[DestroyerMob]

Summary

• keep Terraria 10 (Ben10Mod) and MrPlague's Authentic Races (MrPlagueRaces) as hard external dependencies
• add release metadata, source-available licensing, third-party notices, security policy, release notes, and a release checklist
• add a repository/package audit and GitHub validation workflow
• fail clearly if Terraria 10 does not register one of the 42 required transformations
• prevent build tooling, dependency assemblies, and release documentation from leaking into the .tmod

Validated against

• tModLoader 2026.5.3.0
• Terraria 10 0.94
• MrPlague's Authentic Races 0.4.0.4

Verification

• dotnet build -c Release: 0 warnings, 0 errors
• repository audit: 42 race mappings and exact hard dependencies
• .tmod integrity/content audit: passed; no dependency DLLs bundled
• official -testservermodloading Ben10Races publication preflight: passed
• client smoke test: all three mods loaded and Upgrade entered a world

Audited artifact SHA-256: b0605c10372be7544870227b3a94f26176f56fca6e0fec6c31cc531bc5e51736

Manual sign-off still listed in the checklist

Representative forms, save/reload and respawn behavior, Omnitrix override/restore behavior, and multiplayer synchronization should be manually exercised before converting this draft into the release commit/tag.