The weapon licence, the peer line, and the steward gets his vest back

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

src/zombies.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // your baseline — one crossing it is a point for THEM.
 // (zombies <-> gameplay is a runtime-only import cycle, same pattern as input.)
 
-import { TUNE, UI, COURT, CONTACT, BOSS_ART, bossArt, WEAPONS, BARREL_WEAPONS, woundStage, zombieH, EATEN_BURST, EATEN_SUMMARY, EATEN_FEED_R } from './config.js';
+import { TUNE, UI, COURT, CONTACT, BOSS_ART, bossArt, WEAPONS, BARREL_WEAPONS, TIN_LEAGUE, woundStage, zombieH, EATEN_BURST, EATEN_SUMMARY, EATEN_FEED_R } from './config.js';
 import { G, P, O, ball, score, sendBoy, setupPoint } from './state.js';
 import { splat, moan, pock, thud, zap, voice, boom, swish, shriek, aww, sfx , whoosh, flame } from './audio.js';
 import { haptic } from './haptics.js';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { drillKill, drillCaught } from './drill.js';
 import { splatPoint, cheer, spentBall, aside, grantWeapon, endBurst, sliceCarom } from './gameplay.js';
 import { resolveInterlude, endBossFight } from './beats.js'; // runtime-only cycle, like the gameplay one
 import { tally, multiKill, endRun, MODE_MATCH } from './stats.js';
-import { award, bonus } from './profile.js';
+import { award, bonus, prof } from './profile.js';
 
 export const zombies = []; // {x, z, v, walkT, variant: 'a'|'b'|'c'}
 export const gore = [];    // lawn decals {x, z, r, a}  — the flat ground layer
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ function pickBarrelWeapon() {
   const pool = [];
   for (const [id, b] of Object.entries(BARREL_WEAPONS)) {
     if (G.runGames < b.from) continue;
+    // THE WEAPON LICENCE (the leagues): the league licenses, `from` paces — a barrel must not
+    // hand a league-1 player the laser his duels rightly refuse (config.TIN_LEAGUE)
+    if (prof.lg < (TIN_LEAGUE[id] || 0)) continue;
     if (id === lastBarrel) continue;                 // never twice running...
     for (let k = 0; k < b.weight; k++) pool.push(id);
   }