenser VALVE buttons** (MoveValve, Cond1-6 — work), **0x1A-0x1D = Generator A-D
 ON/OFF** (`ToggleGeneratorOnOff` id 4, binary table @0050fb90 fn @004b1ed0 — ✅ **WIRED**,
 `powersub.cpp`). Newly decoded from the binary message tables: **0x13 → Mech `DuckRequest`
-(0x1a @0049fa00 — the manual's CROUCH button)** — ✅ **WIRED 2026-07-26**, the last handler in
-this census; press-only, sets `duckState` and the map legend's `bduck.pcc` widget lights (see
-[[open-questions]] for why it has no code consumer) —, **0x28 → Mech `BalanceCoolant` (0x16
+(0x1a @0049fa00 — the manual's CROUCH button)** — ✅ **COMPLETE 2026-08-06**: handler (07-26) +
+the master-perf posture CONSUMER + squat/rise clips + MP replication ([[locomotion]] §CROUCH;
+glass key F4); the map legend's `bduck.pcc` widget still lights. (The old "no code consumer"
+verdict was export-gap blindness — [[reconstruction-gotchas]] §20) —, **0x28 → Mech `BalanceCoolant` (0x16
 @0049f728)** ✅ **WIRED 2026-07-21 (#20)**, **0x12 → ThermalSight `ToggleLamp` (id 3, table @0x51120C fn @004b860c)** and **0x14 →
 Searchlight + Searchlight2 `ToggleLamp` (id 3, table @0x51117C fn @004b838c)** — ✅ **BOTH WIRED
 2026-07-25 (#61)**, previously default-constructed blackholes; verified live (0x14 →
@@ -231,8 +232,8 @@ every checked control behavior:
   "Top Speed Gimped 40" also confirms the limp-gait speed cap as an authored spec.  The port
   follows the BINARY (house rule); resurrecting manual-4.0 supercharge would be an opt-in
   deviation for the operator to decide.
-NEW LEADS (manual describes, port lacks input/UI): **CROUCH** (button by the secondary screen;
-`Mech::duckState` attr 0x37 + SQUAT clips exist, nothing drives them), ~~EJECT~~ **EJECT WIRED
+NEW LEADS (manual describes, port lacks input/UI): ~~CROUCH~~ ✅ **CROUCH COMPLETE 2026-08-06**
+([[locomotion]] §CROUCH), ~~EJECT~~ **EJECT WIRED
 2026-08-02** (core: `Mech::EjectPilotMessageHandler` id 0x19 @0049f854 + the crippled-mech
 permission evaluator @0049fa1c; input = binding-engine "Eject" action, Backspace / pad
 LeftThumb; the punch-out kills via graphicAlarm 10 ≥ 9 — KillBonus authors 0 in ALL shipped