diff --git a/components/mission-control.tsx b/components/mission-control.tsx
index a579712..d45cfba 100644
--- a/components/mission-control.tsx
+++ b/components/mission-control.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { MissionPanel } from '@/components/missions'
 import { NextTurnButton } from '@/components/next-turn-button'
 import { ShipSystemsPanel } from '@/components/ship-systems'
 import { SkillTreePanel } from '@/components/skill-tree'
+import { TaskStrip } from '@/components/task-strip'
 import { WorldMapPanel } from '@/components/world-map'
 import { CREW_CAPACITY } from '@/lib/game/ship-costs'
 import type { CrewState, SystemState } from '@/lib/game/save'
@@ -562,6 +563,12 @@ export function MissionControl() {
           stays visible on every tab (Radix unmounts inactive tabs — the button only refreshes
           the snapshots this shell owns) */}
       <NextTurnButton turn={ship?.turn ?? null} onTicked={refreshAll} />
+
+      {/* #44 — the active-tasks strip: fixed bottom-left (same mount convention as the button —
+          outside the tab grid so it stays visible on every tab). Data: the shell's system
+          snapshot (JC-15) — refreshAll re-runs /api/system on every turn, so it updates on
+          every shell refresh with no fetch of its own. */}
+      <TaskStrip tasks={system?.tasks ?? []} />
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/components/task-strip.tsx b/components/task-strip.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92294c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/task-strip.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use client'
+
+import type { QueueDto } from '@/lib/game/save'
+
+// TASK STRIP — the save's task queue, fixed bottom-left next to the NEXT TURN button (#44).
+// The array arrives pre-ordered from the snapshot builder (Task 6: ACTIVE block, then PENDING
+// block, each by (queuedAtTurn, id)) — the strip renders it as-is, dimming the PENDING rows,
+// and never fetches or re-sorts. Empty queue → null, no box at all. The shell re-renders it on
+// every refreshAll (Task 7) — a pure display of the array it is handed.
+
+export function TaskStrip({ tasks }: { tasks: QueueDto[] }) {
+  if (tasks.length === 0) return null
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      style={{
+        position: 'fixed',
+        left: '1rem',
+        bottom: '1rem',
+        zIndex: 60, // above the header/footer's 50
+        background: 'var(--surface)',
+        border: '1px solid var(--border)',
+        padding: '0.5rem 0.75rem',
+        maxWidth: '26rem',
+      }}
+    >
+      <span style={{ display: 'block', fontSize: '0.6rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.12em', marginBottom: '0.3rem' }}>
+        ACTIVE TASKS
+      </span>
+      {tasks.map((t) => (
+        <div
+          key={t.id}
+          style={{
+            display: 'flex',
+            justifyContent: 'space-between',
+            gap: '0.75rem',
+            padding: '0.2rem 0',
+            opacity: t.status === 'PENDING' ? 0.45 : 1, // dim, don't reorder — the array is the order
+          }}
+        >
+          <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-secondary)', letterSpacing: '0.06em' }}>
+            {t.type} // {t.targetLabel}
+          </span>
+          <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.04em', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+            {t.leadName}
+            {t.helperNames.length > 0 ? ` +${t.helperNames.join(' +')}` : ''}
+            {' — '}
+            {t.status === 'ACTIVE' ? `${t.remaining} turn(s) left` : 'queued'}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </div>
+  )
+}