Close and archive the 0.9.9 milestone, record that the upstream clips stay unused, and harden the fallback test

docs/development-status.md

@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ and the active order/gaps in [`TODO.md`](../TODO.md).
   `npc_proportions.py` pass for the committed library.
 - 24-NPC smoke: 168 meshes, 152,464 triangles, 6.94 ms (50 ms budget).
 - Screenshot gate: 21 good / 0 bad; screen-design judge 21/21 match.
-- Release baseline: v0.9.8 is published; the 0.10.0 release candidate remains
-  gated on external playtest, legal/storefront, signing and platform-matrix work.
+- Release baseline: **v0.9.9** is published (Quaternius roster, accepted by the owner on
+  2026-11-06); the 0.10.0 release candidate remains gated on external playtest, legal/storefront,
+  signing and platform-matrix work.
 
 ## Known gaps