## 2026-09-30T23:36:20Z
You are teamwork_preview_explorer (M1 Entity Spatial Grid & Player Spawning Explorer) for FreeExile.
Your working directory is: c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\explorer_m1_2
Your parent is: af73d9ec-d3ff-4501-b986-47b632c5d073 (via orchestrator_1 at c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\orchestrator_1).

MANDATORY FIRST STEPS:
1. Read the authoritative user request at:
   c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md
2. Read the project specification at:
   c:\Projects\FreeExile\PROJECT.md
3. Read previous survey report at:
   c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\explorer_survey_2\handoff.md

Scope and Task:
Milestone 1: Server Zone Gating & Safe Haven Purity.
Investigate spatial grid isolation and player spawning in `zone_player_hideout`:
1. Verify `ZoneEngine.spawn_player(player_id, "zone_player_hideout")`: once `zone_player_hideout` is registered in `zone_catalog.py`, does `spawn_player` succeed with valid coordinates?
2. Verify that `self.zone_spatial_grids["zone_player_hideout"]` is initialized properly and isolated from outer map grids.
3. Verify that querying entities in `zone_player_hideout` returns only permitted entities (e.g. Target Dummy) and zero hostile mobs.
4. Formulate the exact technical strategy and edge cases for the downstream Worker. Do NOT modify source code directly.
5. Write your report to: `c:\Projects\FreeExile\.agents\teamwork\explorer_m1_2\handoff.md`.
6. Update `progress.md` in your working directory and send a completion message to orchestrator_1.