diff --git a/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
index 840250e..4cd0750 100644
--- a/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
-import { jumpToFreshSystem } from './helpers';
+import { expect, test, type Page } from '@playwright/test';
+import { jumpToFreshSystem, resolveAction } from './helpers';
 
 // Mirrors the /api/world + /api/system response shapes (lib/game/save.ts) — kept local so the spec stays self-contained.
+// Since Task 6 both snapshots also carry the save's task queue (ACTIVE block first, then PENDING).
 interface WorldSystemDto { id: number; name: string; x: number; y: number; discovered: boolean; current: boolean }
-interface WorldState { systems: WorldSystemDto[]; edges: [number, number][]; turn: number }
+// The subset of QueueDto the spec reads: the task type and its live duration (`remaining`).
+interface QueueTaskDto { type: string; remaining: number }
+interface WorldState { systems: WorldSystemDto[]; edges: [number, number][]; turn: number; tasks: QueueTaskDto[] }
 interface PlanetDto { id: number; name: string; type: string; hazard: boolean; explored: boolean; parent: number | null }
 interface InventoryItemDto { kind: string; name: string; qty: number }
-interface SystemState { systemId: number; systemName: string; planets: PlanetDto[]; inventory: InventoryItemDto[]; turn: number }
+interface SystemState { systemId: number; systemName: string; planets: PlanetDto[]; inventory: InventoryItemDto[]; turn: number; tasks: QueueTaskDto[] }
 interface FoundItem { kind: string; name: string; qty: number }
 interface ExploreResult extends SystemState { outcome: FoundItem[]; crewFound: unknown }
 interface CrewDto { id: number; name: string; role: string; traitGood: string; traitBad: string; origin: string }
@@ -47,6 +50,40 @@ const shortestJumpPath = (fromId: number, toId: number, edges: [number, number][
   return path;
 };
 
+// --- PR A's UI flow (Task 8's team builder + Task 7's NEXT TURN button) -----------------
+
+// The team-builder half of every action panel: pick the default one-person crew in the mounted
+// builder — the first lead radio, the same default member (the roster is in join order) that
+// resolveAction queues with, no helpers — and click DISPATCH. Returns the queue POST's response:
+// 200, no turn bump, the effect not yet applied. Its `tasks` array (where the snapshot carries
+// one) holds the new task's `remaining` — the team's live duration N (Task 6).
+async function dispatchDefaultCrew(page: Page, path: string) {
+  await page.getByRole('tabpanel').locator('input[type="radio"][name="lead"]').first().check();
+  const [res] = await Promise.all([
+    page.waitForResponse((r) => r.request().method() === 'POST' && r.url().endsWith(path)),
+    page.getByRole('button', { name: 'DISPATCH' }).click(),
+  ]);
+  return res;
+}
+
+// One NEXT TURN click (Task 7) = one POST /api/turn. The button drops a click while a tick is
+// in flight, so each click waits for the button's own TURN span (the shell's ship snapshot —
+// refreshed on every tick) to show the next turn before the following click.
+async function tickTo(page: Page, toTurn: number) {
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'NEXT TURN' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByText(`TURN ${toTurn}`, { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+// The N for a ship or research action, read from the crew snapshot: the queueing routes for
+// /api/ship/* and /api/research return a bare ShipState / TechDto[] with no `tasks` field of
+// their own (unlike the world/system snapshots), but the queue itself is the same one GET
+// /api/crew exposes (JC-7). Every test ticks its actions to completion, so at most one task of
+// a given type is ever in the queue when this reads it.
+async function crewTasks(page: Page): Promise<QueueTaskDto[]> {
+  const { tasks } = (await (await page.request.get('/api/crew')).json()) as { crew: CrewDto[]; tasks: QueueTaskDto[] };
+  return tasks;
+}
+
 test('landing page loads with the SpaceWanderer title', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/');
   await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'SpaceWanderer' })).toBeVisible();
@@ -142,11 +179,22 @@ test('jumping to an adjacent system updates the world state and turn counter', a
   const targetName = before.systems.find((s) => s.id === targetId)!.name;
 
   await page.goto('/');
-  // Click the target's chart field — clickable nodes are role=button with their name as accessible label.
+  // Click the target's chart field — it ARMS the node: the crew team builder floats over the chart.
   await page.getByRole('tabpanel').getByRole('button', { name: targetName.toUpperCase(), exact: true }).click();
+  // Dispatch with the default one-person crew — the POST only QUEUES the JUMP: 200, no turn bump,
+  // and the ship has not moved yet (the origin is still `current` in the queue response).
+  const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/jump');
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const queued = (await res.json()) as WorldState;
+  expect(queued.turn).toBe(before.turn);
+  expect(queued.systems.find((s) => s.current)?.id).toBe(currentId); // no instant landing
+  const n = queued.tasks.find((t) => t.type === 'JUMP')!.remaining; // N = the team's live duration (Task 6/8)
+
+  // The tick, not the queue, advances the counter: N NEXT TURN clicks, one turn each.
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, before.turn + k);
 
   const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
-  expect(after.turn).toBe(before.turn + 1);
+  expect(after.turn).toBe(before.turn + n);
   expect(after.systems.find((s) => s.current)?.id).toBe(targetId);
 });
 
@@ -158,18 +206,28 @@ test('local system shows the new current system after a jump, without a page rel
   const targetName = before.systems.find((s) => s.id === targetId)!.name;
 
   await page.goto('/');
-  // Jump through the UI: click the target's chart field on WORLD MAP (the default tab).
+  // Jump through the UI: click the target's chart field on WORLD MAP (the default tab) — it arms
+  // the node and floats the crew team builder over the chart.
   await page.getByRole('tabpanel').getByRole('button', { name: targetName.toUpperCase(), exact: true }).click();
+  const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/jump');
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  // The queue response is applied to the chart — but the turn is still the origin's: no landing,
+  // no counter bump until the ticks.
+  const queued = (await res.json()) as WorldState;
+  expect(queued.turn).toBe(before.turn);
+  expect(queued.systems.find((s) => s.current)?.id).toBe(currentId);
+  const n = queued.tasks.find((t) => t.type === 'JUMP')!.remaining;
 
-  // Wait until the jump response is applied to the chart — server state is committed by then, so
-  // the /api/world read below can't race the in-flight POST.
-  await expect(page.getByText(`GALACTIC CHART // JUMP ROUTES — TURN ${before.turn + 1}`)).toBeVisible();
+  // Wait until the ticks are done: the tick, not the queue, advances the counter (the button's
+  // TURN span is the shell's live counter; the last click lands the jump and shows TURN before+N).
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, before.turn + k);
 
   const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
   const newCurrent = after.systems.find((s) => s.current)!;
-  expect(newCurrent.id).toBe(targetId); // the jump landed where we aimed
+  expect(newCurrent.id).toBe(targetId); // the jump landed where we aimed, on the Nth tick
 
-  // Switch to LOCAL SYSTEM — it must show the NEW current system without a page reload (#30).
+  // Switch to LOCAL SYSTEM — it must show the NEW current system without a page reload (#30):
+  // the shell re-fetches /api/system on every tick, so its header carries the final turn.
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'LOCAL SYSTEM' }).click();
   await expect(page.getByText(`EXPLORABLE WORLDS // ${newCurrent.name.toUpperCase()} — TURN ${after.turn}`)).toBeVisible();
 });
@@ -194,13 +252,29 @@ test('exploring a body flips its row state, bumps the turn and shows the scan re
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'LOCAL SYSTEM' }).click();
+  // The row's button ARMS the planet (it flips to PICK TEAM); the crew team builder mounts above the list.
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: `${target.name.toUpperCase()} // EXPLORE` }).click();
+  // Dispatch with the default one-person crew — the POST only QUEUES the scan: 200, no turn bump,
+  // the body still unexplored in the response and its `outcome` empty until the scan resolves (JC-2).
+  const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/explore');
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const queued = (await res.json()) as ExploreResult;
+  expect(queued.turn).toBe(before.turn);
+  expect(queued.planets.find((p) => p.id === target.id)?.explored).toBe(false);
+  expect(queued.outcome).toEqual([]);
+  expect(queued.crewFound).toBeNull();
+  const n = queued.tasks.find((t) => t.type === 'EXPLORE')!.remaining;
+
+  // The ticks: the scan resolves (explored flips, the haul lands) on the Nth one.
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, before.turn + k);
 
   const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/system')).json()) as SystemState;
-  expect(after.turn).toBe(before.turn + 1);
+  expect(after.turn).toBe(before.turn + n);
   expect(after.planets.find((p) => p.id === target.id)?.explored).toBe(true);
 
-  // UI reflects it: the row badge flipped to SCANNED and its EXPLORE button is gone.
+  // UI reflects it after the ticks: the row badge flipped to SCANNED and its EXPLORE button is gone.
+  // (The SCAN RESULT block already showed the queue response's empty outcome — NOTHING FOUND — as
+  // soon as the scan was dispatched; the haul itself only ever lands on the tick, into the hold.)
   await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: `${target.name.toUpperCase()} // EXPLORE` })).toHaveCount(0);
   await expect(page.getByText(/SCAN RESULT \/\/ /)).toBeVisible();
 });
@@ -215,18 +289,22 @@ test('exploration yields finds that accumulate in the inventory', async ({ page
     const sys = (await (await page.request.get('/api/system')).json()) as SystemState;
     const unexplored = sys.planets.filter((p) => !p.explored);
     if (unexplored.length > 0) {
-      const res = await page.request.post('/api/explore', { data: { planetId: unexplored[0].id } });
-      expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
-      for (const item of ((await res.json()) as ExploreResult).outcome) {
-        found.set(`${item.kind}|${item.name}`, item.qty);
+      // Queue + tick the scan (resolveAction). The queue response's `outcome` is empty until the
+      // tick (JC-2), so the haul is read from the post-tick /api/system snapshot it returns:
+      // the inventory delta of this scan (the queue is clean at the start of every iteration).
+      const after = (await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: unexplored[0].id })) as SystemState;
+      const before = new Map(sys.inventory.map((i) => [`${i.kind}|${i.name}`, i.qty]));
+      for (const item of after.inventory) {
+        const qty = item.qty - (before.get(`${item.kind}|${item.name}`) ?? 0);
+        if (qty > 0) found.set(`${item.kind}|${item.name}`, qty);
       }
     } else {
-      // Current system fully scanned — jump somewhere and keep scanning.
+      // Current system fully scanned — jump somewhere (queued, then ticked) and keep scanning.
       const world = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
       const currentId = world.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.id;
       const edge = world.edges.find(([a, b]) => a === currentId || b === currentId)!;
       const targetId = edge[0] === currentId ? edge[1] : edge[0];
-      expect((await page.request.post('/api/jump', { data: { systemId: targetId } })).status()).toBe(200);
+      await resolveAction(page, '/api/jump', { systemId: targetId });
     }
   }
   expect(found.size).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -240,13 +318,14 @@ test('exploration yields finds that accumulate in the inventory', async ({ page
 });
 
 test('CREW tab renders real roster cards, each showing both traits and an origin', async ({ page }) => {
-  const roster = (await (await page.request.get('/api/crew')).json()) as CrewDto[];
-  expect(roster.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2); // starting crew is always seeded
+  // GET /api/crew is the {crew, tasks} object since Task 6 (JC-18) — the roster is its crew field.
+  const { crew } = (await (await page.request.get('/api/crew')).json()) as { crew: CrewDto[]; tasks: QueueTaskDto[] };
+  expect(crew.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2); // starting crew is always seeded
 
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'CREW' }).click();
 
-  for (const member of roster) {
+  for (const member of crew) {
     const heading = page.getByRole('heading', { name: member.name });
     await expect(heading).toBeVisible();
     // The card is the third div ancestor of the title (flex row → CardHeader → Card).
@@ -260,7 +339,9 @@ test('CREW tab renders real roster cards, each showing both traits and an origin
 
 test('SHIP SYSTEMS tab performs an affordable action and reflects it in the card and left column', async ({ page }) => {
   // Scan bodies until something is affordable: an upgrade costs `level` resources (at least one),
-  // a build costs three parts. Jumping keeps it going if a whole system is exhausted.
+  // a build costs three parts. Every scan/jump is queued with a default crew and ticked to
+  // completion (resolveAction) — the hold only changes once the task resolves on a tick. Jumping
+  // keeps it going if a whole system is exhausted.
   let ship = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
   const upgradeTarget = () => ship.systems.find((s) => s.built && s.level < 5 && totalQty(ship.inventory, 'resource') >= s.level);
   // WEAPONS is gated behind the unresearched WEAPONS SYSTEMS tech — its build path is covered by
@@ -273,13 +354,13 @@ test('SHIP SYSTEMS tab performs an affordable action and reflects it in the card
     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);
+      await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: unexplored[0].id });
     } else {
       const world = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
       const currentId = world.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.id;
       const edge = world.edges.find(([a, b]) => a === currentId || b === currentId)!;
       const targetId = edge[0] === currentId ? edge[1] : edge[0];
-      expect((await page.request.post('/api/jump', { data: { systemId: targetId } })).status()).toBe(200);
+      await resolveAction(page, '/api/jump', { systemId: targetId });
     }
     ship = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
   }
@@ -292,28 +373,58 @@ test('SHIP SYSTEMS tab performs an affordable action and reflects it in the card
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'SHIP SYSTEMS' }).click();
 
   if (upgrade) {
+    // The UPGRADE button ARMS the action — the crew team builder mounts above the grid.
     const card = page.getByRole('heading', { name: upgrade.type }).locator('xpath=ancestor::div[3]');
     await expect(card.getByRole('button', { name: 'UPGRADE' })).toBeEnabled();
     await card.getByRole('button', { name: 'UPGRADE' }).click();
 
+    // Dispatch with the default one-person crew — the POST only QUEUES the upgrade: 200, no turn
+    // bump, the cost (`level` resources) already deducted from the hold, the level NOT yet up.
+    const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/ship/upgrade');
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+    const queued = (await res.json()) as ShipState;
+    expect(queued.turn).toBe(ship.turn);
+    expect(queued.systems.find((s) => s.id === upgrade.id)!.level).toBe(upgrade.level); // no instant upgrade
+    expect(totalQty(queued.inventory, 'resource')).toBe(totalQty(ship.inventory, 'resource') - upgrade.level); // cost at queue time
+    const n = (await crewTasks(page)).find((t) => t.type === 'SHIP_UPGRADE')!.remaining; // N = the team's live duration (Task 6/8)
+
+    // The ticks: the level-up lands on the Nth one.
+    for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, ship.turn + k);
+
     const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
     const row = after.systems.find((s) => s.id === upgrade.id)!;
     expect(row.level).toBe(upgrade.level + 1);
-    expect(after.turn).toBe(ship.turn + 1);
+    expect(after.turn).toBe(ship.turn + n); // the tick, not the click, advances the counter
 
-    // The card badge flipped to the new level and the left column mirrors it.
+    // The card badge flipped to the new level and the left column mirrors it — both re-fetched by
+    // the tick, not by the click.
     await expect(card.getByText(`LV ${upgrade.level + 1}`)).toBeVisible();
     await expect(page.getByText(`LV ${row.level} · CAP ${row.capacity}`)).toBeVisible();
   } else {
     const target = build!;
+    // The BUILD NEW button ARMS the action — the crew team builder mounts above the grid.
     const card = page.getByRole('heading', { name: target.type }).locator('xpath=ancestor::div[3]');
     await expect(card.getByRole('button', { name: 'BUILD NEW' })).toBeEnabled();
     await card.getByRole('button', { name: 'BUILD NEW' }).click();
 
+    // Dispatch — the POST only QUEUES the build: 200, no turn bump, the flat 3-parts cost already
+    // deducted, the system NOT yet built.
+    const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/ship/build');
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+    const queued = (await res.json()) as ShipState;
+    expect(queued.turn).toBe(ship.turn);
+    expect(queued.systems.find((s) => s.id === target.id)!.built).toBe(false); // no instant build
+    expect(totalQty(queued.inventory, 'part')).toBe(totalQty(ship.inventory, 'part') - 3); // cost at queue time
+    const n = (await crewTasks(page)).find((t) => t.type === 'SHIP_BUILD')!.remaining;
+
+    // The ticks: the build lands (OFFLINE → LV 1) on the Nth one.
+    for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, ship.turn + k);
+
     const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
     const row = after.systems.find((s) => s.id === target.id)!;
     expect(row.built).toBe(true);
     expect({ level: row.level, capacity: row.capacity }).toEqual({ level: 1, capacity: 2 });
+    expect(after.turn).toBe(ship.turn + n); // the tick, not the click, advances the counter
 
     // The card badge flipped OFFLINE → LV 1 and the left column's online count went up.
     await expect(card.getByText('LV 1')).toBeVisible();
@@ -322,7 +433,8 @@ test('SHIP SYSTEMS tab performs an affordable action and reflects it in the card
 });
 
 test('SKILL TREE tab researches WEAPONS SYSTEMS and unlocks the gated WEAPONS build', async ({ page }) => {
-  // Research costs two parts, building WEAPONS three — scan until the hold has five. Parts drop on
+  // Research costs two parts, building WEAPONS three — scan until the hold has five. Every
+  // scan/jump is queued with a default crew and ticked to completion (resolveAction). Parts drop on
   // ~30% of scans, so P(<5 in 80 scans) is negligible; jumping keeps it going if a system exhausts.
   let ship = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
   let iterations = 0;
@@ -331,7 +443,7 @@ test('SKILL TREE tab researches WEAPONS SYSTEMS and unlocks the gated WEAPONS bu
     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);
+      await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: unexplored[0].id });
     } else {
       await jumpToFreshSystem(page); // prefer undiscovered territory — first-edge ping-pongs between exhausted systems
     }
@@ -347,25 +459,51 @@ test('SKILL TREE tab researches WEAPONS SYSTEMS and unlocks the gated WEAPONS bu
   await expect(weaponsCard.getByText('REQUIRES // WEAPONS SYSTEMS')).toBeVisible();
   await expect(weaponsCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'BUILD NEW' })).toBeDisabled();
 
-  // SKILL TREE tab: research WEAPONS SYSTEMS (two parts) — the card flips to RESEARCHED.
+  // SKILL TREE tab: research WEAPONS SYSTEMS (two parts). The RESEARCH button ARMS the tech — the
+  // crew team builder mounts — and its DISPATCH queues the RESEARCH task: 200, no turn bump, the
+  // cost already deducted, and the card NOT yet RESEARCHED (it flips on the resolving tick).
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'SKILL TREE' }).click();
   const techCard = page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'WEAPONS SYSTEMS' }).locator('xpath=ancestor::div[3]');
   await expect(techCard.getByText('AVAILABLE')).toBeVisible(); // root tech — no prerequisites
   await expect(techCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'RESEARCH' })).toBeEnabled(); // parts ≥ 2
   const turnBefore = ship.turn;
   await techCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'RESEARCH' }).click();
-  await expect(techCard.getByText('RESEARCHED')).toBeVisible();
+  const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/research');
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const queuedTechs = (await res.json()) as { id: number; slug: string; state: string }[];
+  expect(queuedTechs.find((t) => t.slug === 'WEAPONS_SYSTEMS')!.state).toBe('AVAILABLE'); // no instant flip
+  // The research response is a bare TechDto[] — the cost deduction is checked on the ship snapshot.
+  const queuedShip = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
+  expect(queuedShip.turn).toBe(turnBefore);
+  expect(totalQty(queuedShip.inventory, 'part')).toBe(totalQty(ship.inventory, 'part') - 2); // cost at queue time
+  const n = (await crewTasks(page)).find((t) => t.type === 'RESEARCH')!.remaining;
 
+  // The ticks: the tech flips RESEARCHED (and unlocks the gated build) on the Nth one.
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, turnBefore + k);
+  await expect(techCard.getByText('RESEARCHED')).toBeVisible(); // the card flips on the resolving tick
   const afterResearch = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
-  expect(afterResearch.turn).toBe(turnBefore + 1); // research costs a turn
+  expect(afterResearch.turn).toBe(turnBefore + n); // the tick, not the click, advances the counter
 
-  // The gated ship action is now available: BUILD NEW on WEAPONS flips to enabled and builds.
+  // The gated ship action is now available: BUILD NEW on WEAPONS flips to enabled and ARMS the build.
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'SHIP SYSTEMS' }).click();
   await expect(weaponsCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'BUILD NEW' })).toBeEnabled();
   await weaponsCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'BUILD NEW' }).click();
 
+  // Dispatch the build — again queue, not instant: 200, no turn bump, still OFFLINE, cost deducted.
+  const buildRes = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/ship/build');
+  expect(buildRes.status()).toBe(200);
+  const queuedBuild = (await buildRes.json()) as ShipState;
+  expect(queuedBuild.turn).toBe(afterResearch.turn);
+  expect(queuedBuild.systems.find((s) => s.type === 'WEAPONS')!.built).toBe(false); // no instant build
+  expect(totalQty(queuedBuild.inventory, 'part')).toBe(totalQty(afterResearch.inventory, 'part') - 3); // cost at queue time
+  const n2 = (await crewTasks(page)).find((t) => t.type === 'SHIP_BUILD')!.remaining;
+
+  // The ticks: WEAPONS comes online (OFFLINE → LV 1) on the Nth one.
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n2; k++) await tickTo(page, afterResearch.turn + k);
+
   const afterBuild = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
   expect(afterBuild.systems.find((s) => s.type === 'WEAPONS')!.built).toBe(true);
+  expect(afterBuild.turn).toBe(afterResearch.turn + n2);
   await expect(weaponsCard.getByText('LV 1')).toBeVisible();
 });
 
@@ -375,6 +513,7 @@ test('NAVIGATION AI research unlocks two-hop jumps on the world map (#35)', asyn
   let techs = (await (await page.request.get('/api/tech')).json()) as { id: number; slug: string; state: string }[];
   const navAiState = () => techs.find((t) => t.slug === 'NAV_AI')!.state;
   if (navAiState() !== 'RESEARCHED') {
+    // Every scan/jump is queued with a default crew and ticked to completion (resolveAction).
     let ship = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
     let iterations = 0;
     while (totalQty(ship.inventory, 'resource') < 2 && iterations < 40) {
@@ -382,7 +521,7 @@ test('NAVIGATION AI research unlocks two-hop jumps on the world map (#35)', asyn
       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);
+        await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: unexplored[0].id });
       } else {
         await jumpToFreshSystem(page); // prefer undiscovered territory — first-edge ping-pongs between exhausted systems
       }
@@ -391,12 +530,25 @@ test('NAVIGATION AI research unlocks two-hop jumps on the world map (#35)', asyn
     expect(totalQty(ship.inventory, 'resource')).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
 
     await page.goto('/');
-    // SKILL TREE tab: research NAVIGATION AI (two resources) — the card flips to RESEARCHED.
+    // SKILL TREE tab: research NAVIGATION AI (two resources). The RESEARCH button ARMS the tech —
+    // the crew team builder mounts — and its DISPATCH queues the RESEARCH task: 200, no turn bump,
+    // the cost already deducted, and the card NOT yet RESEARCHED.
     await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'SKILL TREE' }).click();
     const techCard = page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'NAVIGATION AI' }).locator('xpath=ancestor::div[3]');
     await expect(techCard.getByText('AVAILABLE')).toBeVisible(); // root tech — no prerequisites
     await expect(techCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'RESEARCH' })).toBeEnabled(); // resources ≥ 2
     await techCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'RESEARCH' }).click();
+    const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/research');
+    expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+    const queuedTechs = (await res.json()) as { id: number; slug: string; state: string }[];
+    expect(queuedTechs.find((t) => t.slug === 'NAV_AI')!.state).toBe('AVAILABLE'); // no instant flip
+    const queuedShip = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
+    expect(queuedShip.turn).toBe(ship.turn);
+    expect(totalQty(queuedShip.inventory, 'resource')).toBe(totalQty(ship.inventory, 'resource') - 2); // cost at queue time
+    const n = (await crewTasks(page)).find((t) => t.type === 'RESEARCH')!.remaining;
+
+    // The ticks: the card flips RESEARCHED on the Nth one (the unlock lands with it).
+    for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, ship.turn + k);
     await expect(techCard.getByText('RESEARCHED')).toBeVisible();
   }
 
@@ -426,11 +578,26 @@ test('NAVIGATION AI research unlocks two-hop jumps on the world map (#35)', asyn
 
   // The two-hop systems render as distinct chart fields (// JUMP ×2 sublabel) — several at once, so .first().
   await expect(panel.getByText(/(DISCOVERED|UNKNOWN) \/\/ JUMP ×2/).first()).toBeVisible();
+  // Click the target's chart field — it ARMS the node: the crew team builder floats over the chart.
   await panel.getByRole('button', { name: target.name.toUpperCase() }).click();
 
+  // Dispatch with the default one-person crew — the POST only QUEUES the two-hop jump: 200, no
+  // turn bump, no landing yet (the origin is still `current` in the queue response).
+  const res = await dispatchDefaultCrew(page, '/api/jump');
+  expect(res.status()).toBe(200);
+  const queued = (await res.json()) as WorldState;
+  expect(queued.turn).toBe(turnBefore);
+  expect(queued.systems.find((s) => s.current)?.id).toBe(world.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.id); // no instant landing
+  // The hop count now feeds the duration model, not a flat turn delta: N is the team's live
+  // duration for a two-hop jump (the route puts the hop count in the queued payload).
+  const n = queued.tasks.find((t) => t.type === 'JUMP')!.remaining;
+
+  // The ticks: the counter advances one per tick, and the jump lands on the Nth one.
+  for (let k = 1; k <= n; k++) await tickTo(page, turnBefore + k);
+
   const after = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
-  expect(after.systems.find((s) => s.id === target.id)!.current).toBe(true); // world state updated in one action
-  expect(after.turn).toBe(turnBefore + 2); // the turn cost scales with hop count (#35)
+  expect(after.systems.find((s) => s.id === target.id)!.current).toBe(true); // the jump landed on the Nth tick
+  expect(after.turn).toBe(turnBefore + n); // the hop count scaled the duration, not a flat +2 (#35)
 });
 
 test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -461,14 +628,19 @@ test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', asyn
 
     // One ACCEPT button per card, in board order — the picked contract's is enabled (AVAILABLE, nothing active).
     await expect(acceptButtons.nth(idx)).toBeEnabled();
+    // Accepting is the one action in the suite that does NOT queue (JC-19): no crew params, and no
+    // turn bump — the turn counter only ever moves on a NEXT TURN tick.
+    const worldBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
     await acceptButtons.nth(idx).click();
+    const worldAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/world')).json()) as WorldState;
+    expect(worldAfter.turn).toBe(worldBefore.turn); // JC-19 — accept is free, it does not tick
 
     // UI flipped: exactly one ACTIVE badge on the board and the accepted card's button is now disabled.
     // No exact match — ACTIVE badges render a "●" dot prefix (components/ui/badge.tsx), so their text is "●ACTIVE".
     await expect(panel.getByText('ACTIVE')).toBeVisible();
     await expect(acceptButtons.nth(idx)).toBeDisabled();
 
-    // API confirms it: exactly one ACTIVE mission, the picked one (accepting cost a turn).
+    // API confirms it: exactly one ACTIVE mission, the picked one.
     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)!]);
   }
@@ -477,9 +649,11 @@ test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', asyn
   const shipBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/ship')).json()) as ShipState;
   const baseline = totalQty(shipBefore.inventory, picked.rewardKind);
 
-  // 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).
+  // Complete it. Every scan/jump is queued with a default crew and ticked to completion
+  // (resolveAction) — the mission hooks run on the resolving ticks. 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;
@@ -491,12 +665,12 @@ test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', asyn
   while (state !== 'DONE' && iterations < 80) {
     iterations++;
     if (deliverPath.length > 0) {
-      expect((await page.request.post('/api/jump', { data: { systemId: deliverPath.shift()! } })).status()).toBe(200);
+      await resolveAction(page, '/api/jump', { systemId: deliverPath.shift()! });
     } 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);
+        await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: unexplored[0].id });
       } else {
         await jumpToFreshSystem(page); // prefer undiscovered territory — first-edge ping-pongs between exhausted systems
       }
@@ -512,9 +686,11 @@ test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', asyn
 test('EVENT LOG tab shows real game events, newest first', async ({ page }) => {
   // Idempotent across retries sharing a DB: assert on THIS run's own entries (identified by turn and
   // message), never on absolute counts — earlier attempts leave their events behind.
+  // The jump is queued + ticked to completion: the event it writes carries the tick it RESOLVED
+  // on, not the turn of the queueing POST.
   const afterJump = await jumpToFreshSystem(page);
   const jumpedName = afterJump.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.name;
-  const jumpTurn = afterJump.turn;
+  const jumpTurn = afterJump.turn; // the resolution tick's turn
 
   // Scan one body — if the current system is exhausted (leftover from a previous attempt), hop again first.
   let sys = (await (await page.request.get('/api/system')).json()) as SystemState;
@@ -523,23 +699,25 @@ test('EVENT LOG tab shows real game events, newest first', async ({ page }) => {
     sys = (await (await page.request.get('/api/system')).json()) as SystemState;
   }
   const planet = sys.planets.find((p) => !p.explored)!;
-  const exploreRes = await page.request.post('/api/explore', { data: { planetId: planet.id } });
-  expect(exploreRes.status()).toBe(200);
-  const explored = (await exploreRes.json()) as ExploreResult;
+  // The explore POST only queues — no turn bump, no event yet — so tick it to completion: the scan
+  // event lands on the resolving tick, and the post-tick /api/system snapshot carries that turn.
+  const explored = (await resolveAction(page, '/api/explore', { planetId: planet.id })) as SystemState;
+  const exploreTurn = explored.turn;
 
-  // API: this run's jump + scan are in the log, and the newer one (the scan) comes first.
+  // API: this run's jump + scan are in the log, each stamped with the tick it resolved on, and the
+  // newer one (the scan) comes first.
   const events = (await (await page.request.get('/api/events')).json()) as EventDto[];
-  const exploreEvent = events.find((e) => e.turn === explored.turn && e.type === 'explore');
+  const exploreEvent = events.find((e) => e.turn === exploreTurn && e.type === 'explore');
   expect(exploreEvent?.message).toMatch(new RegExp(`^Explored ${planet.name} — found`));
   const jumpEvent = events.find((e) => e.type === 'jump' && e.message === `Jumped to ${jumpedName}`);
   expect(jumpEvent).toBeDefined(); // system names are unique, so the message pins this run's jump
   expect(events.indexOf(exploreEvent!)).toBeLessThan(events.indexOf(jumpEvent!));
 
-  // UI: the terminal renders both lines (T<turn> // <MESSAGE>, uppercased).
+  // UI: the terminal renders both lines (T<turn> // <MESSAGE>, uppercased) with the resolution turns.
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'EVENT LOG' }).click();
   const panel = page.getByRole('tabpanel');
-  await expect(panel.getByText(new RegExp(`T${explored.turn} // EXPLORED ${planet.name.toUpperCase()}`))).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(panel.getByText(new RegExp(`T${exploreTurn} // EXPLORED ${planet.name.toUpperCase()}`))).toBeVisible();
   await expect(panel.getByText(new RegExp(`T${jumpTurn} // JUMPED TO ${jumpedName.toUpperCase()}`))).toBeVisible();
 });