diff --git a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
index 934c50fc..a267d4ee 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	EventBus.lair_cleared.connect(_on_lair_cleared_aggregate)
 	EventBus.weather_event_applied.connect(_on_weather_event_applied)
 	EventBus.climate_effect_applied.connect(_on_climate_effect_applied)
+	# p0-34 Freepeople prologue — write chronicle events into events.jsonl so
+	# the batch grader can verify the tribe-founding sequence fires on every
+	# seed (events bullet in .project/objectives/p0-34-...).
+	EventBus.tribe_converged.connect(_on_tribe_converged)
+	EventBus.capital_founded.connect(_on_capital_founded)
 	_improvement_manager = ImprovementManagerScript.new()
 
 
@@ -211,6 +216,34 @@ func _on_city_founded(city: Variant, player_index: int) -> void:
 	})
 
 
+func _on_tribe_converged(
+	player_id: int, centroid: Vector2i, ancestors_merged: int, founding_pop: int
+) -> void:
+	# p0-34: Rust-side chronicle entry serialized into the batch log so the
+	# grader can assert ≥1 per seed on turn 0 — mirrors the shape emitted by
+	# mc_turn::chronicle::ChronicleEntry::TribeConverged.
+	_append_event({
+		"type": "tribe_converged",
+		"player": player_id,
+		"centroid_q": centroid.x,
+		"centroid_r": centroid.y,
+		"ancestors_merged": ancestors_merged,
+		"founding_pop": founding_pop,
+	})
+
+
+func _on_capital_founded(player_id: int, position: Vector2i, pop: int) -> void:
+	# p0-34: Rust-side chronicle entry serialized into the batch log — mirrors
+	# mc_turn::chronicle::ChronicleEntry::CapitalFounded.
+	_append_event({
+		"type": "capital_founded",
+		"player": player_id,
+		"pos_q": position.x,
+		"pos_r": position.y,
+		"pop": pop,
+	})
+
+
 func _on_city_captured(city: Variant, old_owner: int, new_owner: int) -> void:
 	_total_cities_captured += 1
 	if _turn_first_city_captured < 0:
@@ -2276,8 +2309,23 @@ func _append_turn_stats(outcome: String) -> void:
 			if int(p.index) == _victory_winner:
 				winner_personality = str(p.get("clan_id") if p.get("clan_id") != null else "")
 				break
+	# p0-34: prefer prologue.display_turn() during the -1 → 0 → 1 cold-open so
+	# the first lines of turn_stats.jsonl carry the prologue turn sequence
+	# (−1, 0, 1) rather than the legacy _turn_count which starts at 1. Once
+	# prologue has resolved, fall back to the normal counter.
+	var effective_turn: int = _turn_count
+	if TurnManager.get("prologue") != null:
+		var drv: RefCounted = TurnManager.prologue
+		if drv != null and drv.has_method("is_prologue") and bool(drv.call("is_prologue")):
+			effective_turn = int(drv.call("display_turn"))
+		elif drv != null and drv.has_method("display_turn"):
+			# Just-crossed-into-Normal case: keep showing the prologue's last
+			# labelled turn (1) on the transition frame so nothing regresses.
+			var dt: int = int(drv.call("display_turn"))
+			if _turn_count < dt:
+				effective_turn = dt
 	var line: Dictionary = {
-		"turn": _turn_count,
+		"turn": effective_turn,
 		"outcome": outcome,
 		"winner_index": _victory_winner,
 		"winner_personality": winner_personality,