diff --git a/.project/objectives/p1-42-ai-full-building-catalog.md b/.project/objectives/p1-42-ai-full-building-catalog.md
index 40e58a0b..ddff5b60 100644
--- a/.project/objectives/p1-42-ai-full-building-catalog.md
+++ b/.project/objectives/p1-42-ai-full-building-catalog.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ title: "AI must consider the full 155-building catalog, not the hardcoded 8-id l
 priority: p1
 status: partial
 scope: game1
-updated_at: 2026-05-13
+updated_at: 2026-05-14
 evidence:
+  - "src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs:1153-1160 (compile-blocker fix: TacticalPlayerState constructor now seeds building_priors with BuildingPriors::default(); cargo check -p mc-player-api exit 0; cargo test -p mc-ai --lib 256/0; cargo test -p mc-player-api green) — p1-42 cycle 2026-05-14"
   - "src/simulator/crates/mc-ai/src/tactical/state.rs:43-49 (building_catalog field)"
   - "src/simulator/crates/mc-ai/src/tactical/state.rs:368-487 (TacticalBuildingSpec + is_buildable)"
   - "src/simulator/crates/mc-ai/src/tactical/production.rs:81-92 (mod ids reduced from 8 to 3 unit ids)"
@@ -34,18 +35,28 @@ The fix is to evaluate the full catalog the same way `pick_best_melee` evaluates
 - ✗ 10-seed regression batch (`tools/autoplay-batch.sh 10 300` median buildings-built per surviving city ≥ 4) not run this cycle. The required forge push + apricot run is deferred so the closure can land without commit.
 - ✗ AI-built building diversity ≥ 12 distinct ids per game — same gating as the batch bullet; deferred to a follow-up cycle that runs the batch from forge-pushed code.
 
-## Known compile-blocker (2026-05-13)
+## Known compile-blocker (2026-05-13) — RESOLVED 2026-05-14
 
 `src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs:1138` —
-`TacticalPlayerState` initialiser is missing the `building_priors` field.
-Multiple agents flagged this as predating their work; the file does not
-link `.so` without it. Ownership lives here (p1-42) because the
-`TacticalPlayerState` projection is part of the mc-ai tactical port
-contract this objective is rewriting. Surfaces as a consumer-side block in
-`p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md` (civics bridge surface is
-sound and ready to link the moment this lands). If p1-42 closes without
-resolving this, file `p1-42a-projection-building-priors` as a follow-up
-stub.
+`TacticalPlayerState` initialiser was missing the `building_priors` field.
+The `project_player` constructor (now at `projection.rs:1138-1161`) seeds
+the field with `mc_ai::tactical::state::BuildingPriors::default()` —
+neutral maps so the tactical scorer falls through to its axis-driven
+multipliers, matching `TacticalPlayerState::default()` behaviour. The
+real per-clan priors will arrive when the bridge GDScript pushes
+`ai_personalities.json::building_category_weights` /
+`wonder_priorities` into `PlayerState` (follow-on cycle, not this one —
+the `PlayerState` field + bridge wiring touches `mc-turn` and GDScript,
+which are out of this agent's file-disjoint set).
+
+Verification:
+
+- `cargo check -p mc-player-api` — exit 0 (warnings only).
+- `cargo test -p mc-ai --lib` — 256 passed, 0 failed.
+- `cargo test -p mc-player-api` — green.
+
+Consumer-side block in `p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md` now
+clears. No `p1-42a-projection-building-priors` stub needed.
 
 ## Out of scope
 
diff --git a/.project/objectives/p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md b/.project/objectives/p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md
index b22ba431..f8c6ded5 100644
--- a/.project/objectives/p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md
+++ b/.project/objectives/p1-56-civics-buildings-and-great-works.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ priority: p1
 status: partial
 scope: game1
 owner: simulator-infra
-updated_at: 2026-05-13
+updated_at: 2026-05-14
 evidence:
   - "src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/great_works.rs:113 — GreatWorkOccupation per-city occupation ledger (assign / evict_building / remove_work / occupancy_by_building_type) + typed GreatWorkAssignError; 8 new tests + 3 pre-existing = 11/11 green"
   - "src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/great_person.rs:1 — GreatPersonAction tagged enum (compose_great_work / wonder_hurry / free_tech / trade_mission / unsupported) with server-side tier-cap validation; 8/8 tests green including all_authored_great_person_action_blocks_parse over 9 GP unit JSONs"
@@ -370,3 +370,34 @@ GDExt bridge completion). 4 parent bullets remain ❌: mc-turn dispatch
 (blocked by AVOID), Godot UI (godot-ui lane), GUT proof scene (depends
 on godot-ui + p1-42), proof screenshot (depends on GUT). Status stays
 `partial`.
+
+### Cycle 46 (2026-05-14) — simulator-infra verification
+
+Re-verification only — no new code. Confirmed:
+
+- `cargo test -p mc-city --lib` → **213/213 green** (up from cycle 45's
+  201/201; growth came from other lanes adding mc-city tests, all green).
+- `cargo check -p magic-civ-physics-gdext` → clean (10.56s, 17 doc
+  warnings, 0 errors). The cycle-45 link blocker on
+  `mc-player-api/src/projection.rs:1138` (`building_priors`) is now
+  RESOLVED — `cargo check -p mc-player-api` clean (only 2 unused-import
+  warnings). The civics GDExt bridge can now link a full `.so`.
+- `grep -rn "process_buildings\|tick_buildings" crates/mc-turn/src/` →
+  zero hits. p1-38 has not yet landed a per-turn dispatch host, so the
+  `mc-turn::process_buildings` bullet stays ❌ blocked-by-AVOID (mc-turn
+  growth/production owned by p1-38).
+
+Simulator-infra's lane on p1-56 is genuinely done. The remaining ❌
+bullets are out-of-lane:
+
+- **mc-turn dispatch** — wait on p1-38 to land its host; the civics
+  ticks (`GppAccumulator::per_turn_from_buildings`,
+  `tick_harvest_policy`, `GreatWorkOccupation::*`) are pre-built as
+  standalone callables and will plug in directly.
+- **Godot UI** (drag-to-employ, harvest dropdown, GP spawn modal,
+  throne-room layer slots) — `godot-ui` lane; cycle-45 handoff stands.
+- **GUT tests + proof screenshot** — depend on Godot UI.
+
+Status stays `partial`. To bump to `done`: p1-38 lands mc-turn dispatch
++ godot-ui closes the 4 UI bullets + GUT phase-gate proof screenshot
+captured & approved.
diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/lib.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/lib.rs
index 10319006..d4d3c69a 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/lib.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ pub use merge::{apply_merge, validate_co_location, MergeError, MergeOutcome, MER
 
 // Re-export production-chain recipes (p2-57).
 pub use recipes::{
-    compute_quality_from_stockpile, quality_from_depth, tick_recipe, tick_recipes,
-    QualityTier, Recipe, RecipeBundle, RecipeOutcome, RecipeRegistry, ResourceEdge,
-    QUALITY_LOW_MIN, QUALITY_WELL_STOCKED_MIN,
+    compute_quality_from_stockpile, quality_from_depth, stamp_unit_quality, tick_recipe,
+    tick_recipes, QualityTier, Recipe, RecipeBundle, RecipeOutcome, RecipeRegistry,
+    ResourceEdge, StampedUnit, QUALITY_LOW_MIN, QUALITY_WELL_STOCKED_MIN,
 };
 
 pub use yield_fold::{
diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/recipes.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/recipes.rs
index 9ea1121e..e1a63bc3 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/recipes.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-city/src/recipes.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,34 @@ pub fn compute_quality_from_stockpile(
     quality_from_depth(stockpile.available(gating))
 }
 
+/// Stamped result of a unit-production completion: the unit's id plus the
+/// `QualityTier` derived from the gating resource's stockpile depth at the
+/// time of completion (PRODUCTION_CHAIN.md band table).
+///
+/// This is the contract the per-building queue tick uses when a `Queueable::Unit`
+/// entry completes: pick the gating resource (per `unit_gating_resource`
+/// lookup, owned by `p2-57b`'s unit-quality_chain JSON), call
+/// `stamp_unit_quality`, and forward the result into the spawn pipeline.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StampedUnit {
+    pub unit_id: mc_core::UnitId,
+    pub quality: QualityTier,
+}
+
+/// Stamp `unit_id` with a `QualityTier` derived from `stockpile`'s current
+/// depth of `gating`. The gating resource is *not* consumed — that's the
+/// `tick_recipe` pass's job. Stamping is a read-only projection.
+pub fn stamp_unit_quality(
+    unit_id: mc_core::UnitId,
+    stockpile: &ResourceStockpile,
+    gating: &ResourceId,
+) -> StampedUnit {
+    StampedUnit {
+        unit_id,
+        quality: compute_quality_from_stockpile(stockpile, gating),
+    }
+}
+
 // ── Tests ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -406,6 +434,71 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn stamped_unit_carries_quality_per_stockpile() {
+        // Resourced producer → stockpile has weapons → Veteran stamp.
+        let mut stockpile = ResourceStockpile::new();
+        stockpile.add(rid("weapons"), 5);
+        let stamp = stamp_unit_quality(
+            mc_core::UnitId::new("axeman"),
+            &stockpile,
+            &rid("weapons"),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(stamp.unit_id, mc_core::UnitId::new("axeman"));
+        assert_eq!(stamp.quality, QualityTier::Veteran);
+        // Starved producer → no weapons in stockpile → Levy stamp.
+        let starved = ResourceStockpile::new();
+        let stamp_levy = stamp_unit_quality(
+            mc_core::UnitId::new("axeman"),
+            &starved,
+            &rid("weapons"),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(stamp_levy.quality, QualityTier::Levy);
+        // Stockpile MUST be unchanged by stamping (read-only).
+        assert_eq!(stockpile.available(&rid("weapons")), 5);
+    }
+
+    /// Spec bullet: two cities, one with iron source and one without, both
+    /// queue a steel-tier weapon. The recipe-ticked forge withdraws iron
+    /// and deposits weapons in the resourced city; the starved city idles
+    /// (no withdrawal, no deposit, no crash). The unit-quality stamp then
+    /// reflects the post-tick stockpile depth: resourced city stamps the
+    /// completed unit Regular/Veteran, starved city stamps Levy.
+    #[test]
+    fn two_cities_queue_steel_weapon_only_resourced_completes() {
+        let mut reg = RecipeRegistry::new();
+        reg.insert(forge_recipe());
+        let buildings = vec![bid("forge")];
+
+        // City A — has iron (raw input for forge → weapons).
+        let mut sp_a = ResourceStockpile::new();
+        sp_a.add(rid("iron"), 2);
+        // City B — no iron.
+        let mut sp_b = ResourceStockpile::new();
+
+        let out_a = tick_recipes(&buildings, &reg, &mut sp_a);
+        let out_b = tick_recipes(&buildings, &reg, &mut sp_b);
+
+        // Producer fires only in A.
+        assert!(out_a[0].fired());
+        assert!(matches!(
+            out_b[0],
+            RecipeOutcome::Idle { missing: ref r, .. } if *r == rid("iron")
+        ));
+
+        // Now both cities try to complete a "steel-tier weapon" unit — the
+        // stamp uses weapons-stockpile depth as the gating resource.
+        let unit = mc_core::UnitId::new("axeman");
+        let stamp_a = stamp_unit_quality(unit.clone(), &sp_a, &rid("weapons"));
+        let stamp_b = stamp_unit_quality(unit, &sp_b, &rid("weapons"));
+        assert_eq!(stamp_a.quality, QualityTier::Regular,
+            "1 weapon on hand → Regular tier");
+        assert_eq!(stamp_b.quality, QualityTier::Levy,
+            "starved city → no weapons → Levy tier");
+        // Starved city stockpile untouched by either pass.
+        assert!(sp_b.is_empty());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn recipe_json_roundtrip() {
         let recipe = forge_recipe();
diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs
index a18e3e66..f7e09a2d 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-player-api/src/projection.rs
@@ -1150,6 +1150,13 @@ fn project_tactical_player(
         promotion_offense_weight: coerce_weight(player.promotion_offense_weight),
         promotion_defense_weight: coerce_weight(player.promotion_defense_weight),
         promotion_mobility_weight: coerce_weight(player.promotion_mobility_weight),
+        // p1-42 — `building_priors` is populated by the GDExtension bridge
+        // (`ai_turn_bridge_state.gd::build_building_catalog` and the planned
+        // `set_building_priors` call) and is not derivable from `PlayerState`
+        // alone. The projection seeds it with the neutral default; the
+        // tactical scorer falls through to axis-driven multipliers when the
+        // maps are empty (see `score_building`).
+        building_priors: mc_ai::tactical::state::BuildingPriors::default(),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/simulator/crates/mc-units/src/catalog.rs b/src/simulator/crates/mc-units/src/catalog.rs
index c988db0c..3af87b80 100644
--- a/src/simulator/crates/mc-units/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/crates/mc-units/src/catalog.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,26 @@ pub struct UnitStats {
     /// `"action_point_capacity"`. See objective p3-11.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub action_point_capacity: Option<u8>,
+    /// p2-55: civilian-capture opt-in. When `true`, a hostile melee blow that
+    /// would lethally damage this unit branches into `Captured` /
+    /// `RansomOffered` / `Destroyed` instead of `Killed`, governed by the
+    /// attacker's posture. Sourced from JSON key `"capturable"`; defaults to
+    /// `false` for any unit type that doesn't opt in.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub capturable: bool,
+    /// p2-55: per-unit ransom multiplier applied to `build_cost` to compute
+    /// `ransom_price`. Falls back to `default_ransom_multiplier` from
+    /// `combat_balance.json` (2.0) when omitted.
+    #[serde(default = "default_ransom_multiplier", rename = "ransom_multiplier")]
+    pub ransom_multiplier: f32,
+    /// p2-55: hammer cost to build this unit. Used to price ransom offers.
+    /// JSON wire key is `"cost"`.
+    #[serde(default, rename = "cost")]
+    pub build_cost: u32,
+}
+
+fn default_ransom_multiplier() -> f32 {
+    2.0
 }
 
 fn default_domain() -> String {
@@ -135,6 +155,9 @@ mod tests {
             base_moves: 2,
             domain: "land".into(),
             action_point_capacity: None,
+            capturable: false,
+            ransom_multiplier: 2.0,
+            build_cost: 0,
         });
         assert_eq!(cat.len(), 1);
         assert_eq!(cat.get("dwarf_warrior").unwrap().base_moves, 2);