diff --git a/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/ai.rs b/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/ai.rs
index 71169988..b77f0fd3 100644
--- a/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/ai.rs
+++ b/src/simulator/api-gdext/src/ai.rs
@@ -270,7 +270,13 @@ fn decide_strategic_kind(state: &GameState, player_index: usize, seed: u64) -> &
     // sets current_player from the GameState's turn-order, not from the caller's
     // explicit slot, so align it here.
     tactical.current_player = player_slot;
-    let actions = run_ai_turn(&tactical, player_slot, &weights, seed);
+    // p1-29h — this FFI probe derives a one-shot strategic-directive string for
+    // GDScript production priming; it is NOT the persistent live-decision path
+    // (that is the pure-Rust `mc_player_api::dispatch::drive_ai_slot`, which
+    // p1-29d measures and which threads the slot's persisted memory). A
+    // transient per-call memory is correct here.
+    let mut memory = mc_ai::tactical::TacticalMemory::default();
+    let actions = run_ai_turn(&tactical, player_slot, &weights, seed, &mut memory);
     derive_strategic_kind(&actions)
 }
 
@@ -905,7 +911,13 @@ pub fn run_tactical(
     seed: u64,
 ) -> Vec<String> {
     let mut rng = XorShift64::new(seed);
-    let actions: Vec<Action> = decide_tactical_actions(state, weights, &mut rng, None);
+    // p1-29h — `run_tactical` is the stateless GdAiController FFI shim: it owns
+    // no GameState and no persistent slot state, so the army-level memory is a
+    // documented transient here. The persistent army-lock lives on the
+    // pure-Rust dispatch path (`drive_ai_slot`), the surface p1-29d measures.
+    let mut memory = mc_ai::tactical::TacticalMemory::default();
+    let actions: Vec<Action> =
+        decide_tactical_actions(state, weights, &mut rng, None, &mut memory);
     actions
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|a| match serde_json::to_string(&a) {