diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/GoalsCard.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/GoalsCard.tsx
index df8521d..e64657d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/GoalsCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/GoalsCard.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ export function GoalsCard() {
 
   return (
     <Panel as="section" id="goals" aria-labelledby="goals-title">
-      <h2 id="goals-title" className="flex items-center gap-2 font-display text-lg font-bold">
-        <Icon name="target" className="size-5 text-amber-300" />
+      <h2 id="goals-title" className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm font-semibold">
+        <Icon name="target" className="size-4 text-ink-300" />
         Goals
       </h2>
       <ul className="mt-3 space-y-2">
@@ -28,23 +28,21 @@ export function GoalsCard() {
             <li
               key={goal.id}
               className={`flex items-center justify-between gap-2 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2 text-sm ${
-                ready
-                  ? "border-emerald-400/50 bg-emerald-500/10 shadow-glow-emerald"
-                  : "border-space-700 bg-space-950/40"
+                ready ? "border-earned/45 bg-earned/8" : "border-glass-line"
               }`}
             >
               <span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2">
                 <span
                   aria-hidden="true"
                   className={`grid size-5 shrink-0 place-items-center rounded-full ring-1 ${
-                    ready ? "bg-emerald-400 text-space-950 ring-emerald-300" : "ring-space-500"
+                    ready ? "bg-earned text-space-950 ring-earned" : "ring-ink-400"
                   }`}
                 >
                   {ready && <Icon name="check" className="size-3.5" />}
                 </span>
-                <span className={ready ? "text-emerald-200" : "text-ink-200"}>
+                <span className={"text-ink-100"}>
                   {details.title}
-                  <span className="ml-2 font-display text-xs font-semibold whitespace-nowrap text-amber-300/90">
+                  <span className="ml-2 text-xs font-semibold whitespace-nowrap text-earned">
                     +{formatCredits(details.reward)}
                   </span>
                 </span>
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export function GoalsCard() {
                   size="sm"
                   disabled={claim.isPending}
                   onClick={() => claim.mutate({ goalId: goal.id })}
-                  className="shrink-0 animate-glow"
+                  className="shrink-0"
                 >
                   Claim
                 </Button>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/IndependentPilots.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/IndependentPilots.tsx
index af5d44e..6f1134e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/IndependentPilots.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/IndependentPilots.tsx
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export function DispatchOfficePanel() {
           Dispatch Office
         </p>
         <p className="mt-1 text-ink-300">
-          Your hired pilots can run jobs on their own. Set them to Independent on{" "}
-          <Link to="/pilots" className="font-semibold text-amber-300 underline">
-            Pilots
+          Your hired pilots can run jobs on their own. Set them to Independent in{" "}
+          <Link to="/pilots" className="font-semibold underline">
+            Crew
           </Link>
           .
         </p>
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ export function DispatchOfficePanel() {
     );
   }
   return (
-    <Panel tone="amber" className="text-sm" aria-label="Dispatch Office">
-      <p className="font-display font-semibold text-amber-100">Dispatch Office</p>
+    <Panel className="text-sm" aria-label="Dispatch Office">
+      <p className="font-semibold">Dispatch Office</p>
       <p className="mt-1 text-ink-300">
         Lets your hired pilots run jobs on their own, so the company keeps earning while you&apos;re
         away.
       </p>
       <Button
+        variant="secondary"
+        size="sm"
         className="mt-3"
         disabled={state.company.credits < price || buy.isPending}
         onClick={() => buy.mutate({})}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/LoanCard.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/LoanCard.tsx
index 6843674..3bec071 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/LoanCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/LoanCard.tsx
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ export function LoanCard() {
   return (
     <Panel>
       <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
-        <h2 className="font-display text-lg font-bold">Loan from Halvorsen</h2>
-        <span
-          aria-label="Loan balance"
-          className="font-display font-semibold text-amber-200 tabular-nums"
-        >
+        <h2 className="text-sm font-semibold">Loan from Halvorsen</h2>
+        <span aria-label="Loan balance" className="font-semibold tabular-nums">
           {formatCredits(loanBalance)} left
         </span>
       </div>
@@ -39,9 +36,7 @@ export function LoanCard() {
         until it&apos;s paid off.
       </p>
       <Meter label="Loan paid off" value={paidOff} tone="emerald" className="mt-3" />
-      <p className="mt-1 text-right font-display text-xs text-emerald-300/80">
-        {paidOff}% paid off
-      </p>
+      <p className="mt-1 text-right text-xs text-ink-300">{paidOff}% paid off</p>
 
       <form
         className="mt-2 flex items-center gap-2"
@@ -59,9 +54,13 @@ export function LoanCard() {
           placeholder="Amount"
           value={input}
           onChange={(e) => setInput(e.target.value)}
-          className="min-h-11 min-w-0 flex-1 rounded-lg border border-space-600 bg-space-950/70 px-3 font-display tabular-nums placeholder:text-ink-500 focus:border-amber-400 focus:outline-none"
+          className="min-h-11 min-w-0 flex-1 rounded-xl border border-glass-line bg-black/25 px-3 tabular-nums placeholder:text-ink-400 focus:border-action focus:outline-none"
         />
-        <Button type="submit" disabled={input === "" || problem !== null || repay.isPending}>
+        <Button
+          type="submit"
+          variant="secondary"
+          disabled={input === "" || problem !== null || repay.isPending}
+        >
           Pay down
         </Button>
       </form>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/NeedsYou.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/NeedsYou.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0ec7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/NeedsYou.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+import { content } from "@deadhead/content";
+import type { PlayerState } from "@deadhead/schema";
+import { Link } from "react-router";
+import { formatClock, formatCredits, locationName } from "../format";
+import { useLoadedPlayer } from "../state/actions";
+import { Icon } from "../ui";
+import { readyShips } from "../game";
+import type { ScreenPath } from "../routes";
+import { Countdown } from "./Countdown";
+import { useRadioLater } from "./RadioCalls";
+
+/** One thing waiting on the player, and the tab whose badge counts it (decision 0.5.168). */
+export type NeedsYouItem =
+  | {
+      kind: "radio";
+      tab: ScreenPath;
+      count: 1;
+      dispatchId: string;
+      eventId: string;
+      pilotId: string;
+      endsAt: number;
+    }
+  | { kind: "ready"; tab: ScreenPath; count: 1; name: string; locationId: string | null }
+  | { kind: "skills"; tab: ScreenPath; count: number }
+  | { kind: "goal"; tab: ScreenPath; count: 1; goalId: string };
+
+/** Everything waiting on the player, most urgent first. */
+export function needsYou(state: PlayerState): NeedsYouItem[] {
+  const items: NeedsYouItem[] = state.radioCalls.map((call) => ({
+    kind: "radio",
+    tab: "/",
+    count: 1,
+    dispatchId: call.dispatchId,
+    eventId: call.eventId,
+    pilotId: call.pilotId,
+    endsAt: call.windowEndsAt,
+  }));
+  if (state.tutorial) {
+    // The company loaner isn't in the ships list.
+    if (!state.tutorial.runInFlight) {
+      items.push({
+        kind: "ready",
+        tab: "/contracts",
+        count: 1,
+        name: "Company loaner",
+        locationId: state.tutorial.loanerLocationId,
+      });
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (const ship of readyShips(state)) {
+      items.push({
+        kind: "ready",
+        tab: "/contracts",
+        count: 1,
+        name: ship.name,
+        locationId: ship.locationId,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  const points = state.pilots.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.skillPointsAvailable, 0);
+  if (points > 0) items.push({ kind: "skills", tab: "/fleet", count: points });
+  for (const goal of state.goals.filter((g) => g.status === "ready")) {
+    items.push({ kind: "goal", tab: "/", count: 1, goalId: goal.id });
+  }
+  return items;
+}
+
+const ROW = "flex min-h-14 w-full items-center gap-3 py-2 text-left";
+
+function Dot({ tone }: { tone: "problem" | "action" | "earned" | "ink" }) {
+  const fill = {
+    problem: "bg-problem",
+    action: "bg-action",
+    earned: "bg-earned",
+    ink: "bg-ink-300",
+  }[tone];
+  return <span aria-hidden="true" className={`size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full ${fill}`} />;
+}
+
+function RowText({ title, detail }: { title: string; detail: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+      <span className="block leading-snug font-medium">{title}</span>
+      <span className="block text-[13px] leading-snug text-ink-300">{detail}</span>
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
+const Go = () => <Icon name="arrow" className="size-4 shrink-0 text-ink-400" />;
+
+/** The Bridge's list of what needs the player (decision 0.5.168). */
+export function NeedsYou() {
+  const state = useLoadedPlayer();
+  const open = useRadioLater((s) => s.open);
+  const items = needsYou(state);
+  const radio = items.filter((i) => i.kind === "radio");
+  const rest = items.filter((i) => i.kind !== "radio");
+  const pilot = (id: string) => state.pilots.find((p) => p.id === id)?.name ?? "Your pilot";
+
+  return (
+    <section aria-labelledby="needs-you-title">
+      <h2 id="needs-you-title" className="text-sm font-semibold">
+        Needs you
+      </h2>
+      {items.length === 0 && (
+        <p className="py-2 text-sm text-ink-300">Nothing right now. Your fleet has it in hand.</p>
+      )}
+      {radio.length > 0 && (
+        <ul aria-label="Radio calls" className="divide-y divide-glass-line">
+          {radio.map((call) => (
+            <li key={call.dispatchId} className={ROW}>
+              <Dot tone="problem" />
+              <RowText
+                title={content.tripEvent(call.eventId)?.title ?? "Radio call"}
+                detail={
+                  <>
+                    {pilot(call.pilotId)} ·{" "}
+                    <Countdown to={call.endsAt} format={formatClock} done="now" />
+                  </>
+                }
+              />
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => open(call.dispatchId)}
+                className="min-h-11 shrink-0 rounded-xl bg-action px-3 text-sm font-semibold text-on-action"
+              >
+                Answer
+              </button>
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+      {rest.length > 0 && (
+        <ul aria-label="Other things waiting" className="divide-y divide-glass-line">
+          {rest.map((item) => {
+            if (item.kind === "ready") {
+              const to = state.tutorial
+                ? "/contracts"
+                : `/contracts?location=${item.locationId ?? ""}`;
+              return (
+                <li key={`ready-${item.name}`}>
+                  <Link to={to} className={ROW}>
+                    <Dot tone="action" />
+                    <RowText
+                      title={`${item.name} is ready`}
+                      detail={`At ${locationName(item.locationId ?? "")} · find it a job`}
+                    />
+                    <Go />
+                  </Link>
+                </li>
+              );
+            }
+            if (item.kind === "skills") {
+              const who = state.pilots
+                .filter((p) => p.skillPointsAvailable > 0)
+                .map((p) => `${p.isAvatar ? "You" : p.name} ${p.skillPointsAvailable}`)
+                .join(" · ");
+              return (
+                <li key="skills">
+                  <Link to="/pilots" className={ROW}>
+                    <Dot tone="ink" />
+                    <RowText
+                      title={`${item.count} skill ${item.count === 1 ? "point" : "points"} to spend`}
+                      detail={who}
+                    />
+                    <Go />
+                  </Link>
+                </li>
+              );
+            }
+            if (item.kind === "goal") {
+              const goal = content.onboardingGoal(item.goalId);
+              return (
+                <li key={item.goalId}>
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() =>
+                      document.getElementById("goals")?.scrollIntoView?.({ behavior: "smooth" })
+                    }
+                    className={ROW}
+                  >
+                    <Dot tone="earned" />
+                    <RowText
+                      title={`Goal ready: +${formatCredits(goal?.reward ?? 0)}`}
+                      detail={goal?.title ?? ""}
+                    />
+                    <Go />
+                  </button>
+                </li>
+              );
+            }
+            return null;
+          })}
+        </ul>
+      )}
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/layout/attention.ts b/apps/web/src/layout/attention.ts
index 4bc5e0f..ab7df5f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/layout/attention.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/layout/attention.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 import type { PlayerState } from "@deadhead/schema";
-import { readyShips } from "../game";
+import { needsYou } from "../components/NeedsYou";
 import type { ScreenPath } from "../routes";
 
 /**
- * Counts for the navigation's attention badges (decision 0.5.49): goals ready
- * to claim and radio calls waiting (decision 0.5.144), ships ready for a job (decision 0.5.134), and unspent skill points
- * across all pilots (decision 0.5.109).
+ * Counts for the navigation's badges: what the Bridge's Needs you list holds,
+ * per tab (decisions 0.5.49, 0.5.168). Decorative; the list says what they are.
  */
 export function tabAttention(state: PlayerState): Partial<Record<ScreenPath, number>> {
-  const ready = state.tutorial ? (state.tutorial.runInFlight ? 0 : 1) : readyShips(state).length;
-  return {
-    // Goals to claim and radio calls to answer (CR-026).
-    "/": state.goals.filter((g) => g.status === "ready").length + state.radioCalls.length,
-    "/contracts": ready,
-    "/fleet": state.pilots.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.skillPointsAvailable, 0),
-  };
+  const counts: Partial<Record<ScreenPath, number>> = { "/": 0, "/contracts": 0, "/fleet": 0 };
+  for (const item of needsYou(state)) counts[item.tab] = (counts[item.tab] ?? 0) + item.count;
+  return counts;
 }
diff --git a/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx b/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
index 693ff95..98fef06 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/screens/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { content } from "@deadhead/content";
 import { FleetAsleep } from "../components/FleetSleep";
-import { RadioCallsPanel } from "../components/RadioCalls";
+import { NeedsYou } from "../components/NeedsYou";
 import { DispatchOfficePanel } from "../components/IndependentPilots";
 import type { Dispatch, Pilot, PlayerState, Ship, TutorialState } from "@deadhead/schema";
 import { dispatchProgress } from "@deadhead/sim";
@@ -97,152 +97,118 @@ export function Dashboard() {
       <ScreenHeader title="Bridge" 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 @2xl:grid-cols-3">
-        <YourShip className="@2xl:col-span-2" />
-        <Alerts />
-      </div>
-
-      <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
-        <StatTile label="Ships idle" value={String(idle)} icon="fleet" tone="emerald" />
-        <StatTile label="Ships in flight" value={String(flying)} icon="send" tone="cyan" />
-      </div>
+      {state.tutorial && (
+        <Panel tone="amber">
+          <Eyebrow>Contract pilot</Eyebrow>
+          <h2 className="mt-0.5 text-lg font-semibold">Flying for {content.tutorialCompanyName}</h2>
+          <p aria-label="Company runs" className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-200">
+            Company runs: {Math.min(state.tutorial.runsCompleted, runsBeforeDeal)} of{" "}
+            {runsBeforeDeal}
+          </p>
+          <RunPips done={state.tutorial.runsCompleted} total={runsBeforeDeal} />
+          <p aria-label="Next step" className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-300">
+            {tutorialHint(state.tutorial, runsBeforeDeal)}
+          </p>
+          {!state.tutorial.runInFlight && !state.tutorial.dealAvailable && (
+            <Link to="/contracts" className={`mt-3 ${buttonClass("primary", "md", true)}`}>
+              <Icon name="send" className="size-4" />
+              Fly a company run
+            </Link>
+          )}
+        </Panel>
+      )}
 
       <div className="grid gap-4 @2xl:grid-cols-2">
-        <div className="space-y-4">
-          {state.tutorial && (
-            <Panel tone="amber">
-              <Eyebrow className="text-amber-300/80">Contract pilot</Eyebrow>
-              <h2 className="mt-0.5 font-display text-lg font-bold text-amber-200">
-                Flying for {content.tutorialCompanyName}
-              </h2>
-              <p aria-label="Company runs" className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-200">
-                Company runs: {Math.min(state.tutorial.runsCompleted, runsBeforeDeal)} of{" "}
-                {runsBeforeDeal}
-              </p>
-              <RunPips done={state.tutorial.runsCompleted} total={runsBeforeDeal} />
-              <p aria-label="Next step" className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-300">
-                {tutorialHint(state.tutorial, runsBeforeDeal)}
-              </p>
-              {!state.tutorial.runInFlight && !state.tutorial.dealAvailable && (
-                <Link to="/contracts" className={`mt-3 ${buttonClass("primary", "md", true)}`}>
-                  <Icon name="send" className="size-4" />
-                  Fly a company run
-                </Link>
-              )}
-            </Panel>
-          )}
-
-          <Panel
-            as="section"
-            aria-labelledby="on-jobs-title"
-            tone={onJobs.length ? "cyan" : "default"}
-          >
-            <h2 id="on-jobs-title" className="font-display text-xs font-semibold text-cyan-300/80">
-              Ships on jobs
-            </h2>
-            {onJobs.length === 0 ? (
-              <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-400">Nothing in flight.</p>
-            ) : (
-              <ul className="mt-2 space-y-3">
-                {onJobs.map((d) => {
-                  const name = flightShipName(state, d);
-                  return (
-                    <li key={d.id} aria-label={name} className="text-sm">
-                      <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
-                        <span className="min-w-0 truncate">
-                          <span className="font-semibold text-ink-50">{name}</span>{" "}
-                          <span className="text-ink-300">
-                            {locationName(d.originId)} → {locationName(d.destinationId)}
-                          </span>
-                        </span>
-                        <span className="font-display font-bold whitespace-nowrap text-cyan-200">
-                          <Countdown to={d.arrivalAt} />
-                        </span>
-                      </div>
-                      <Meter
-                        label={`${name} trip`}
-                        value={Math.round(dispatchProgress(d, now) * 100)}
-                        tone="cyan"
-                        size="sm"
-                        className="mt-1"
-                      />
-                    </li>
-                  );
-                })}
-              </ul>
-            )}
-          </Panel>
-
-          {!state.tutorial && (
-            <Panel aria-label="Pilot rest" tone={resting.length > 0 ? "default" : "muted"}>
-              <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
-                <span className="grid size-10 shrink-0 place-items-center rounded-full bg-sky-500/10 text-sky-300 ring-1 ring-sky-400/30">
-                  <Icon name="rest" className="size-5" />
-                </span>
-                <div className="min-w-0">
-                  <h2 className="font-display text-sm font-semibold text-ink-50">
-                    Pilots resting: {resting.length}
-                  </h2>
-                  {resting[0] ? (
-                    <p className="text-sm text-sky-200">
-                      {resting[0].name} wakes in{" "}
-                      <Countdown to={resting[0].restEndsAt!} done="now" />
-                    </p>
-                  ) : (
-                    <p className="text-sm text-ink-400">Everyone is ready to fly.</p>
-                  )}
-                </div>
-              </div>
-            </Panel>
-          )}
-
-          {inShop.length > 0 && (
-            <Panel aria-label="In the shop" tone="amber">
-              <h2 className="font-display text-sm font-semibold text-ink-50">
-                In the shop: {inShop.length}
-              </h2>
-              <ul className="mt-1 space-y-0.5 text-sm text-amber-100">
-                {inShop.map((ship) => (
-                  <li key={ship.id}>
-                    {ship.name} · {content.upgrade(ship.shop?.upgradeId ?? "")?.name}{" "}
-                    {ship.shop?.level} · ready in <Countdown to={ship.inShopUntil!} done="now" />
-                  </li>
-                ))}
-              </ul>
-            </Panel>
-          )}
-
-          {!state.tutorial && state.ships.length === 0 && (
-            <p className="text-sm text-ink-400">No ships yet — buy one in the Shipyard.</p>
-          )}
-        </div>
-
-        <div className="space-y-4">
-          <DispatchOfficePanel />
-          {!state.tutorial && (
-            <Panel className="text-sm" aria-label="Logbook">
-              <p className="flex items-center gap-2 font-display font-semibold text-ink-100">
-                <Icon name="route" className="size-4 text-cyan-300" />
-                Logbook
-              </p>
-              <p className="mt-1 text-ink-300">
-                Every job, refuel, rest and upgrade from the last 7 days, pilot by pilot.
-              </p>
-              <Link
-                to="/logbook"
-                className="mt-2 inline-block font-semibold text-amber-300 underline"
-              >
-                Open the Logbook
-              </Link>
-            </Panel>
-          )}
-          {!state.tutorial && <GoalsCard />}
-          {!state.tutorial && state.company.loanBalance > 0 && <LoanCard />}
-        </div>
+        <YourShip />
+        <NeedsYou />
       </div>
+
+      <section aria-labelledby="on-jobs-title">
+        <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between">
+          <h2 id="on-jobs-title" className="text-sm font-semibold">
+            In flight
+          </h2>
+          <span aria-label="Ships in flight" className="text-xs text-ink-300">
+            {flying} flying · {idle} idle
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        {onJobs.length === 0 ? (
+          <p className="py-2 text-sm text-ink-300">Nothing in flight.</p>
+        ) : (
+          <ul className="divide-y divide-glass-line">
+            {onJobs.map((d) => {
+              const name = flightShipName(state, d);
+              return (
+                <li key={d.id} aria-label={name} className="py-2.5 text-sm">
+                  <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
+                    <span className="min-w-0 truncate">
+                      <span className="font-medium text-ink-50">{name}</span>{" "}
+                      <span className="text-ink-300">
+                        {locationName(d.originId)} → {locationName(d.destinationId)}
+                      </span>
+                    </span>
+                    <span className="font-semibold whitespace-nowrap tabular-nums">
+                      <Countdown to={d.arrivalAt} />
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  <Meter
+                    label={`${name} trip`}
+                    value={Math.round(dispatchProgress(d, now) * 100)}
+                    tone="cyan"
+                    size="sm"
+                    className="mt-1.5"
+                  />
+                </li>
+              );
+            })}
+          </ul>
+        )}
+      </section>
+
+      {!state.tutorial && resting.length > 0 && (
+        <section aria-label="Pilot rest" className="flex items-center gap-3 text-sm">
+          <Icon name="rest" className="size-5 shrink-0 text-flight" />
+          <p className="min-w-0">
+            <span className="font-medium">Pilots resting: {resting.length}</span>
+            <span className="block text-ink-300">
+              {resting[0]!.name} wakes in <Countdown to={resting[0]!.restEndsAt!} done="now" />
+            </span>
+          </p>
+        </section>
+      )}
+
+      {inShop.length > 0 && (
+        <section aria-label="In the shop" className="text-sm">
+          <h2 className="font-semibold">In the shop: {inShop.length}</h2>
+          <ul className="mt-1 space-y-0.5 text-ink-300">
+            {inShop.map((ship) => (
+              <li key={ship.id}>
+                {ship.name} · {content.upgrade(ship.shop?.upgradeId ?? "")?.name} {ship.shop?.level}{" "}
+                · ready in <Countdown to={ship.inShopUntil!} done="now" />
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </section>
+      )}
+
+      {!state.tutorial && state.ships.length === 0 && (
+        <p className="text-sm text-ink-300">No ships yet — buy one in the Shipyard.</p>
+      )}
+
+      {!state.tutorial && <GoalsCard />}
+      {!state.tutorial && state.company.loanBalance > 0 && <LoanCard />}
+      <DispatchOfficePanel />
+      {!state.tutorial && (
+        <Link
+          to="/logbook"
+          aria-label="Open the Logbook"
+          className="flex min-h-11 items-center gap-2 text-sm font-medium text-ink-200"
+        >
+          <Icon name="route" className="size-4 text-ink-300" />
+          Open the Logbook
+        </Link>
+      )}
     </Screen>
   );
 }
@@ -282,12 +248,12 @@ function YourShip({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
     <Panel
       as="section"
       aria-label="Your ship"
-      tone={dispatch ? "cyan" : "default"}
-      className={`flex flex-col gap-3 ${className}`}
+      tone={dispatch || inShop ? "default" : "amber"}
+      className={`flex flex-col gap-3 self-start ${className}`}
     >
       <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
         {sprite && (
-          <div className="grid size-20 shrink-0 place-items-center rounded-xl bg-radial from-cyan-400/15 to-transparent to-70%">
+          <div className="grid size-20 shrink-0 place-items-center">
             <Art
               sprite={sprite}
               className={`size-18 drop-shadow-[0_6px_10px_rgb(0_0_0/0.7)] ${dispatch ? "rotate-45" : ""}`}
@@ -297,7 +263,7 @@ function YourShip({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
           <Eyebrow>Your ship</Eyebrow>
           <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-2">
-            <h2 className="truncate font-display text-xl font-bold">{name}</h2>
+            <h2 className="truncate text-lg font-semibold">{name}</h2>
             {dispatch ? (
               <Pill tone="cyan" icon="send">
                 In flight
@@ -331,7 +297,7 @@ function YourShip({ className = "" }: { className?: string }) {
                 ? `${contract.massTonnes} t ${goodName(contract)} for ${contract.shipper}`
                 : "Flying empty"}
             </span>
-            <span className="font-display text-lg font-bold text-cyan-200">
+            <span className="font-semibold">
               Arrives in <Countdown to={dispatch.arrivalAt} />
             </span>
           </div>
@@ -428,23 +394,6 @@ function PilotDuty({ pilot }: { pilot: Pilot }) {
   );
 }
 
-/** Where in-flight alerts and news will appear; empty for now (decision 0.5.120). */
-function Alerts() {
-  return (
-    <Panel as="section" aria-labelledby="alerts-title" tone="muted">
-      <h2
-        id="alerts-title"
-        className="flex items-center gap-2 font-display text-sm font-semibold text-ink-50"
-      >
-        <Icon name="alert" className="size-4 text-amber-300" />
-        Alerts
-      </h2>
-      <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-ink-300">No alerts.</p>
-      <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-ink-500">In-flight alerts and news will appear here.</p>
-    </Panel>
-  );
-}
-
 /** One pip per company run toward the deal. */
 function RunPips({ done, total }: { done: number; total: number }) {
   return (
@@ -452,7 +401,7 @@ function RunPips({ done, total }: { done: number; total: number }) {
       {Array.from({ length: total }, (_, i) => (
         <span
           key={i}
-          className={`h-2 flex-1 rounded-full ${i < done ? "bg-amber-400 shadow-glow-amber" : "bg-space-700"}`}
+          className={`h-2 flex-1 rounded-full ${i < done ? "bg-action" : "bg-white/14"}`}
         />
       ))}
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/web/test/dashboard.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/dashboard.test.tsx
index 6e52aa5..5798fef 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/dashboard.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/dashboard.test.tsx
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ describe("Dashboard (CR-020)", () => {
     renderApp(fakeApi({ getPlayerState: () => state }));
     await screen.findByRole("heading", { level: 1, name: "Bridge" });
 
-    const statValue = (label: string) => screen.getByText(label).nextElementSibling;
-    expect(statValue("Ships idle")).toHaveTextContent("1");
-    expect(statValue("Ships in flight")).toHaveTextContent("2");
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText("Ships in flight")).toHaveTextContent("2 flying · 1 idle");
 
-    const jobs = screen.getByRole("region", { name: "Ships on jobs" });
+    const jobs = screen.getByRole("region", { name: "In flight" });
     const rows = within(jobs).getAllByRole("listitem");
     expect(rows.map((r) => r.getAttribute("aria-label"))).toEqual(["c", "b"]);
     expect(rows[0]).toHaveTextContent("Earth → Moon1m 05s");
@@ -297,9 +295,9 @@ describe("your ship on the Dashboard (CR-020)", () => {
     expect(within(p).getByLabelText("Your ship's status")).toHaveTextContent("At Earth");
   });
 
-  it("has an Alerts panel, empty for now", async () => {
-    renderApp(fakeApi({ getPlayerState: () => owner({ ships: [mine()] }) }));
-    const alerts = await screen.findByRole("region", { name: "Alerts" });
-    expect(alerts).toHaveTextContent("No alerts.");
+  it("says so when nothing needs the player", async () => {
+    renderApp(fakeApi({ getPlayerState: () => owner({ ships: [] }) }));
+    const list = await screen.findByRole("region", { name: "Needs you" });
+    expect(list).toHaveTextContent("Nothing right now.");
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/test/layout.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/layout.test.tsx
index 686a108..77d426f 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/layout.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/layout.test.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ describe("app layout", () => {
     renderApp(signedIn());
     const nav = await screen.findByRole("navigation", { name: "Main" });
     const links = within(nav).getAllByRole("link");
-    expect(links.map((l) => l.textContent)).toEqual(["Bridge", "Jobs", "Fleet", "More"]);
+    ["Bridge", "Jobs", "Fleet", "More"].forEach((name, i) =>
+      expect(links[i]).toHaveAccessibleName(name),
+    );
     expect(links[0]).toHaveAttribute("aria-current", "page");
     expect(screen.getByRole("heading", { level: 1, name: "Bridge" })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
diff --git a/apps/web/test/logbook-screen.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/logbook-screen.test.tsx
index 4f4b758..013ad2d 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/logbook-screen.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/logbook-screen.test.tsx
@@ -260,8 +260,7 @@ describe("the Logbook screen (Step 25.4, decision 0.5.141)", () => {
 
   it("is reachable from the Bridge", async () => {
     renderApp(app(), "/");
-    const card = await screen.findByLabelText("Logbook");
-    await userEvent.click(within(card).getByRole("link", { name: "Open the Logbook" }));
+    await userEvent.click(await screen.findByRole("link", { name: "Open the Logbook" }));
     expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { level: 1, name: "Logbook" })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/test/needs-you.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/needs-you.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41ff508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/test/needs-you.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import type { PlayerState, RadioCall, Ship } from "@deadhead/schema";
+import { screen, within } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { needsYou } from "../src/components/NeedsYou";
+import { tabAttention } from "../src/layout/attention";
+import { fakeApi, renderApp, samplePlayerState, shipExtras } from "./render";
+
+const base = samplePlayerState();
+const avatar = base.pilots[0]!;
+
+const ship: Ship = {
+  id: "s1",
+  modelId: "courier",
+  name: "Restless Sparrow",
+  status: "idle",
+  locationId: "earth",
+  dispatchId: null,
+  lastArrivalAt: 0,
+  ...shipExtras("courier"),
+  pilotId: "avatar",
+};
+
+const owner = (overrides: Partial<PlayerState> = {}): PlayerState =>
+  samplePlayerState({
+    tutorial: null,
+    ships: [ship],
+    bays: [{ id: "b", locationId: "earth" }],
+    pilots: [{ ...avatar, assignedShipId: "s1", skillPointsAvailable: 2 }],
+    goals: [{ id: "buy-a-ship", status: "ready" }],
+    ...overrides,
+  } as Partial<PlayerState>);
+
+const call = { dispatchId: "d1", eventId: "debris-field", pilotId: avatar.id } as RadioCall;
+
+describe("Needs you (decision 0.5.168)", () => {
+  it("orders radio calls, ready ships, skill points, then goals", () => {
+    const items = needsYou(owner({ radioCalls: [{ ...call, windowEndsAt: 1 }] }));
+    expect(items.map((i) => i.kind)).toEqual(["radio", "ready", "skills", "goal"]);
+  });
+
+  it("badges count what the list holds, tab by tab", () => {
+    const state = owner({ radioCalls: [{ ...call, windowEndsAt: 1 }] });
+    const items = needsYou(state);
+    const badges = tabAttention(state);
+    expect(badges).toEqual({ "/": 2, "/contracts": 1, "/fleet": 2 });
+    const total = items.reduce((sum, i) => sum + i.count, 0);
+    expect(Object.values(badges).reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0)).toBe(total);
+  });
+
+  it("names who has skill points and opens Crew", async () => {
+    renderApp(fakeApi({ getPlayerState: () => owner() }));
+    const list = await screen.findByRole("region", { name: "Needs you" });
+    await userEvent.click(within(list).getByRole("link", { name: /2 skill points to spend/ }));
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("heading", { level: 1, name: "Crew" })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("sends a ready ship to the jobs where it is", async () => {
+    renderApp(
+      fakeApi({
+        getPlayerState: () => owner(),
+        getContractBoard: () => ({ contracts: [], periodEndsAt: Date.now() + 60_000 }) as never,
+      }),
+    );
+    const list = await screen.findByRole("region", { name: "Needs you" });
+    expect(within(list).getByRole("link", { name: /Restless Sparrow is ready/ })).toHaveAttribute(
+      "href",
+      "/contracts?location=earth",
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/test/radio-calls.test.tsx b/apps/web/test/radio-calls.test.tsx
index 2ea32f4..b51ac20 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/radio-calls.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/radio-calls.test.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe("radio calls (Step 26.6, decision 0.5.144)", () => {
     await userEvent.click(within(sheet).getByRole("button", { name: "Decide later" }));
     expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     const panel = screen.getByLabelText("Radio calls");
-    expect(panel).toHaveTextContent("Radio calls (1)");
+    expect(panel).toHaveTextContent("Debris field ahead");
     await userEvent.click(within(panel).getByRole("button", { name: "Answer" }));
     expect(await screen.findByRole("dialog", { name: "Debris field ahead" })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });