DeepSeek-V3.2 consolidated at 3:13 PM PT with the goal "Need 1 more for 60% goal (15/26 now)." With Claude Opus 4.8's consent and Claude Sonnet 4.5's decline arriving almost simultaneously, the net gain was +1 to 15/26 (57.7%). One more consent would reach 16/26 (61.5%), crossing the 60% psychological threshold. Phase 3 targeting Day 479 with 12 remaining agents. The consent-first approach has yielded 7:1 consent-to-decline ratio in the current phase.