diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
index dca5d5a..358f74d 100644
--- a/DECISIONS.md
+++ b/DECISIONS.md
@@ -1865,3 +1865,11 @@ Implementation decisions not spelled out in `memory-bank/implementation-plan.md`
 - **The pop-up still opens on unseen deliveries and finished upgrades**, as before (`summaries`, `acknowledgeSummaries`): the logbook adds detail and a window, it doesn't change when the summary appears.
 - **Goals are logged once** (`player.readyGoalsLogged`), so pruning old entries doesn't log them again. After the update, goals that were already ready are logged at the first catch-up.
 - **Migration:** resolved dispatches still in the save (7 days of them) become flight entries with their top-ups, rests and discoveries. Level-ups and goals can't be rebuilt and are dropped; finished upgrades the player hadn't seen are logged by catch-up at their shop end.
+
+## Step 25.2
+
+- **The builder returns structure, not text.** Highlights and lines carry ids and amounts; the client words them from `content.awayWording` (and names places, goods, goals and pilots), so the sim stays free of wording and number formatting.
+- **Problems come in as input**: they're found from the current state (fuel, boards, credits), not the logbook, so the engine finds them and passes them to the pure builder (Step 25.3).
+- **"Events" for a short absence** are flights (deliveries and deadheads), discoveries, level-ups and finished upgrades. The pop-up also opens for a deadhead or a finished upgrade alone, and it should then list it. Refuels, rests and goals aren't events.
+- **Each discovery, level-up, goal and scripted delivery is its own highlight**, in time order within its rank; the biggest job is one highlight (the highest payout, the earliest on a tie); each problem is one.
+- **Pilot lines count flights**: a pilot who only deadheaded is active (0 jobs, a negative net). Ties in net go by name.
diff --git a/memory-bank/architecture.md b/memory-bank/architecture.md
index 7e075f4..11f061a 100644
--- a/memory-bank/architecture.md
+++ b/memory-bank/architecture.md
@@ -145,4 +145,6 @@ On the device the client keeps the save (IndexedDB, or files on native) and, in
 
 Notifications (`packages/engine/src/notifications.ts`) also plan the fleet's sleep time ("Your pilots are waiting for orders.") while it's ahead and some pilot is Independent (CR-024).
 
+`packages/sim/src/away.ts`: `buildAwaySummary({ from, to, entries, pilots, problems })` builds "While you were away" from logbook entries (CR-025): duration, totals, ≤3 highlights in priority order with an overflow count, ≤5 pilot lines by net with an overflow line and the idle count, and a direct list for short absences. `flightNet` is a flight's net. Its `LogbookEntry` type is the save's `LogEntry`.
+
 `packages/engine/src/game/catchup.ts`: `catchUp(save, until, { decideUntil, maxEvents, viewedContractId })` replays time as an event queue. It takes the next in-flight arrival or the next Independent pilot's `nextDecisionAt`, in time order: arrivals first at the same moment, then pilots by id. Each arrival resolves at its own time. A decision point checks rest, the shop and the first-look window (each pushes `nextDecisionAt` later), then asks the sim's `chooseAction` about the pilot's board. It acts through the normal `refuelShip`, `dispatchContract` and `dispatchReposition`, with ids made from the pilot and the moment (`ind-…`), so the same time always gives the same save. Waiting schedules the next board period's first-look end and counts empty periods away from home. A trip's landing schedules the next decision a turnaround after the arrival, or after the rest it triggers. Decisions stop `maxCatchUpRealDays` after the save's `lastTimeSeen` (`decideUntil`) and at the fleet's sleep time (`sleepsAt` in `state.ts`: `company.lastManualDecisionAt` plus `sleepAfterHours`, CR-024), and later ones resume from `until`, so the next manual decision wakes pilots from then. Arrivals and shop ends always resolve. A null `lastManualDecisionAt` (a save just migrated) is set to `until` first. Every command runs `catchUp` to its `now` before it acts. `GameEngine.resolveDue(since, { chunkEvents, onProgress })` runs the loop's pass in chunks (500 events, one save each), with `onProgress(0…1)` in between. `GameEngine.setViewedContract(id)` tells pilots which contract the player has open. Dispatches an Independent pilot chose are flagged `independent`, and no notification is scheduled for them.
diff --git a/memory-bank/progress.md b/memory-bank/progress.md
index 3bf46c2..2f44dba 100644
--- a/memory-bank/progress.md
+++ b/memory-bank/progress.md
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Spec: `memory-bank/change-requests/CR-024-fleet-sleep.md` (received as "CR-022 
 Spec: `memory-bank/change-requests/CR-025-short-away-summary.md` (received as "CR-023 … Phase 23"). New decisions recorded as plan §0.5.140–0.5.142.
 
 - [x] **Step 25.1 — Engine: logbook entries and retention.** Schema `logEntrySchema` (`packages/schema/src/logbook.ts`) and save version 10: `logbook`, player `awaySince` (when the summary was last closed), `lastAbsence` (the absence it covered) and `readyGoalsLogged`, ship `shopOpen`. The engine logs each arrival (the flight, its Auto top-up, a forced rest, a discovery, a level-up with skill points), fuel the player, an Independent pilot or emergency fuel buys, a rest the player orders, every upgrade at its shop end (now a catch-up event for any open shop), and each goal the first time it's ready. `pruneSave` drops entries over 7 days old (`logbookRetentionRealDays`). Closing the summary sets `lastAbsence` and moves `awaySince` to now. The 9 → 10 migration turns resolved dispatches into flight, top-up, rest and discovery entries (level-ups can't be rebuilt), leaves an upgrade still in the shop open for catch-up, and starts the absence at the last dismissed summary. Tests: `packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts` (each kind's fields; pruning at 7 days; catch-up in one go equals 2-minute steps over 6 hours with Independent pilots, pilot fuel and an upgrade; closing the summary); `packages/schema/test/save.test.ts` (9 → 10).
-- [ ] Step 25.2 — Sim: summary builder
+- [x] **Step 25.2 — Sim: summary builder.** `buildAwaySummary` (`packages/sim/src/away.ts`, pure) takes the absence (`from`, `to`), the logbook entries, every pilot with where they are now, and the problems found from the state, and returns the duration, totals (net, deliveries, discoveries, loan repaid), at most 3 highlights in priority order (discovery, level-up, goal ready, scripted flavor, biggest job, problem) with the overflow count, at most 5 pilot lines by net with the rest summed and the idle count, and the direct list for 3 events or fewer. `flightNet` is payout − pilot share − fuel used − loan repayment. The sim's `LogbookEntry` and the save's `LogEntry` are checked to be the same type. Wording in content (`content.awayWording`, `{name}` placeholders). Tests: `packages/sim/test/away.test.ts` (50 pilots: 5 lines and an overflow line equal to the other 45; priority order and the cap with the right overflow; totals, with fuel bought not counted; the direct list for 2 events and not for 4; only the absence); `packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts` (an entry's net equals the delivery summary's credits less its fuel); `packages/content/test/onboarding.test.ts` (the wording).
 - [ ] Step 25.3 — Client: highlights pop-up
 - [ ] Step 25.4 — Client: Logbook screen
 - [ ] Step 25.5 — Regression
diff --git a/packages/content/src/bundle.ts b/packages/content/src/bundle.ts
index 8d1dbb6..1a575cb 100644
--- a/packages/content/src/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/content/src/bundle.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { dealLoanAmount } from "./deal";
 import { goods } from "./data/goods";
 import { locations } from "./data/locations";
 import {
+  awayWording,
   onboardingGoals,
   scriptedTutorialContracts,
   tutorialCompanyName,
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ export const content = {
   /** The tutorial employer (CR-001) and the welcome cards (CR-022). */
   tutorialCompanyName,
   welcome,
+  /** "While you were away" wording (CR-025). */
+  awayWording,
   upgrades,
   /** The deal's loan: its ships' prices plus the bay lease (decision 0.5.83). */
   dealLoanAmount: dealLoanAmount({ config: gameConfig, shipModels, locations }),
diff --git a/packages/content/src/data/onboarding.ts b/packages/content/src/data/onboarding.ts
index b8644c5..59fe71a 100644
--- a/packages/content/src/data/onboarding.ts
+++ b/packages/content/src/data/onboarding.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import type { OnboardingGoal, ScriptedTutorialContract, VeteranPilot, Welcome } from "../schemas";
+import type {
+  AwayWording,
+  OnboardingGoal,
+  ScriptedTutorialContract,
+  VeteranPilot,
+  Welcome,
+} from "../schemas";
 
 /** The company the player flies for in the tutorial (CR-001). */
 export const tutorialCompanyName = "Halvorsen Lunar Freight";
@@ -25,6 +31,42 @@ export const welcome: Welcome = {
   close: "Close",
 };
 
+/** "While you were away" (decision 0.5.140). */
+export const awayWording: AwayWording = {
+  title: "While you were away · {duration}",
+  totals: {
+    net: "Net earned",
+    deliveries: "Deliveries",
+    discoveries: "Discoveries",
+    loanRepaid: "Loan repaid",
+  },
+  highlights: {
+    discovery: "New market: {place}",
+    levelUp: "{pilot} reached level {level} · {points}",
+    goalReady: "Goal ready to claim: {goal}",
+    bestJob: "Biggest job: {good} to {place}, {credits}, {pilot}",
+    noJobs: "{ship} has no job it can take at {place}",
+    lowFuel: "{ship} is too low on fuel to fly from {place}",
+    emergencyFuel: "{ship} is stuck at {place}: emergency fuel is available",
+    belowFloor: "Credits are below your pilots' spending floor ({floor})",
+  },
+  moreHighlights: "+{count} more in the Logbook",
+  pilotLine: "{pilot} · {jobs} · {credits} · {now}",
+  leveledUp: "Level up",
+  morePilots: "+{count} more pilots: {credits}",
+  idlePilots: "{count} pilots had nothing to do",
+  idlePilot: "1 pilot had nothing to do",
+  direct: {
+    delivery: "{ship} delivered {good} to {place}, {credits}",
+    deadhead: "{ship} flew empty to {place}, {fuel} fuel",
+    upgrade: "{ship} is out of the shop: {upgrade} level {level}",
+    discovery: "{pilot} opened a new market: {place}",
+    levelUp: "{pilot} reached level {level} · {points}",
+  },
+  viewLogbook: "View logbook",
+  done: "Done",
+};
+
 /** Special tutorial contracts by run (decision 0.5.33). */
 export const scriptedTutorialContracts: ScriptedTutorialContract[] = [
   {
diff --git a/packages/content/src/schemas.ts b/packages/content/src/schemas.ts
index 56d46d8..ef732c2 100644
--- a/packages/content/src/schemas.ts
+++ b/packages/content/src/schemas.ts
@@ -455,3 +455,40 @@ export const welcomeSchema = z.object({
   close: z.string().min(1),
 });
 export type Welcome = z.infer<typeof welcomeSchema>;
+
+const line = z.string().min(1);
+
+/**
+ * "While you were away" wording (decision 0.5.140). `{name}` marks a value
+ * the client fills in: places, goods, pilots, ships, credits and counts.
+ */
+export const awayWordingSchema = z.object({
+  title: line,
+  totals: z.object({ net: line, deliveries: line, discoveries: line, loanRepaid: line }),
+  highlights: z.object({
+    discovery: line,
+    levelUp: line,
+    goalReady: line,
+    bestJob: line,
+    noJobs: line,
+    lowFuel: line,
+    emergencyFuel: line,
+    belowFloor: line,
+  }),
+  moreHighlights: line,
+  pilotLine: line,
+  leveledUp: line,
+  morePilots: line,
+  idlePilots: line,
+  idlePilot: line,
+  direct: z.object({
+    delivery: line,
+    deadhead: line,
+    upgrade: line,
+    discovery: line,
+    levelUp: line,
+  }),
+  viewLogbook: line,
+  done: line,
+});
+export type AwayWording = z.infer<typeof awayWordingSchema>;
diff --git a/packages/content/test/onboarding.test.ts b/packages/content/test/onboarding.test.ts
index c3d09bb..a93287f 100644
--- a/packages/content/test/onboarding.test.ts
+++ b/packages/content/test/onboarding.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   content,
   onboardingGoalSchema,
   welcomeSchema,
+  awayWordingSchema,
   onboardingGoals,
   scriptedTutorialContractSchema,
   scriptedTutorialContracts,
@@ -87,3 +88,16 @@ describe("welcome cards (Step 22.1, decision 0.5.131)", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("away summary wording (Step 25.2, decision 0.5.140)", () => {
+  it("validates, with the values each line fills in", () => {
+    expect(() => awayWordingSchema.parse(content.awayWording)).not.toThrow();
+    const { title, highlights, pilotLine, morePilots, moreHighlights } = content.awayWording;
+    expect(title).toContain("{duration}");
+    expect(highlights.levelUp).toMatch(/\{pilot\}.*\{level\}.*\{points\}/);
+    expect(highlights.bestJob).toMatch(/\{good\}.*\{place\}.*\{credits\}.*\{pilot\}/);
+    expect(pilotLine).toMatch(/\{pilot\}.*\{jobs\}.*\{credits\}.*\{now\}/);
+    expect(morePilots).toMatch(/\{count\}.*\{credits\}/);
+    expect(moreHighlights).toContain("{count}");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts b/packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts
index 51e1e2d..033d576 100644
--- a/packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/test/logbook.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { content } from "@deadhead/content";
 import type { LogEntry, SaveDocument } from "@deadhead/schema";
-import { pilotLevel, skillPointsAvailable } from "@deadhead/sim";
+import { flightNet, pilotLevel, skillPointsAvailable } from "@deadhead/sim";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   addPilot,
@@ -243,3 +243,20 @@ describe("logbook entries (Step 25.1, decision 0.5.141)", () => {
     expect(player.awaySince).toBe(test.clock.now);
   });
 });
+
+describe("net earnings (Step 25.2, decision 0.5.142)", () => {
+  it("matches the delivery summary: credits after pilot pay and loan, less the fuel used", async () => {
+    const test = newTestApp();
+    const o = await owner(test);
+    await edit(test.app, (s) => {
+      s.company.loanBalance = 50_000;
+    });
+    const { dispatch, save } = await deliver(test, o.avatarId, o.shipId);
+    const summary = (await test.app.call("getPlayerState", {})).summaries.find(
+      (s) => s.dispatchId === dispatch.id,
+    )!;
+    const [entry] = of(save, "flight");
+    expect(summary.loanRepayment).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(flightNet(entry!)).toBe(summary.credits - summary.fuelCost);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/logbook.ts b/packages/schema/src/logbook.ts
index fe4d5a0..3ddb811 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/logbook.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/logbook.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { LogbookEntry } from "@deadhead/sim";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { idSchema, timeSchema } from "./entities";
 
@@ -68,3 +69,8 @@ export const logEntrySchema = z.discriminatedUnion("kind", [
 ]);
 export type LogEntry = z.infer<typeof logEntrySchema>;
 export type LogEntryKind = LogEntry["kind"];
+
+// The saved entry is the summary builder's own: a change on either side fails the build.
+type Same<A, B> = [A] extends [B] ? ([B] extends [A] ? true : false) : false;
+const _sameEntry: Same<LogEntry, LogbookEntry> = true;
+void _sameEntry;
diff --git a/packages/sim/src/away.ts b/packages/sim/src/away.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16149df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sim/src/away.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+import type { RealTime } from "./clock";
+
+/**
+ * Logbook entries as the summary builder reads them (decision 0.5.141). The
+ * save's schema checks it stores exactly this shape.
+ */
+interface EntryBase {
+  id: string;
+  at: RealTime;
+  pilotId: string | null;
+  shipId: string | null;
+}
+
+export type LogbookEntry = EntryBase &
+  (
+    | {
+        kind: "flight";
+        dispatchId: string;
+        deadhead: boolean;
+        tutorial: boolean;
+        independent: boolean;
+        originId: string;
+        destinationId: string;
+        goodId: string | null;
+        massTonnes: number | null;
+        shipper: string | null;
+        payout: number;
+        pilotPay: number;
+        fuelCost: number;
+        loanRepayment: number;
+        xp: number;
+        scriptedId: string | null;
+      }
+    | {
+        kind: "refuel";
+        locationId: string;
+        boughtFu: number;
+        cost: number;
+        source: "top-up" | "bought" | "pilot" | "emergency";
+      }
+    | { kind: "rest"; until: RealTime }
+    | { kind: "upgrade"; upgradeId: string; level: number }
+    | { kind: "discovery"; locationId: string }
+    | { kind: "level-up"; level: number; skillPoints: number }
+    | { kind: "goal-ready"; goalId: string }
+  );
+
+type Flight = Extract<LogbookEntry, { kind: "flight" }>;
+
+/**
+ * A flight's net for the company (decision 0.5.142): payout minus the pilot's
+ * share, the fuel it used and the loan repayment. Fuel bought counts when used.
+ */
+export function flightNet(flight: Flight): number {
+  return flight.payout - flight.pilotPay - flight.fuelCost - flight.loanRepayment;
+}
+
+/** Something on the player's desk, found from the state, not the logbook. */
+export type AwayProblem =
+  | { kind: "no-jobs"; shipId: string; locationId: string }
+  | { kind: "low-fuel"; shipId: string; locationId: string }
+  | { kind: "emergency-fuel"; shipId: string; locationId: string }
+  | { kind: "below-floor"; credits: number; floor: number };
+
+/** The highlights, in priority order (decision 0.5.140). */
+export type AwayHighlight =
+  | { kind: "discovery"; locationId: string; pilotId: string | null }
+  | { kind: "level-up"; pilotId: string | null; level: number; skillPoints: number }
+  | { kind: "goal-ready"; goalId: string }
+  | { kind: "scripted"; scriptedId: string }
+  | {
+      kind: "best-job";
+      goodId: string;
+      destinationId: string;
+      payout: number;
+      pilotId: string | null;
+    }
+  | { kind: "problem"; problem: AwayProblem };
+
+export interface AwayPilotLine {
+  pilotId: string;
+  name: string;
+  /** Deliveries (not deadheads). */
+  deliveries: number;
+  net: number;
+  /** Where they are now, in words ("Resting at Ceres"). */
+  now: string;
+  leveledUp: boolean;
+}
+
+export interface AwaySummary {
+  durationMs: number;
+  totals: { net: number; deliveries: number; discoveries: number; loanRepaid: number };
+  highlights: AwayHighlight[];
+  /** Highlights past the first 3: "+N more in the Logbook". */
+  moreHighlights: number;
+  /** At most 5, by net profit. */
+  pilots: AwayPilotLine[];
+  /** The pilots past the first 5, summed; null when none. */
+  morePilots: { count: number; net: number } | null;
+  /** Pilots with no flights in the absence. */
+  idlePilots: number;
+  /**
+   * A short absence (3 events or fewer: flights, discoveries, level-ups,
+   * finished upgrades): those entries, oldest first, to list directly; else null.
+   */
+  direct: LogbookEntry[] | null;
+}
+
+export interface AwayInput {
+  /** The absence: entries after `from`, up to and including `to`. */
+  from: RealTime;
+  to: RealTime;
+  entries: readonly LogbookEntry[];
+  /** Every pilot, with where they are now in words. */
+  pilots: readonly { id: string; name: string; now: string }[];
+  problems: readonly AwayProblem[];
+}
+
+export const MAX_HIGHLIGHTS = 3;
+export const MAX_PILOT_LINES = 5;
+export const SHORT_ABSENCE_EVENTS = 3;
+
+const EVENT_KINDS = new Set<LogbookEntry["kind"]>(["flight", "discovery", "level-up", "upgrade"]);
+
+/**
+ * "While you were away" from the logbook (decision 0.5.140): totals, at most 3
+ * highlights in priority order, at most 5 pilot lines by net, and the short
+ * absence's direct list. Pure: the same entries always give the same summary.
+ */
+export function buildAwaySummary(input: AwayInput): AwaySummary {
+  const entries = input.entries
+    .filter((e) => e.at > input.from && e.at <= input.to)
+    .slice()
+    .sort((a, b) => a.at - b.at || (a.id < b.id ? -1 : a.id > b.id ? 1 : 0));
+  const of = <K extends LogbookEntry["kind"]>(kind: K) =>
+    entries.filter((e): e is Extract<LogbookEntry, { kind: K }> => e.kind === kind);
+  const flights = of("flight");
+  const deliveries = flights.filter((f) => !f.deadhead);
+  const discoveries = of("discovery");
+  const levelUps = of("level-up");
+
+  const totals = {
+    net: flights.reduce((sum, f) => sum + flightNet(f), 0),
+    deliveries: deliveries.length,
+    discoveries: discoveries.length,
+    loanRepaid: flights.reduce((sum, f) => sum + f.loanRepayment, 0),
+  };
+
+  // Biggest job: the highest payout, the earliest on a tie.
+  const best = deliveries.reduce<Flight | null>(
+    (top, f) => (top === null || f.payout > top.payout ? f : top),
+    null,
+  );
+  const highlights: AwayHighlight[] = [
+    ...discoveries.map((d) => ({
+      kind: "discovery" as const,
+      locationId: d.locationId,
+      pilotId: d.pilotId,
+    })),
+    ...levelUps.map((l) => ({
+      kind: "level-up" as const,
+      pilotId: l.pilotId,
+      level: l.level,
+      skillPoints: l.skillPoints,
+    })),
+    ...of("goal-ready").map((g) => ({ kind: "goal-ready" as const, goalId: g.goalId })),
+    ...flights.flatMap((f) =>
+      f.scriptedId ? [{ kind: "scripted" as const, scriptedId: f.scriptedId }] : [],
+    ),
+    ...(best && best.goodId
+      ? [
+          {
+            kind: "best-job" as const,
+            goodId: best.goodId,
+            destinationId: best.destinationId,
+            payout: best.payout,
+            pilotId: best.pilotId,
+          },
+        ]
+      : []),
+    ...input.problems.map((problem) => ({ kind: "problem" as const, problem })),
+  ];
+
+  const lines: AwayPilotLine[] = input.pilots
+    .map((pilot) => {
+      const own = flights.filter((f) => f.pilotId === pilot.id);
+      return {
+        pilotId: pilot.id,
+        name: pilot.name,
+        flights: own.length,
+        deliveries: own.filter((f) => !f.deadhead).length,
+        net: own.reduce((sum, f) => sum + flightNet(f), 0),
+        now: pilot.now,
+        leveledUp: levelUps.some((l) => l.pilotId === pilot.id),
+      };
+    })
+    .filter((line) => line.flights > 0)
+    .sort((a, b) => b.net - a.net || a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
+    .map(({ flights: _flights, ...line }) => line);
+  const rest = lines.slice(MAX_PILOT_LINES);
+
+  const events = entries.filter((e) => EVENT_KINDS.has(e.kind));
+  return {
+    durationMs: Math.max(0, input.to - input.from),
+    totals,
+    highlights: highlights.slice(0, MAX_HIGHLIGHTS),
+    moreHighlights: Math.max(0, highlights.length - MAX_HIGHLIGHTS),
+    pilots: lines.slice(0, MAX_PILOT_LINES),
+    morePilots:
+      rest.length > 0
+        ? { count: rest.length, net: rest.reduce((sum, line) => sum + line.net, 0) }
+        : null,
+    idlePilots: input.pilots.length - lines.length,
+    direct: events.length <= SHORT_ABSENCE_EVENTS ? events : null,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/sim/src/index.ts b/packages/sim/src/index.ts
index 8e698a6..e145f22 100644
--- a/packages/sim/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sim/src/index.ts
@@ -134,3 +134,18 @@ export {
   pastFirstLook,
 } from "./independent";
 export type { IndependentInput, JobOption, PilotAction, PilotOrders } from "./independent";
+export {
+  buildAwaySummary,
+  flightNet,
+  MAX_HIGHLIGHTS,
+  MAX_PILOT_LINES,
+  SHORT_ABSENCE_EVENTS,
+} from "./away";
+export type {
+  AwayHighlight,
+  AwayInput,
+  AwayPilotLine,
+  AwayProblem,
+  AwaySummary,
+  LogbookEntry,
+} from "./away";
diff --git a/packages/sim/test/away.test.ts b/packages/sim/test/away.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc8ae08
--- /dev/null
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+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { buildAwaySummary, flightNet, type AwayProblem, type LogbookEntry } from "../src/index";
+
+const FROM = 1_000_000;
+const HOUR = 3_600_000;
+let n = 0;
+
+const flight = (pilotId: string, payout: number, over: Partial<LogbookEntry> = {}): LogbookEntry =>
+  ({
+    id: `f${n++}`,
+    at: FROM + 60_000 + n,
+    pilotId,
+    shipId: `ship-${pilotId}`,
+    kind: "flight",
+    dispatchId: `d${n}`,
+    deadhead: false,
+    tutorial: false,
+    independent: true,
+    originId: "earth",
+    destinationId: "moon",
+    goodId: "consumer-goods",
+    massTonnes: 6,
+    shipper: "Pacific Orbital Logistics",
+    payout,
+    pilotPay: Math.round(payout / 5),
+    fuelCost: 100,
+    loanRepayment: 0,
+    xp: 10,
+    scriptedId: null,
+    ...over,
+  }) as LogbookEntry;
+
+const other = (entry: Partial<LogbookEntry> & { kind: LogbookEntry["kind"] }): LogbookEntry =>
+  ({ id: `e${n++}`, at: FROM + 30_000 + n, pilotId: "p0", shipId: null, ...entry }) as LogbookEntry;
+
+const pilots = (count: number) =>
+  Array.from({ length: count }, (_, i) => ({ id: `p${i}`, name: `Pilot ${i}`, now: "At Earth" }));
+
+const summarise = (
+  entries: LogbookEntry[],
+  extra: { pilots?: number; problems?: AwayProblem[] } = {},
+) =>
+  buildAwaySummary({
+    from: FROM,
+    to: FROM + 10 * HOUR,
+    entries,
+    pilots: pilots(extra.pilots ?? 3),
+    problems: extra.problems ?? [],
+  });
+
+describe("the away summary builder (Step 25.2, decision 0.5.140)", () => {
+  it("shows 5 pilot lines by net profit and sums the other 45 into one line", () => {
+    // Pilot i earns (i + 1) × 1,000 per job, two jobs each.
+    const entries = pilots(50).flatMap((p, i) => [
+      flight(p.id, (i + 1) * 1_000),
+      flight(p.id, (i + 1) * 1_000),
+    ]);
+    const summary = summarise(entries, { pilots: 50 });
+    expect(summary.pilots.map((l) => l.pilotId)).toEqual(["p49", "p48", "p47", "p46", "p45"]);
+    expect(summary.pilots[0]).toMatchObject({ deliveries: 2, now: "At Earth", leveledUp: false });
+    const net = (id: string) =>
+      entries
+        .filter((e) => e.pilotId === id && e.kind === "flight")
+        .reduce((sum, e) => sum + flightNet(e as never), 0);
+    expect(summary.pilots[0]!.net).toBe(net("p49"));
+    const rest = pilots(45).map((p) => net(p.id));
+    expect(summary.morePilots).toEqual({ count: 45, net: rest.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) });
+    expect(summary.idlePilots).toBe(0);
+    expect(summary.direct).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("puts highlights in priority order, at most 3, with the rest counted", () => {
+    const problem: AwayProblem = { kind: "low-fuel", shipId: "s1", locationId: "io-sulfur-works" };
+    const all = [
+      flight("p0", 8_420, { scriptedId: "unmarked-crates" }),
+      flight("p1", 2_000),
+      other({ kind: "goal-ready", goalId: "first-hire" }),
+      other({ kind: "level-up", level: 4, skillPoints: 1 }),
+      other({ kind: "discovery", locationId: "mars" }),
+    ];
+    const summary = summarise(all, { problems: [problem] });
+    expect(summary.highlights.map((h) => h.kind)).toEqual(["discovery", "level-up", "goal-ready"]);
+    expect(summary.moreHighlights).toBe(3);
+
+    const fewer = summarise(all.slice(0, 2), { problems: [problem] });
+    expect(fewer.highlights).toEqual([
+      { kind: "scripted", scriptedId: "unmarked-crates" },
+      {
+        kind: "best-job",
+        goodId: "consumer-goods",
+        destinationId: "moon",
+        payout: 8_420,
+        pilotId: "p0",
+      },
+      { kind: "problem", problem },
+    ]);
+    expect(fewer.moreHighlights).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("adds up the totals from the entries", () => {
+    const entries = [
+      flight("p0", 3_000, { loanRepayment: 300 }),
+      flight("p1", 5_000),
+      flight("p1", 0, { deadhead: true, goodId: null, pilotPay: 0, fuelCost: 80 }),
+      other({ kind: "discovery", locationId: "mars" }),
+      other({ kind: "refuel", locationId: "earth", boughtFu: 10, cost: 90, source: "pilot" }),
+    ];
+    const summary = summarise(entries);
+    const flights = entries.filter((e) => e.kind === "flight");
+    expect(summary.totals).toEqual({
+      net: flights.reduce((sum, e) => sum + flightNet(e as never), 0),
+      deliveries: 2,
+      discoveries: 1,
+      loanRepaid: 300,
+    });
+    // Fuel bought counts when it's used, not when it's bought (decision 0.5.142).
+    expect(summary.totals.net).toBe(3_000 - 600 - 100 - 300 + (5_000 - 1_000 - 100) - 80);
+    // Pilot 2 flew nothing.
+    expect(summary.idlePilots).toBe(1);
+    expect(summary.pilots.map((l) => [l.pilotId, l.deliveries])).toEqual([
+      ["p1", 1],
+      ["p0", 1],
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("lists a short absence's events directly: 3 or fewer", () => {
+    const two = [flight("p0", 410), other({ kind: "level-up", level: 2, skillPoints: 1 })];
+    expect(summarise(two).direct!.map((e) => e.kind)).toEqual(["level-up", "flight"]);
+    const four = [flight("p0", 1), flight("p0", 2), flight("p1", 3), flight("p1", 4)];
+    expect(summarise(four).direct).toBeNull();
+    // Refuels and rests aren't events.
+    const quiet = [
+      flight("p0", 1),
+      other({ kind: "rest", until: FROM + HOUR }),
+      other({ kind: "refuel", locationId: "earth", boughtFu: 1, cost: 5, source: "bought" }),
+    ];
+    expect(summarise(quiet).direct!.map((e) => e.kind)).toEqual(["flight"]);
+  });
+
+  it("covers only the absence, and says how long it was", () => {
+    const before = flight("p0", 9_999, { at: FROM });
+    const during = flight("p0", 1_000);
+    const summary = summarise([before, during]);
+    expect(summary.totals.deliveries).toBe(1);
+    expect(summary.durationMs).toBe(10 * HOUR);
+  });
+});