diff --git a/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
index 5ab2610..518f699 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,40 @@ interface ExploreResult extends SystemState { outcome: FoundItem[]; crewFound: u
 interface CrewDto { id: number; name: string; role: string; traitGood: string; traitBad: string; origin: string }
 interface ShipSystemDto { id: number; type: string; level: number; capacity: number; built: boolean }
 interface ShipState { systems: ShipSystemDto[]; inventory: InventoryItemDto[]; turn: number }
+interface MissionDto { id: number; type: string; description: string; targetSystemId: number | null; conditionKind: string | null; progressTarget: number; progress: number; rewardKind: string; rewardQty: number; state: string }
 
 const totalQty = (items: InventoryItemDto[], kind: string) => items.filter((i) => i.kind === kind).reduce((sum, i) => sum + i.qty, 0);
 
+// BFS over the undirected jump routes — [next, ..., target], empty when already there.
+const shortestJumpPath = (fromId: number, toId: number, edges: [number, number][]): number[] => {
+  const adj = new Map<number, number[]>();
+  for (const [a, b] of edges) {
+    if (!adj.has(a)) adj.set(a, []);
+    if (!adj.has(b)) adj.set(b, []);
+    adj.get(a)!.push(b);
+    adj.get(b)!.push(a);
+  }
+  const prev = new Map<number, number>();
+  const seen = new Set([fromId]);
+  const queue = [fromId];
+  while (queue.length > 0 && !seen.has(toId)) {
+    const cur = queue.shift()!;
+    for (const next of adj.get(cur) ?? []) {
+      if (!seen.has(next)) {
+        seen.add(next);
+        prev.set(next, cur);
+        queue.push(next);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  expect(seen.has(toId)).toBe(true); // the world graph is connected by construction
+  const path: number[] = [];
+  for (let cur = toId; cur !== fromId; cur = prev.get(cur)!) {
+    path.unshift(cur);
+  }
+  return path;
+};
+
 test('landing page loads with the SpaceWanderer title', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/');
   await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'SpaceWanderer' })).toBeVisible();
@@ -255,6 +286,66 @@ test('SKILL TREE tab researches WEAPONS SYSTEMS and unlocks the gated WEAPONS bu
   await expect(weaponsCard.getByText('LV 1')).toBeVisible();
 });
 
+test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', async ({ page }) => {
+  const board = (await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[];
+  expect(board.filter((m) => m.state === 'AVAILABLE').length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3); // the board is always topped up
+
+  // Prefer a scan-completable contract — fresh boards are all EXPLORE/FIND (DELIVER only appears once systems are discovered).
+  const picked = board.find((m) => m.state === 'AVAILABLE' && m.type !== 'DELIVER') ?? board.find((m) => m.state === 'AVAILABLE')!;
+  const idx = board.indexOf(picked);
+
+  // Baseline of the reward kind in the hold — scans during completion may add more, so assert >=.
+  const shipBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
+  const baseline = totalQty(shipBefore.inventory, picked.rewardKind);
+
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'MISSIONS' }).click();
+  // One ACCEPT button per card, in board order — the picked contract's is enabled (AVAILABLE, nothing active).
+  const acceptButtons = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'ACCEPT' });
+  await expect(acceptButtons.nth(idx)).toBeEnabled();
+  await acceptButtons.nth(idx).click();
+
+  // UI flipped: exactly one ACTIVE badge on the board and the accepted card's button is now disabled.
+  const panel = page.getByRole('tabpanel');
+  await expect(panel.getByText('ACTIVE', { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(acceptButtons.nth(idx)).toBeDisabled();
+
+  // API confirms it: exactly one ACTIVE mission, the picked one (accepting cost a turn).
+  const boardAfterAccept = (await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[];
+  expect(boardAfterAccept.filter((m) => m.state === 'ACTIVE')).toEqual([boardAfterAccept.find((m) => m.id === picked.id)!]);
+
+  // Complete it. EXPLORE/FIND: scan until done, jumping when a system exhausts (parts drop on ~30% of
+  // scans, so P(a FIND-part misses in 80 scans) ≈ 0.7^80 — negligible). DELIVER: follow the shortest
+  // jump path to its target (edges only ever get added, so the precomputed path stays valid).
+  let deliverPath: number[] = [];
+  if (picked.type === 'DELIVER') {
+    const worldNow = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
+    deliverPath = shortestJumpPath(worldNow.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.id, picked.targetSystemId!, worldNow.edges);
+  }
+
+  let state = 'ACTIVE';
+  let iterations = 0;
+  while (state !== 'DONE' && iterations < 80) {
+    iterations++;
+    if (deliverPath.length > 0) {
+      expect((await page.request.post('/api/jump', { data: { systemId: deliverPath.shift()! } })).status()).toBe(200);
+    } else {
+      const sys = (await (await page.request.get('/api/system')).json()) as SystemState;
+      const unexplored = sys.planets.filter((p) => !p.explored);
+      if (unexplored.length > 0) {
+        expect((await page.request.post('/api/explore', { data: { planetId: unexplored[0].id } })).status()).toBe(200);
+      } else {
+        await jumpToFreshSystem(page); // prefer undiscovered territory — first-edge ping-pongs between exhausted systems
+      }
+    }
+    state = ((await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[]).find((m) => m.id === picked.id)?.state ?? 'ACTIVE';
+  }
+  expect(state).toBe('DONE'); // the bounded loop always completes: scans are plentiful, jump paths finite
+
+  const shipAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
+  expect(totalQty(shipAfter.inventory, picked.rewardKind)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(baseline + picked.rewardQty);
+});
+
 test('GET /api/version reports the app version as JSON', async ({ page }) => {
   const res = await page.request.get('/api/version');
   expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
diff --git a/e2e/state.spec.ts b/e2e/state.spec.ts
index af817cf..6ba6d17 100644
--- a/e2e/state.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/state.spec.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ interface CrewDto { id: number; name: string; role: string; traitGood: string; t
 interface ShipSystemDto { id: number; type: string; level: number; capacity: number; built: boolean }
 interface ShipState { systems: ShipSystemDto[]; inventory: { kind: string; name: string; qty: number }[]; turn: number }
 interface TechDto { id: number; slug: string; name: string; costKind: string; costQty: number; prereqs: string[]; effect: string; state: string; missingPrereqs: string[] }
+interface MissionDto { id: number; type: string; description: string; targetSystemId: number | null; conditionKind: string | null; progressTarget: number; progress: number; rewardKind: string; rewardQty: number; state: string }
 
 test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(180_000);
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ p
   const techBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/tech')).json()) as TechDto[];
   expect(techBefore.length).toBeGreaterThan(0); // the tech tree is always seeded
 
+  // Mission board baseline: contracts, states and progress must survive too. The GET tops the board
+  // up first — a no-op here because every action leaves at least MIN_AVAILABLE AVAILABLE contracts.
+  const missionsBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[];
+  expect(missionsBefore.length).toBeGreaterThan(0); // the board is always seeded on new game
+
   // Restart the app container mid-run — the named DB volume must survive it.
   execSync(`docker compose ${composeArgs} restart space-wanderer`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
 
@@ -95,6 +101,10 @@ test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ p
   const techAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/tech')).json()) as TechDto[];
   expect(techAfter).toEqual(techBefore);
 
+  // Mission board survived too: same contracts, states and progress (no re-seed or re-top-up on restart).
+  const missionsAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[];
+  expect(missionsAfter).toEqual(missionsBefore);
+
   // The page itself serves again with the landing title.
   await page.goto('/');
   await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'SpaceWanderer' })).toBeVisible();