diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index 193f2e5..0e62789 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { lazy, Suspense, useEffect, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useEffect, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import { Route, Routes } from "react-router";
 import { useApi } from "./api/context";
 import { startClockTicker, syncClock } from "./clock/clock";
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { Fleet } from "./screens/Fleet";
 import { Dashboard } from "./screens/Dashboard";
 import { HQs } from "./screens/HQs";
 import { Locations } from "./screens/Locations";
+import { MapScreen } from "./screens/MapScreen";
 import { Market } from "./screens/Market";
 import { Pilots } from "./screens/Pilots";
 import { Logbook } from "./screens/Logbook";
@@ -27,16 +28,9 @@ import { usePlayerState, useRefetchOnArrival } from "./state/player";
 import { RadioCallSheet, useRefetchOnRadio } from "./components/RadioCalls";
 import { Button } from "./ui";
 
-// The map pulls in PixiJS; load it only when the Map tab is opened.
-const MapScreen = lazy(() => import("./screens/MapScreen").then((m) => ({ default: m.MapScreen })));
-
 const SCREEN_COMPONENTS: Record<(typeof SCREENS)[number]["path"], ReactNode> = {
   "/": <Dashboard />,
-  "/map": (
-    <Suspense fallback={<p className="p-4 text-ink-400">Loading map…</p>}>
-      <MapScreen />
-    </Suspense>
-  ),
+  "/map": <MapScreen />,
   "/contracts": <Contracts />,
   "/fleet": <Fleet />,
   "/pilots": <Pilots />,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/layout/Layout.tsx b/apps/web/src/layout/Layout.tsx
index ff7810e..3f463a3 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/layout/Layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/layout/Layout.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import type { ReactNode } from "react";
-import { Link, NavLink, Outlet } from "react-router";
+import type { CSSProperties, ReactNode } from "react";
+import { Link, NavLink, Outlet, useLocation } from "react-router";
 import { GameClock } from "../clock/GameClock";
 import { SCREENS, type ScreenPath } from "../routes";
 import { Icon } from "../ui";
 import { useTrackScreen } from "./lastScreen";
+import { MapBackdrop } from "./MapBackdrop";
+import { panelIsWide, PanelHost } from "./PanelHost";
 
 export interface LayoutProps {
   /** Shown at the top right. Credits arrive with the player state (Step 8.5). */
@@ -16,9 +18,9 @@ export interface LayoutProps {
 }
 
 /**
- * HUD header with credits and game clock, the current screen, and icon
- * navigation: a bottom bar on phones, a left rail from `md` (CR-005).
- * `--header-h` and `--nav-h` let full-height screens (the map) fit exactly.
+ * The shell (CR-029): the map behind everything, a floating glass header with
+ * credits and game clock, the current screen in a panel, and icon navigation:
+ * a bottom bar on phones, a floating rail from `md`.
  */
 export function Layout({
   credits = "—",
@@ -27,53 +29,52 @@ export function Layout({
   attention = {},
 }: LayoutProps) {
   useTrackScreen();
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+  const panelWidth = panelIsWide(pathname) ? "45rem" : "26.25rem";
   return (
-    <div className="flex min-h-dvh flex-col text-ink-50 [--header-h:3.5rem] [--nav-h:calc(4.25rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom))] md:pl-24 md:[--nav-h:0px]">
-      <header className="sticky top-0 z-10 flex h-(--header-h) items-center justify-between gap-2 border-b border-space-700/80 bg-space-950/80 px-3 backdrop-blur-xl sm:px-4">
+    <div
+      style={{ "--panel-w": panelWidth } as CSSProperties}
+      className="fixed inset-0 overflow-hidden bg-space-950 text-ink-50 [--nav-h:calc(4rem+env(safe-area-inset-bottom))] md:[--nav-h:0px]"
+    >
+      <MapBackdrop />
+      <header className="absolute inset-x-2 top-[max(0.5rem,env(safe-area-inset-top))] z-10 flex h-12 items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-2xl border border-glass-line bg-glass px-3 md:top-4 md:right-[calc(var(--panel-w)+2rem)] md:left-24 md:backdrop-blur-xl">
         {/* The wordmark only fits beside the chips from 640 px; on phones the mark alone. */}
         <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2 overflow-hidden">
           <LogoMark />
-          <span className="hidden font-display text-lg font-bold sm:inline">DEADHEAD</span>
-          <span className="hidden font-display text-xs text-cyan-300/70 lg:inline">
-            Space Freight
-          </span>
+          <span className="hidden font-title text-sm sm:inline">DEADHEAD</span>
         </div>
-        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 sm:gap-2">
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-amber-400/45 bg-amber-500/10 px-2.5 py-1 text-amber-200 shadow-glow-amber">
-            <Icon name="credits" className="size-4 text-amber-300" />
-            <span aria-label="Credits" className="font-display text-sm font-bold tabular-nums">
-              {credits}
-            </span>
-          </div>
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-space-600 bg-space-900/80 px-2.5 py-1 text-ink-300">
-            <Icon name="clock" className="size-4 text-cyan-300" />
-            <span aria-label="Game clock" className="font-display text-xs tabular-nums sm:text-sm">
+        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-3">
+          <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-ink-300">
+            <span aria-label="Game clock" className="text-[13px] tabular-nums">
               {clock}
             </span>
-          </div>
+          </span>
+          <span aria-label="Credits" className="text-[15px] font-semibold tabular-nums">
+            {credits}
+          </span>
           <Link
             to="/settings"
             aria-label="Settings"
-            className="grid size-8 place-items-center rounded-lg border border-space-600 bg-space-900/80 text-ink-300 transition hover:border-amber-400/60 hover:text-amber-200 sm:size-9"
+            className="grid size-9 place-items-center rounded-lg text-ink-300 transition hover:bg-white/8 hover:text-ink-50"
           >
             <Icon name="gear" className="size-5" />
           </Link>
         </div>
       </header>
-      {banner}
+      {banner && (
+        <div className="absolute inset-x-2 top-16 z-10 overflow-hidden rounded-xl md:top-20 md:right-[calc(var(--panel-w)+2rem)] md:left-24">
+          {banner}
+        </div>
+      )}
 
-      <main className="flex-1 overflow-x-hidden pb-[calc(var(--nav-h)+1.5rem)]">
+      <PanelHost>
         <Outlet />
-      </main>
+      </PanelHost>
 
       <nav
         aria-label="Main"
-        className="fixed inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-10 grid h-(--nav-h) grid-cols-8 border-t border-space-700/80 bg-space-950/85 pb-[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)] backdrop-blur-xl md:inset-x-auto md:top-0 md:left-0 md:flex md:h-dvh md:w-24 md:flex-col md:gap-0.5 md:overflow-y-auto md:border-t-0 md:border-r md:pt-[calc(var(--header-h)+0.75rem)] md:pb-4"
+        className="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 z-10 flex h-(--nav-h) border-t border-glass-line bg-space-950/95 pb-[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)] md:top-4 md:right-auto md:bottom-4 md:left-4 md:h-auto md:w-16 md:flex-col md:gap-1 md:overflow-y-auto md:rounded-3xl md:border md:bg-glass md:py-2 md:backdrop-blur-xl"
       >
-        <span
-          aria-hidden="true"
-          className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 -top-px h-px bg-linear-to-r from-transparent via-amber-400/50 to-transparent md:hidden"
-        />
         {SCREENS.map((screen) => (
           <NavTab
             key={screen.path}
@@ -104,40 +105,24 @@ function NavTab({
       to={path}
       end={path === "/"}
       className={({ isActive }) =>
-        `group relative flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-0.5 transition-colors md:py-1.5 ${
-          isActive ? "text-amber-300" : "text-ink-400 hover:text-ink-50"
+        `relative flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-0.5 text-xs font-medium transition-colors md:flex-none md:py-2 ${
+          isActive ? "text-action" : "text-ink-300 hover:text-ink-50"
         }`
       }
     >
-      {({ isActive }) => (
-        <>
+      <span className="relative grid size-6 place-items-center">
+        <Icon name={icon} className="size-5.5" />
+        {badge > 0 && (
           <span
             aria-hidden="true"
-            className={`absolute top-0 h-0.5 w-8 rounded-full bg-amber-400 shadow-glow-amber transition-opacity md:top-1/2 md:left-0 md:h-8 md:w-0.5 md:-translate-y-1/2 ${
-              isActive ? "opacity-100" : "opacity-0"
-            }`}
-          />
-          <span
-            className={`relative grid size-10 place-items-center rounded-xl transition md:size-11 ${
-              isActive
-                ? "bg-amber-500/15 shadow-glow-amber"
-                : "group-hover:bg-white/5 group-active:scale-95"
-            }`}
+            data-testid={`badge-${label}`}
+            className="absolute -top-1.5 -right-2 grid h-4 min-w-4 place-items-center rounded-full bg-problem px-1 text-xs leading-none font-bold text-on-problem"
           >
-            <Icon name={icon} className="size-6" />
-            {badge > 0 && (
-              <span
-                aria-hidden="true"
-                data-testid={`badge-${label}`}
-                className="absolute -top-1 -right-1 grid h-4.5 min-w-4.5 animate-glow place-items-center rounded-full bg-rose-500 px-1 font-display text-xs font-bold text-white ring-2 ring-space-950"
-              >
-                {badge > 9 ? "9+" : badge}
-              </span>
-            )}
+            {badge > 9 ? "9+" : badge}
           </span>
-          <span className="font-display text-xs font-semibold text-xs">{label}</span>
-        </>
-      )}
+        )}
+      </span>
+      {label}
     </NavLink>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/layout/MapBackdrop.tsx b/apps/web/src/layout/MapBackdrop.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9582a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/layout/MapBackdrop.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { lazy, Suspense } from "react";
+import { useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router";
+import { resetMapView } from "../map/camera";
+import { useMapSelection } from "../map/selection";
+import { useLoadedPlayer } from "../state/actions";
+import { buttonClass } from "../ui";
+
+// The map pulls in PixiJS: load it after the first paint.
+const MapCanvas = lazy(() => import("../map/MapCanvas").then((m) => ({ default: m.MapCanvas })));
+
+/**
+ * The one map canvas of the session, behind every screen (decision 0.5.166).
+ * A tap on a place or ship opens it in the map view.
+ */
+export function MapBackdrop() {
+  const state = useLoadedPlayer();
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const selection = useMapSelection((s) => s.selection);
+  const select = useMapSelection((s) => s.select);
+  const onMap = pathname === "/map";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="absolute inset-0 z-0">
+      <Suspense fallback={null}>
+        <MapCanvas
+          state={state}
+          focused={onMap}
+          selected={selection}
+          onSelect={(next) => {
+            select(next);
+            if (next && !onMap) void navigate("/map");
+          }}
+        />
+      </Suspense>
+      {onMap && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={resetMapView}
+          className={`absolute top-[calc(max(0.5rem,env(safe-area-inset-top))+3.5rem)] right-2 md:top-20 md:right-[calc(var(--panel-w)+2rem)] ${buttonClass("secondary", "sm")} bg-glass`}
+        >
+          Reset view
+        </button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/layout/PanelHost.tsx b/apps/web/src/layout/PanelHost.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1741767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/layout/PanelHost.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useLocation } from "react-router";
+import { useMapFrame } from "../map/camera";
+
+type Detent = "peek" | "half" | "full";
+
+/** Screens that open tall on phones (decision 0.5.166). */
+const OPEN_FULL = new Set(["/settings", "/logbook", "/pilots", "/hqs", "/locations", "/market"]);
+/** Screens with extra columns: a wider panel on desktop. */
+const WIDE = new Set(["/contracts", "/logbook"]);
+
+const PEEK_PX = 96;
+const HALF = 0.56;
+const HEADER_PX = 64;
+const NAV_PX = 64;
+
+const detentPx = (detent: Detent, height: number) =>
+  detent === "peek"
+    ? PEEK_PX
+    : detent === "half"
+      ? Math.round(height * HALF)
+      : height - HEADER_PX - NAV_PX;
+
+export const panelIsWide = (pathname: string) => WIDE.has(pathname);
+
+/**
+ * The glass panel screens live in (decision 0.5.166): a bottom sheet with drag
+ * detents on phones, a right-hand column from `md`. On `/map` it holds only the
+ * selected place or ship. It tells the map where the uncovered area is.
+ */
+export function PanelHost({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
+  const { pathname } = useLocation();
+  const onMap = pathname === "/map";
+  const [detent, setDetent] = useState<Detent>(OPEN_FULL.has(pathname) ? "full" : "half");
+  const [dragPx, setDragPx] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const hostRef = useRef<HTMLElement>(null);
+  const drag = useRef<{ startY: number; startPx: number; moved: number } | null>(null);
+
+  // Each screen opens at its own height.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setDetent(OPEN_FULL.has(pathname) ? "full" : "half");
+  }, [pathname]);
+
+  // Keep the map centered in what the panel leaves showing.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const host = hostRef.current;
+    if (!host) return;
+    const measure = () => {
+      const rect = host.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const { innerWidth: width, innerHeight: height } = window;
+      const desktop = width >= 768;
+      const left = desktop ? 96 : 0;
+      const right = desktop ? rect.left : width;
+      const top = desktop ? 0 : HEADER_PX;
+      const bottom = desktop ? height : onMap ? height - NAV_PX : rect.top;
+      useMapFrame.setState({
+        offsetX: (left + right) / 2 - width / 2,
+        offsetY: (top + bottom) / 2 - height / 2,
+        covered: !desktop && bottom - top < 40,
+      });
+    };
+    measure();
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver === "undefined") return;
+    const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure);
+    observer.observe(host);
+    window.addEventListener("resize", measure);
+    return () => {
+      observer.disconnect();
+      window.removeEventListener("resize", measure);
+    };
+  }, [onMap, pathname]);
+
+  const onPointerDown = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+    e.currentTarget.setPointerCapture?.(e.pointerId);
+    drag.current = {
+      startY: e.clientY,
+      startPx: detentPx(detent, window.innerHeight),
+      moved: 0,
+    };
+  };
+  const onPointerMove = (e: React.PointerEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+    if (!drag.current) return;
+    const delta = drag.current.startY - e.clientY;
+    drag.current.moved = Math.max(drag.current.moved, Math.abs(delta));
+    if (drag.current.moved > 4) {
+      const max = detentPx("full", window.innerHeight);
+      setDragPx(Math.max(PEEK_PX, Math.min(max, drag.current.startPx + delta)));
+    }
+  };
+  const onPointerUp = () => {
+    if (dragPx !== null) {
+      const details: Detent[] = ["peek", "half", "full"];
+      const nearest = details.reduce((best, d) =>
+        Math.abs(detentPx(d, window.innerHeight) - dragPx) <
+        Math.abs(detentPx(best, window.innerHeight) - dragPx)
+          ? d
+          : best,
+      );
+      setDetent(nearest);
+    }
+    setDragPx(null);
+    drag.current = null;
+  };
+  // A tap or the keyboard steps through the heights, so dragging is never required.
+  const step = () => {
+    if (drag.current && drag.current.moved > 4) return;
+    setDetent((d) => (d === "half" ? "full" : d === "full" ? "peek" : "half"));
+  };
+
+  const wide = WIDE.has(pathname);
+  if (onMap) {
+    return (
+      <main
+        ref={hostRef}
+        className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-2 bottom-[calc(var(--nav-h)+0.5rem)] z-10 md:top-4 md:right-4 md:bottom-auto md:left-auto md:w-(--panel-w)"
+      >
+        {children}
+      </main>
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    <main
+      ref={hostRef}
+      style={
+        {
+          "--sheet-h": `${dragPx ?? detentPx(detent, globalThis.innerHeight ?? 800)}px`,
+        } as React.CSSProperties
+      }
+      className={`absolute inset-x-0 bottom-(--nav-h) z-10 flex h-(--sheet-h) flex-col rounded-t-3xl border-t border-glass-line bg-glass shadow-panel md:top-4 md:right-4 md:bottom-auto md:left-auto md:h-auto md:max-h-[calc(100%-2rem)] md:w-(--panel-w) md:rounded-3xl md:border md:backdrop-blur-xl ${
+        dragPx === null ? "transition-[height] duration-300 ease-out" : ""
+      }`}
+    >
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        aria-label={`Panel height: ${detent}. Change panel height`}
+        onPointerDown={onPointerDown}
+        onPointerMove={onPointerMove}
+        onPointerUp={onPointerUp}
+        onPointerCancel={onPointerUp}
+        onClick={step}
+        className="flex h-6 shrink-0 touch-none items-center justify-center md:hidden"
+      >
+        <span aria-hidden="true" className="h-1 w-9 rounded-full bg-white/30" />
+      </button>
+      <div
+        className={`@container min-h-0 flex-1 overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain ${wide ? "" : ""}`}
+      >
+        {children}
+      </div>
+    </main>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/map/MapCanvas.tsx b/apps/web/src/map/MapCanvas.tsx
index 49c3cb3..d281438 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/map/MapCanvas.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/map/MapCanvas.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ import { Application, Assets, type Texture } from "pixi.js";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { serverNow } from "../clock/clock";
 import { loadArt } from "./art/load";
-import { pan, useCamera, zoomAt, type Viewport } from "./camera";
+import { framed, pan, useCamera, useMapFrame, zoomAt, type Viewport } from "./camera";
 import { hitTest, type MapSelection } from "./hitTest";
 import { MapRenderer } from "./renderer";
 import { buildScene } from "./scene";
 import { mapStyle } from "./style";
 import { runWhileVisible } from "./ticker";
 
+/** Frame rate while a panel is in front (decision 0.5.166). */
+const BEHIND_PANEL_FPS = 30;
+
 /**
  * The system map canvas (Steps 10.1–10.2, CR-003). Loads the map art, then
  * draws locations and ships every frame from `state` and the server clock;
@@ -19,12 +22,15 @@ export function MapCanvas({
   state,
   onSelect,
   selected = null,
+  focused = true,
 }: {
   state: PlayerState;
   /** A tap on a location or ship, or on empty space (null) (Step 10.3). */
   onSelect?: (selection: MapSelection | null) => void;
   /** Highlighted with a ring (Step 10C.8). */
   selected?: MapSelection | null;
+  /** The map is what the player is looking at: full frame rate and a loading note. */
+  focused?: boolean;
 }) {
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const stateRef = useRef(state);
@@ -34,12 +40,21 @@ export function MapCanvas({
   const selectedRef = useRef(selected);
   selectedRef.current = selected;
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const tickerRef = useRef<{ maxFPS: number } | null>(null);
+  const frameRate = focused ? 0 : BEHIND_PANEL_FPS;
+  const frameRateRef = useRef(frameRate);
+  frameRateRef.current = frameRate;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (tickerRef.current) tickerRef.current.maxFPS = frameRate;
+  }, [frameRate]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const container = containerRef.current;
     if (!container) return;
     let cancelled = false;
     let stopTicker = () => {};
+    let stopFrameWatch = () => {};
     let renderer: MapRenderer | null = null;
     const app = new Application();
 
@@ -48,6 +63,7 @@ export function MapCanvas({
       height: container.clientHeight,
     });
 
+    const camera = () => framed(useCamera.getState(), useMapFrame.getState());
     // Art and renderer load together; missing art falls back to placeholders (0.5.41).
     const art = loadArt<Texture>(Assets, window.devicePixelRatio);
     void Promise.all([
@@ -74,12 +90,29 @@ export function MapCanvas({
           map.draw(
             buildScene(stateRef.current, serverNow()),
             viewport(),
-            useCamera.getState(),
+            camera(),
             selectedRef.current,
           ),
         );
-        // Only draw while the page is visible (Step 10C.9).
-        stopTicker = runWhileVisible(app.ticker);
+        tickerRef.current = app.ticker;
+        app.ticker.maxFPS = frameRateRef.current;
+        // Only draw while the page is visible (Step 10C.9) and not fully covered (0.5.166).
+        let wanted = false;
+        const apply = () => {
+          if (wanted && !useMapFrame.getState().covered) app.ticker.start();
+          else app.ticker.stop();
+        };
+        stopFrameWatch = useMapFrame.subscribe(apply);
+        stopTicker = runWhileVisible({
+          start: () => {
+            wanted = true;
+            apply();
+          },
+          stop: () => {
+            wanted = false;
+            apply();
+          },
+        });
       })
       .catch(() => {
         // No WebGL/WebGPU (e.g. very old browsers, tests): the map stays blank.
@@ -90,6 +123,13 @@ export function MapCanvas({
 
     // Pan with one pointer, pinch-zoom with two, wheel-zoom on desktop. A single
     // pointer that barely moves is a tap, which selects what is under it.
+    const zoom = (factor: number, anchor: { x: number; y: number }) => {
+      const frame = useMapFrame.getState();
+      useCamera.setState((c) => {
+        const next = zoomAt(framed(c, frame), factor, anchor, viewport());
+        return { ...next, panX: next.panX - frame.offsetX, panY: next.panY - frame.offsetY };
+      });
+    };
     const pointers = new Map<number, { x: number; y: number }>();
     let tap: { id: number; start: { x: number; y: number }; moved: number } | null = null;
     const local = (e: PointerEvent | WheelEvent) => {
@@ -118,7 +158,7 @@ export function MapCanvas({
         const before = Math.hypot(previous.x - other.x, previous.y - other.y);
         const after = Math.hypot(current.x - other.x, current.y - other.y);
         const mid = { x: (current.x + other.x) / 2, y: (current.y + other.y) / 2 };
-        if (before > 0) useCamera.setState((c) => zoomAt(c, after / before, mid, viewport()));
+        if (before > 0) zoom(after / before, mid);
       }
       pointers.set(e.pointerId, current);
     };
@@ -131,13 +171,13 @@ export function MapCanvas({
           return;
         }
         const scene = buildScene(stateRef.current, serverNow());
-        onSelectRef.current?.(hitTest(scene, local(e), viewport(), useCamera.getState()));
+        onSelectRef.current?.(hitTest(scene, local(e), viewport(), camera()));
       }
       if (tap?.id === e.pointerId) tap = null;
     };
     const onWheel = (e: WheelEvent) => {
       e.preventDefault();
-      useCamera.setState((c) => zoomAt(c, Math.exp(-e.deltaY * 0.001), local(e), viewport()));
+      zoom(Math.exp(-e.deltaY * 0.001), local(e));
     };
     container.addEventListener("pointerdown", onDown);
     container.addEventListener("pointermove", onMove);
@@ -148,6 +188,8 @@ export function MapCanvas({
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
       stopTicker();
+      stopFrameWatch();
+      tickerRef.current = null;
       container.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onDown);
       container.removeEventListener("pointermove", onMove);
       container.removeEventListener("pointerup", onUp);
@@ -163,7 +205,7 @@ export function MapCanvas({
       data-testid="map-canvas"
       className="relative h-full w-full touch-none overflow-hidden"
     >
-      {loading && (
+      {loading && focused && (
         <p
           role="status"
           className="absolute inset-x-0 top-4 text-center font-display text-sm text-ink-400"
diff --git a/apps/web/src/map/camera.ts b/apps/web/src/map/camera.ts
index 3c3ba14..af32a19 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/map/camera.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/map/camera.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ export function resetMapView(): void {
   usePreferences.getState().set({ mapCamera: null });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Where the map's center belongs: panels cover part of the screen, so the view
+ * centers on what's left (decision 0.5.166). `covered`: nothing is showing.
+ */
+export const useMapFrame = create<{ offsetX: number; offsetY: number; covered: boolean }>(() => ({
+  offsetX: 0,
+  offsetY: 0,
+  covered: false,
+}));
+
+/** The camera shifted by the frame, as drawn and hit-tested. */
+export function framed(camera: Camera, frame: { offsetX: number; offsetY: number }): Camera {
+  return { ...camera, panX: camera.panX + frame.offsetX, panY: camera.panY + frame.offsetY };
+}
+
 /** Pixels per map unit at this zoom. */
 export function pixelsPerUnit(viewport: Viewport, camera: Camera): number {
   return (Math.min(viewport.width, viewport.height) / 2) * FIT * camera.zoom;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/map/selection.ts b/apps/web/src/map/selection.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74c51d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/map/selection.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { create } from "zustand";
+import type { MapSelection } from "./hitTest";
+
+/** What the player last tapped on the map, shown in the map view (decision 0.5.166). */
+export const useMapSelection = create<{
+  selection: MapSelection | null;
+  select: (selection: MapSelection | null) => void;
+}>((set) => ({
+  selection: null,
+  select: (selection) => set({ selection }),
+}));
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
index 69bab8d..51ec173 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ export function Dashboard() {
     .sort((a, b) => a.inShopUntil! - b.inShopUntil!);
 
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-5xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader title="Dashboard" eyebrow={state.company.name} icon="helm" />
       {/* While the fleet sleeps, first thing on the Bridge (CR-024). */}
       <FleetAsleep />
       {/* Calls waiting for an answer, each reopening its card (CR-026). */}
       <RadioCallsPanel />
 
-      <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
-        <YourShip className="md:col-span-2" />
+      <div className="grid gap-4 @2xl:grid-cols-3">
+        <YourShip className="@2xl:col-span-2" />
         <Alerts />
       </div>
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function Dashboard() {
         <StatTile label="Ships in flight" value={String(flying)} icon="send" tone="cyan" />
       </div>
 
-      <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-2">
+      <div className="grid gap-4 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         <div className="space-y-4">
           {state.tutorial && (
             <Panel tone="amber">
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ function YourShip({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
         </p>
       )}
 
-      <div className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <div className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         <div>
           <Eyebrow>Fuel</Eyebrow>
           {ship ? (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Fleet.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Fleet.tsx
index 7b24fea..ebf9ee1 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Fleet.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Fleet.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function Fleet() {
   const discoveredIds = new Set(state.locations.filter((l) => l.discovered).map((l) => l.id));
 
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-4xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader
         title="Fleet"
         eyebrow={
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function Fleet() {
           </p>
         </Panel>
       ) : (
-        <ul className="grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-2">
+        <ul className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
           {state.ships.map((ship) => (
             <ShipRow
               key={ship.id}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/HQs.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/HQs.tsx
index 3302026..6cf7533 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/HQs.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/HQs.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const HQ_ALLOWS = "Hire pilots here and take delivery of new ships here."
 export function HQs() {
   const state = useLoadedPlayer();
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-4xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader
         title="HQs"
         eyebrow="Your bases"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function HQs() {
           </Link>
         </Panel>
       ) : (
-        <ul className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-2">
+        <ul className="grid gap-4 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
           {state.bays.map((bay) => (
             <HqCard key={bay.id} bay={bay} />
           ))}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/LocationBoards.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/LocationBoards.tsx
index e6ddf7d..2493090 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/LocationBoards.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/LocationBoards.tsx
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function LocationBoard({
     <div className="space-y-3">
       {refresh}
       {stuck}
-      <ul className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <ul className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         {board.data.contracts.map((contract) => {
           const requirements = requirementsText(contract);
           return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Locations.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Locations.tsx
index ccb66e4..7284b9d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Locations.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Locations.tsx
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ export function Locations() {
   const lease = useGameAction("leaseBay");
 
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-4xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader title="Locations" eyebrow="Known space" icon="places" />
       {lease.isError && (
         <p role="alert" className="text-sm text-rose-300">
           {errorMessage(lease.error)}
         </p>
       )}
-      <ul className="grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-2">
+      <ul className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         {content.locations.map((location) => {
           const discovered = state.locations.find((l) => l.id === location.id)?.discovered;
           if (!discovered) {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/MapScreen.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/MapScreen.tsx
index 9736d30..d17fb43 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/MapScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/MapScreen.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { content, type Location } from "@deadhead/content";
 import { FuelPrice } from "../components/Fuel";
 import { realToGame } from "@deadhead/sim";
-import { useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 import { Link } from "react-router";
 import { formatGameTime } from "../clock/GameClock";
 import { Countdown } from "../components/Countdown";
 import { cargoName, formatMillionKm, locationName } from "../format";
 import { distanceAt } from "../game";
-import { resetMapView } from "../map/camera";
-import type { MapSelection } from "../map/hitTest";
-import { MapCanvas } from "../map/MapCanvas";
+import { useMapSelection } from "../map/selection";
 import { reachersByOrigin } from "../map/reach";
 import { useLoadedPlayer } from "../state/actions";
 import { usePreferences } from "../state/preferences";
@@ -24,32 +22,22 @@ const TYPE_LABELS: Record<Location["type"], string> = {
   "surface-base": "Surface base",
 };
 
-/** The solar system map (Phase 10). Tap a location or ship for details. */
+/** The map view (Phase 10): the map itself is the backdrop. Tap a place or ship for details. */
 export function MapScreen() {
-  const state = useLoadedPlayer();
-  const [selection, setSelection] = useState<MapSelection | null>(null);
+  const selection = useMapSelection((s) => s.selection);
+  const select = useMapSelection((s) => s.select);
+  const close = () => select(null);
 
   return (
-    // Fill the space between the header and the bottom nav (none beside the
-    // desktop rail); the negative margin cancels the layout's scroll padding so
-    // the page never scrolls (CR-005).
-    <section className="relative -mb-[calc(var(--nav-h)+1.5rem)] h-[calc(100dvh-var(--header-h)-var(--nav-h))]">
+    <>
       <h1 className="sr-only">Map</h1>
-      <MapCanvas state={state} onSelect={setSelection} selected={selection} />
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        onClick={resetMapView}
-        className={`absolute top-3 right-3 ${buttonClass("secondary", "sm")} bg-space-900/80 backdrop-blur`}
-      >
-        Reset view
-      </button>
       {selection?.kind === "location" && (
-        <LocationPanel locationId={selection.id} onClose={() => setSelection(null)} />
+        <LocationPanel locationId={selection.id} onClose={close} />
       )}
       {selection?.kind === "flight" && (
-        <FlightPanel dispatchId={selection.dispatchId} onClose={() => setSelection(null)} />
+        <FlightPanel dispatchId={selection.dispatchId} onClose={close} />
       )}
-    </section>
+    </>
   );
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +56,7 @@ function Panel({
     <div
       role="dialog"
       aria-label={title}
-      className="absolute inset-x-2 bottom-2 animate-sheet rounded-2xl border border-cyan-400/40 bg-space-900/90 p-4 text-sm shadow-panel backdrop-blur-xl md:inset-x-auto md:right-4 md:bottom-4 md:w-96"
+      className="pointer-events-auto animate-sheet rounded-3xl border border-glass-line bg-glass p-4 text-sm shadow-panel md:backdrop-blur-xl"
     >
       <div className="flex items-start gap-3">
         {art}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Market.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Market.tsx
index 3d45a39..742f3fd 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Market.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Market.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function Market() {
   const [buying, setBuying] = useState<ShipModel | null>(null);
 
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-5xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader
         title="Market"
         eyebrow="Shipyard"
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function Market() {
           {buy.data.ship.name} is waiting at {locationName(buy.data.ship.locationId ?? "")}.
         </p>
       )}
-      <ul className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
+      <ul className="grid gap-4 @2xl:grid-cols-3">
         {MODELS.map((model) => {
           const affordable = state.company.credits >= model.price;
           return (
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Pilots.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Pilots.tsx
index 5d9addc..5ebd9ab 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Pilots.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Pilots.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function levelProgress(xp: number, level: number) {
 export function Pilots() {
   const state = useLoadedPlayer();
   return (
-    <Screen className="max-w-4xl">
+    <Screen>
       <ScreenHeader title="Pilots" eyebrow={`${state.pilots.length} on the roster`} icon="pilots" />
       <HirePilot />
       {!state.pilots.some((p) => !p.isAvatar) && (
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function Pilots() {
           No hired pilots yet. Hire one at a bay to crew another ship.
         </p>
       )}
-      <ul className="grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-2">
+      <ul className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         {state.pilots.map((pilot) => (
           <PilotCard key={pilot.id} pilot={pilot} />
         ))}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/TutorialBoard.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/TutorialBoard.tsx
index 1813ff5..47d5566 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/TutorialBoard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/TutorialBoard.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function TutorialBoard() {
       {board.data.contracts.length === 0 && (
         <p className="text-sm text-ink-400">No company runs left this period. Check back soon.</p>
       )}
-      <ul className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
+      <ul className="grid gap-3 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
         {board.data.contracts.map((contract, index) => {
           // On the first run, suggest the lightest (fastest) contract.
           const suggested = firstRun && index === 0;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/ui/Screen.tsx b/apps/web/src/ui/Screen.tsx
index 3a027b1..68aed49 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/ui/Screen.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/ui/Screen.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import type { ReactNode } from "react";
 
-/** A scrolling screen's content column: centred, padded, and rising in on open. */
+/** A screen's content inside its panel (decision 0.5.166): padded, and rising in on open. */
 export function Screen({ children, className = "" }: { children: ReactNode; className?: string }) {
   return (
-    <section className={`mx-auto w-full max-w-3xl animate-rise space-y-4 p-4 md:p-6 ${className}`}>
+    <section className={`w-full animate-rise space-y-4 px-4 pt-1 pb-5 md:pt-4 ${className}`}>
       {children}
     </section>
   );
diff --git a/apps/web/test/map-canvas-double.tsx b/apps/web/test/map-canvas-double.tsx
index 8c4f718..a48cce2 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/map-canvas-double.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/map-canvas-double.tsx
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ import { buildScene } from "../src/map/scene";
 export function MapCanvas({
   state,
   onSelect,
+  focused = true,
 }: {
   state: PlayerState;
   onSelect?: (selection: MapSelection | null) => void;
+  focused?: boolean;
 }) {
+  // Behind a panel, the screen's own controls are what tests look for.
+  if (!focused) return <div data-testid="map-canvas" />;
   const scene = buildScene(state, Date.now());
   return (
     <div data-testid="map-canvas">