diff --git a/DECISIONS.md b/DECISIONS.md
index c2ddf02..0d4ef06 100644
--- a/DECISIONS.md
+++ b/DECISIONS.md
@@ -143,3 +143,11 @@ Implementation decisions not spelled out in `memory-bank/implementation-plan.md`
 - **Tutorial dispatch:** the caller passes the loaner as the ship (a `ShipState` built from the player's `tutorial` object, decision 0.5.26) and sets `tutorial: true`. The pilot must be the avatar, and the fuel check is skipped. The validator does not check that a tutorial contract came from the tutorial board; the server does that.
 - **Checks run in the plan's order**, and the first failure is returned: ship idle → ship at origin → pilot idle → pilot assigned → capacity → landing → range → cargo skill → Long Haul → expiry → fuel credits.
 - **Fuel is charged in whole credits** (`tripFuelCost` rounds), using the distance at departure (`now`).
+
+## Step 3.13
+
+- **Extra record fields:** `tutorial` (resolution pays the tutorial share and skips pilot pay) and `distanceMillionKm` (the distance at departure, used for XP), on top of the plan's fields.
+- **The caller supplies the dispatch id**; the seed is `deriveSeed(worldSeed, "dispatch:<id>")`.
+- **Arrival** = departure + travel time in game ms ÷ compression, rounded to whole real milliseconds.
+- **`fuelCost` is what the player pays:** 0 for tutorial runs.
+- **`expectedPayout` is the contract payout** before pilot pay; resolution deducts pilot pay.
diff --git a/memory-bank/progress.md b/memory-bank/progress.md
index 6133e0b..f5d38a3 100644
--- a/memory-bank/progress.md
+++ b/memory-bank/progress.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 - [x] **Step 3.10 — Tutorial contract board.** `src/tutorial.ts`: `generateTutorialBoard` (Earth↔Moon from the loaner's location, Standard cargo capped at Courier capacity, payout × tutorial share); `loanerModel`. `SimContent` gained `shipModels`.
 - [x] **Step 3.11 — Pilot eligibility.** `src/pilot.ts`: `checkPilotEligibility(skills, contract)` returns `ok` or `cargo-skill-too-low` / `long-haul-too-low`.
 - [x] **Step 3.12 — Dispatch validation.** `src/dispatch.ts`: `ShipState`, `PilotState`, `validateDispatch` (first failing reason, plan order), `tripFuelCost` (rounded). One test per failure reason plus tutorial cases.
-- [ ] Step 3.13 — Dispatch record creation
+- [x] **Step 3.13 — Dispatch record creation.** `createDispatchRecord` in `src/dispatch.ts`: `DispatchRecord` with arrival from travel time, fuel cost, departure distance, a `tutorial` flag and a per-dispatch seed.
 - [ ] Step 3.14 — Reposition dispatch
 - [ ] Step 3.15 — In-flight position and progress
 - [ ] Step 3.16 — XP and leveling
diff --git a/packages/sim/src/dispatch.ts b/packages/sim/src/dispatch.ts
index ce25e70..070eb86 100644
--- a/packages/sim/src/dispatch.ts
+++ b/packages/sim/src/dispatch.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import type { Location, ShipModel } from "@deadhead/content";
 import type { SimContent } from "./board";
-import { type GameTime, type RealTime, realToGame } from "./clock";
+import { type GameTime, MS_PER_HOUR, type RealTime, realToGame } from "./clock";
 import type { Contract } from "./contract";
 import { routeDistance } from "./distance";
 import { checkRoute } from "./eligibility";
 import { fuelCost } from "./fuel";
 import { checkPilotEligibility, type SkillLevels } from "./pilot";
+import { deriveSeed, type Seed } from "./rng";
+import { travelTimeGameHours } from "./travel";
 
 export interface ShipState {
   id: string;
@@ -104,3 +106,61 @@ export function validateDispatch(proposal: DispatchProposal, content: SimContent
   }
   return { ok: true };
 }
+
+export interface DispatchRecord {
+  id: string;
+  shipId: string;
+  pilotId: string;
+  /** Null for a reposition. */
+  contract: Contract | null;
+  originId: string;
+  destinationId: string;
+  tutorial: boolean;
+  departureAt: RealTime;
+  arrivalAt: RealTime;
+  /** Route distance at departure, in million km. */
+  distanceMillionKm: number;
+  /** Credits charged to the player; 0 for tutorial runs (the company pays). */
+  fuelCost: number;
+  expectedPayout: number;
+  /** Seed for anything rolled about this trip. */
+  seed: Seed;
+}
+
+export interface RecordInput {
+  id: string;
+  ship: ShipState;
+  pilot: PilotState;
+  contract: Contract;
+  tutorial: boolean;
+  now: RealTime;
+  worldSeed: Seed;
+}
+
+/** Turns an already-validated dispatch into its record. Same inputs give the same record. */
+export function createDispatchRecord(input: RecordInput, content: SimContent): DispatchRecord {
+  const { id, ship, pilot, contract, tutorial, now, worldSeed } = input;
+  const { config } = content;
+  const model = findShipModel(ship.modelId, content);
+  const origin = findLocation(contract.originId, content);
+  const destination = findLocation(contract.destinationId, content);
+  const departure = realToGame(now, config);
+  const distance = routeDistance(origin, destination, departure);
+  const travelGameMs = travelTimeGameHours(model, distance) * MS_PER_HOUR;
+
+  return {
+    id,
+    shipId: ship.id,
+    pilotId: pilot.id,
+    contract,
+    originId: origin.id,
+    destinationId: destination.id,
+    tutorial,
+    departureAt: now,
+    arrivalAt: now + Math.round(travelGameMs / config.timeCompression),
+    distanceMillionKm: distance,
+    fuelCost: tutorial ? 0 : tripFuelCost(model, origin, destination, departure),
+    expectedPayout: contract.payout,
+    seed: deriveSeed(worldSeed, `dispatch:${id}`),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/sim/test/record.test.ts b/packages/sim/test/record.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af74d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sim/test/record.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { content } from "@deadhead/content";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  createDispatchRecord,
+  MS_PER_HOUR,
+  travelTimeGameHours,
+  type Contract,
+  type RecordInput,
+} from "../src/index";
+
+const now = Date.parse("2100-01-01T00:30:00Z");
+const contract: Contract = {
+  id: "c1",
+  originId: "earth",
+  destinationId: "moon",
+  cargoTypeId: "standard",
+  tier: 0,
+  massTonnes: 10,
+  payout: 2000,
+  requiredSkill: null,
+  requiredLongHaulLevel: 0,
+  offeredAt: Date.parse("2100-01-01T00:00:00Z"),
+  expiresAt: Date.parse("2100-01-01T01:00:00Z"),
+  firstContact: false,
+};
+const input: RecordInput = {
+  id: "d1",
+  ship: { id: "s1", modelId: "courier", locationId: "earth", inFlight: false },
+  pilot: { id: "p1", isAvatar: false, assignedShipId: "s1", inFlight: false, skills: {} },
+  contract,
+  tutorial: false,
+  now,
+  worldSeed: 7,
+};
+
+describe("dispatch record", () => {
+  it("arrives after exactly the travel time converted to real time", () => {
+    const record = createDispatchRecord(input, content);
+    const courier = content.shipModel("courier")!;
+    const travelGameMs = travelTimeGameHours(courier, record.distanceMillionKm) * MS_PER_HOUR;
+    expect(record.arrivalAt - record.departureAt).toBe(
+      Math.round(travelGameMs / content.config.timeCompression),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("copies the route, payout and parties, and charges fuel", () => {
+    const record = createDispatchRecord(input, content);
+    expect(record).toMatchObject({
+      id: "d1",
+      shipId: "s1",
+      pilotId: "p1",
+      originId: "earth",
+      destinationId: "moon",
+      departureAt: now,
+      expectedPayout: 2000,
+      tutorial: false,
+    });
+    expect(record.fuelCost).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it("charges no fuel on a tutorial run", () => {
+    expect(createDispatchRecord({ ...input, tutorial: true }, content).fuelCost).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("is identical for identical inputs and seeded per dispatch", () => {
+    expect(createDispatchRecord(input, content)).toEqual(createDispatchRecord(input, content));
+    expect(createDispatchRecord({ ...input, id: "d2" }, content).seed).not.toBe(
+      createDispatchRecord(input, content).seed,
+    );
+  });
+});