Merge pull request 'v0.9.1 — layout pass: CARGO HOLD to right pane, wider panes, drop placeholders' (#20) from layout-tweaks into master

CARGO HOLD // INVENTORY moves out of the LOCAL SYSTEM tab into a persistent
right-column panel; UPCOMING ENCOUNTERS removed; SHIP DATA folded into VESSEL
METRICS (SECTOR + TURN kept with real values, filler dropped). Grid goes
260px/1fr/240px -> 320px/1fr/360px. Cargo state uses the lifted-state pattern:
MissionControl owns /api/system and LocalSystemPanel reports each scan's
response up via onChanged (ShipSystemsPanel style) — no polling.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.9.1 — 2026-09-29 06:47
+- UI layout pass (visual only — no game logic or API changes): CARGO HOLD // INVENTORY moved out of the LOCAL SYSTEM tab into a persistent panel in the right column; the UPCOMING ENCOUNTERS placeholder was removed entirely; the SHIP DATA placeholder was merged into VESSEL METRICS.
+- Grid: `260px / 1fr / 240px` → `320px / 1fr / 360px` (left pane ~+23%, right pane ~50% wider).
+- Cargo state wiring follows the existing lifted-state pattern: MissionControl fetches `/api/system` on mount and owns the SystemState; LocalSystemPanel receives it as a prop, keeps its planet list + scan result + explore action, and reports each scan's response up via `onChanged` (same as ShipSystemsPanel) — so CARGO HOLD mirrors scans live with no polling.
+- VESSEL METRICS now carries the two SHIP DATA rows that had real values: SECTOR (current system name from the lifted state) and TURN (`ship.turn`). The rest was dropped — HULL INTEGRITY / REACTOR OUTPUT / CREW ACTIVE duplicate the existing progress bars, TOTAL MODULES duplicates the left column's "N ONLINE" badge, DRIFT VELOCITY has no game equivalent.
+- e2e: no assertion changes needed — the LOCAL SYSTEM tests only assert panel internals (header, EXPLORE buttons, SCAN RESULT) and API state; CARGO HOLD / UPCOMING ENCOUNTERS / SHIP DATA were never referenced by any spec. All 15 specs compile unchanged.
+
+## v0.9.0 — 2026-09-29 02:47
+- EVENT LOG tab — the last of the seven tabs to go live (issue #11): the terminal now renders the save's real game events instead of a placeholder feed. Every action already appends an event row (new game, jump, scan, research, ship upgrade/expand/build, mission accept + completion); this issue adds the read side and the rendering.
+- New endpoint: `GET /api/events` → latest N events, newest first (`{id, turn, type, message, createdAt}`), auto-initializes like all other reads. Optional `?limit=` (default 50, cap 200; non-integers or out-of-range values → 400). OpenAPI spec in code updated (14 → 15 paths) with the Event schema enumerating the eight event types.
+- Read model (`lib/game/events.ts`): `getEvents(db, limit)` — ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT N over the existing append-only events table; `parseEventLimit` for the query param. No schema change — the events table and all its writers already existed.
+- EVENT LOG tab: self-fetching EventLogPanel (MissionPanel pattern — refetches on each tab open). One terminal line per event: `T<turn> // <MESSAGE>` uppercased, with the event's local time as the timestamp; new_game lines render as system lines. Placeholder feed + now() removed from mission-control.tsx.
+- Tests: unit — parseEventLimit default/accept/reject (400) and getEvents newest-first ordering + slicing; writer coverage gaps closed so every action type is asserted with correct turn/type/message (expand had no event assertion at all; build and mission-complete lacked the turn check); e2e — after a jump + scan, both events appear in GET /api/events with the newer one first and the terminal renders both lines (idempotent across retries: asserts on this run's own entries by turn/message, never absolute counts), plus the latest five log lines come back identical (ids included) after the mid-run container restart.
+
 ## v0.8.0 — 2026-09-29 01:56
 - MISSIONS tab — contract generation, acceptance and completion (issue #10): the first objective loop on top of issue #9's research. The board is generated deterministically from the save seed; one mission is ACTIVE at a time; completion is checked after every jump and scan and grants its reward into the cargo hold.
 - New table (`lib/db/schema.ts` + DDL): `missions` (id/save_id/type/description/target_system_id/condition_kind/progress_target/progress/reward_kind/reward_qty/state). Seeded on new game AND as backfill step v6 — same pattern as tech; saves created by older code get their board on first read. `SCHEMA_VERSION` 5 → 6.

app/api/events/route.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { getGameDb } from '@/lib/db/client'
+import { ensureSave } from '@/lib/game/save'
+import { EventError, getEvents, parseEventLimit } from '@/lib/game/events'
+
+// The latest game events, newest first; auto-initializes on first hit.
+export async function GET(req: Request) {
+  const db = await getGameDb()
+  await ensureSave(db) // getEvents assumes a save exists
+
+  let limit: number
+  try {
+    limit = parseEventLimit(new URL(req.url).searchParams.get('limit'))
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof EventError) {
+      return Response.json({ error: err.message }, { status: err.status })
+    }
+    throw err
+  }
+
+  return Response.json(await getEvents(db, limit))
+}

components/event-log.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+'use client'
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { Terminal, type TerminalLine } from '@/components/ui/terminal'
+import type { EventDto } from '@/lib/game/events'
+
+// EVENT LOG tab — live data. Fetches /api/events on mount (Radix Tabs unmounts inactive tabs, so it
+// refetches whenever the tab is opened). One terminal line per event: T<turn> // <MESSAGE>, newest first.
+
+export function EventLogPanel() {
+  const [lines, setLines] = useState<TerminalLine[] | null>(null)
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+    fetch('/api/events')
+      .then(async (res) => {
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`)
+        return (await res.json()) as EventDto[]
+      })
+      .then((events) => {
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setLines(
+            events.map((e) => ({
+              type: e.type === 'new_game' ? 'system' : 'output',
+              text: `T${e.turn} // ${e.message.toUpperCase()}`,
+              timestamp: new Date(e.createdAt).toLocaleTimeString('en-GB', { hour12: false }),
+            }))
+          )
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((err: unknown) => {
+        if (!cancelled) setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
+      })
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', padding: '0.75rem' }}>
+        <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--color-red)', letterSpacing: '0.08em' }}>{error.toUpperCase()}</span>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (!lines) {
+    return (
+      <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', padding: '0.75rem' }}>
+        <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.12em' }}>LOADING EVENT LOG…</span>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Terminal lines={lines} title="SHIP LOG" height="22rem" style={{ width: '100%' }} />
+  )
+}

components/local-system.tsx

@@ -1,69 +1,50 @@
 'use client'
 
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react'
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import type { ExploreResult, SystemState } from '@/lib/game/save'
 import type { FoundItem } from '@/lib/game/world'
 
 // LOCAL SYSTEM tab — the bodies of the current system (planets + staggered moons) with an
-// EXPLORE button per unexplored row. Fetches /api/system on mount; explore responses are
+// EXPLORE button per unexplored row. The parent (MissionControl) owns the /api/system state so
-// applied directly (no polling). Turn-based: one scan costs a turn, each body once.
+// the right column's CARGO HOLD mirrors scans immediately; this panel reports each scan's
+// response up via onChanged and keeps only its own UI bits locally (no polling). Turn-based:
+// one scan costs a turn, each body once.
 
-export function LocalSystemPanel() {
+interface LocalSystemPanelProps {
-  const [state, setState] = useState<SystemState | null>(null)
+  system: SystemState | null
+  onChanged: (next: SystemState) => void
+}
+
+export function LocalSystemPanel({ system, onChanged }: LocalSystemPanelProps) {
   const [lastOutcome, setLastOutcome] = useState<FoundItem[] | null>(null)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [exploringId, setExploringId] = useState<number | null>(null)
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  const explore = useCallback(
-    let cancelled = false
+    async (planetId: number) => {
-    fetch('/api/system')
+      setExploringId(planetId)
-      .then(async (res) => {
+      try {
-        if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`)
+        const res = await fetch('/api/explore', {
-        return (await res.json()) as SystemState
+          method: 'POST',
-      })
+          headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-      .then((s) => {
+          body: JSON.stringify({ planetId }),
-        if (!cancelled) setState(s)
+        })
-      })
+        const body = (await res.json()) as ExploreResult & { error?: string }
-      .catch((err: unknown) => {
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? `HTTP ${res.status}`)
-        if (!cancelled) setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
+        onChanged(body) // fresh state straight from the response — parent mirrors it to CARGO HOLD
-      })
+        setLastOutcome(body.outcome)
-    return () => {
+      } catch (err: unknown) {
-      cancelled = true
+        setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
-    }
+      } finally {
-  }, [])
+        setExploringId(null)
+      }
+    },
+    [onChanged]
+  )
 
-  const explore = useCallback(async (planetId: number) => {
+  if (!system) {
-    setExploringId(planetId)
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch('/api/explore', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ planetId }),
-      })
-      const body = (await res.json()) as ExploreResult & { error?: string }
-      if (!res.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? `HTTP ${res.status}`)
-      setState(body) // fresh state straight from the response — no refetch needed
-      setLastOutcome(body.outcome)
-    } catch (err: unknown) {
-      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err))
-    } finally {
-      setExploringId(null)
-    }
-  }, [])
-
-  if (error && !state) {
-    return (
-      <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', padding: '0.75rem' }}>
-        <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--color-red)', letterSpacing: '0.08em' }}>
-          SYSTEM SCAN OFFLINE // {error.toUpperCase()}
-        </span>
-      </div>
-    )
-  }
-
-  if (!state) {
     return (
       <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', padding: '0.75rem' }}>
         <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.12em' }}>SCANNING SYSTEM…</span>
@@ -88,9 +69,9 @@ export function LocalSystemPanel() {
             textTransform: 'uppercase',
           }}
         >
-          EXPLORABLE WORLDS // {state.systemName.toUpperCase()} — TURN {state.turn}
+          EXPLORABLE WORLDS // {system.systemName.toUpperCase()} — TURN {system.turn}
         </div>
-        {state.planets.map((row, i) => {
+        {system.planets.map((row, i) => {
           const depth = row.parent !== null ? 1 : 0
           const badge = badgeFor(row.explored, row.hazard)
           return (
@@ -102,7 +83,7 @@ export function LocalSystemPanel() {
                 alignItems: 'center',
                 gap: '0.5rem',
                 padding: depth ? '0.6rem 0.75rem 0.6rem 1.75rem' : '0.6rem 0.75rem',
-                borderBottom: i < state.planets.length - 1 ? '1px solid var(--border)' : 'none',
+                borderBottom: i < system.planets.length - 1 ? '1px solid var(--border)' : 'none',
               }}
             >
               <div style={{ overflow: 'hidden' }}>
@@ -117,7 +98,7 @@ export function LocalSystemPanel() {
                   {row.name}
                 </div>
                 <div style={{ fontSize: '0.57rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.06em', marginTop: '2px' }}>
-                  {depth ? `MOON OF ${state.planets.find((p) => p.id === row.parent)?.name ?? '?'} // ${row.type}` : row.type}
+                  {depth ? `MOON OF ${system.planets.find((p) => p.id === row.parent)?.name ?? '?'} // ${row.type}` : row.type}
                 </div>
               </div>
               <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: '0.5rem' }}>
@@ -147,36 +128,6 @@ export function LocalSystemPanel() {
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', overflow: 'hidden' }}>
-        <div
-          style={{
-            padding: '0.4rem 0.75rem',
-            borderBottom: '1px solid var(--border)',
-            background: 'var(--surface-raised)',
-            fontSize: '0.6rem',
-            color: 'var(--text-muted)',
-            letterSpacing: '0.12em',
-            textTransform: 'uppercase',
-          }}
-        >
-          CARGO HOLD // INVENTORY
-        </div>
-        {state.inventory.length === 0 ? (
-          <div style={{ padding: '0.6rem 0.75rem' }}>
-            <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.08em' }}>EMPTY — EXPLORE WORLDS TO FIND THINGS</span>
-          </div>
-        ) : (
-          state.inventory.map((item) => (
-            <div key={`${item.kind}-${item.name}`} style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', padding: '0.5rem 0.75rem' }}>
-              <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-secondary)', letterSpacing: '0.04em', textTransform: 'uppercase' }}>
-                {item.name} <span style={{ color: 'var(--text-muted)' }}>// {item.kind}</span>
-              </span>
-              <Badge variant="ACTIVE">×{item.qty}</Badge>
-            </div>
-          ))
-        )}
-      </div>
-
       {error && (
         <div style={{ border: '1px solid var(--border)', background: 'var(--surface)', padding: '0.5rem 0.75rem' }}>
           <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--color-red)', letterSpacing: '0.08em' }}>SCAN FAILED // {error.toUpperCase()}</span>

components/mission-control.tsx

@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ import { Progress } from '@/components/ui/progress'
 import { StatCard } from '@/components/ui/stat-card'
 import { StatusGrid, type SystemEntry } from '@/components/ui/status-grid'
 import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tabs'
-import { Terminal, type TerminalLine } from '@/components/ui/terminal'
 import { CrewPanel } from '@/components/crew-panel'
+import { EventLogPanel } from '@/components/event-log'
 import { LocalSystemPanel } from '@/components/local-system'
 import { MissionPanel } from '@/components/missions'
 import { ShipSystemsPanel } from '@/components/ship-systems'
 import { SkillTreePanel } from '@/components/skill-tree'
 import { WorldMapPanel } from '@/components/world-map'
 import { CREW_CAPACITY } from '@/lib/game/ship-costs'
-import type { CrewDto } from '@/lib/game/save'
+import type { CrewDto, SystemState } from '@/lib/game/save'
 import type { ShipState } from '@/lib/game/ship'
 import type { TechDto } from '@/lib/game/tech'
 
 // Interface base: layout + visual treatment rebuilt from the scificn-ui Mission Control
-// showcase (src/app/_pages/showcase/mission-control-content.tsx in baxy5/scificn-ui). The
+// showcase (src/app/_pages/showcase/mission-control-content.tsx in baxy5/scificn-ui). All seven
-// WORLD MAP, LOCAL SYSTEM, CREW, SHIP SYSTEMS, SKILL TREE and MISSIONS tabs render live data
+// tabs render live data (/api/world, /api/system, /api/crew, /api/ship, /api/tech, /api/missions,
-// (/api/world, /api/system, /api/crew, /api/ship, /api/tech, /api/missions); the EVENT LOG tab
+// /api/events); the right column's CARGO HOLD renders from the lifted /api/system state. Single
-// keeps placeholder content until its own issue lands. Single player, no auth, by design.
+// player, no auth, by design.
 
 function useNarrow(threshold = 900): boolean {
   const [narrow, setNarrow] = useState(
@@ -37,44 +37,15 @@ function useNarrow(threshold = 900): boolean {
   return narrow
 }
 
-function now(): string {
-  return new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-GB', { hour12: false })
-}
-
-// ── Placeholder content (no game logic — real values land with the turn engine) ──
-
-const encounters = [
-  { name: 'DERELICT FREIGHTER', when: 'T-07:14', id: '#E-102' },
-  { name: 'PIRATE SKIRMISH', when: 'T-22:40', id: '#E-103' },
-  { name: 'ANOMALY FIELD', when: 'T-48:12', id: '#E-104' },
-]
-
-const shipData = [
-  { label: 'TOTAL MODULES', value: '34' },
-  { label: 'HULL INTEGRITY', value: '87%' },
-  { label: 'REACTOR OUTPUT', value: '94.2%' },
-  { label: 'CREW ACTIVE', value: '3 / 6' },
-  { label: 'SECTOR', value: '7G // DRIFT LANE' },
-  { label: 'DRIFT VELOCITY', value: '0.4 KM/S' },
-  { label: 'TURN', value: '12' },
-]
-
-const logLines: TerminalLine[] = [
-  { type: 'system', text: 'SPACEWANDERER // INITIALIZING SHIP SYSTEMS...', timestamp: now() },
-  { type: 'output', text: 'HULL SCAN COMPLETE — INTEGRITY 87%', timestamp: now() },
-  { type: 'output', text: 'REACTOR OUTPUT STABLE AT 94.2%', timestamp: now() },
-  { type: 'output', text: 'CREW MANIFEST LOADED — 3 ACTIVE PERSONNEL', timestamp: now() },
-  { type: 'warn', text: 'WEAPONS OFFLINE — MODULE NOT INSTALLED', timestamp: now() },
-  { type: 'system', text: 'ALL SYSTEMS NOMINAL. AWAITING FIRST TURN.', timestamp: now() },
-]
-
 export function MissionControl() {
   const narrow = useNarrow()
   const [tick, setTick] = useState(0)
-  // Ship state is owned here (not in the tab panel) so the left column mirrors ship actions
+  // Ship + system state is owned here (not in the tab panels): the SHIP SYSTEMS tab mirrors ship
-  // immediately; the SHIP SYSTEMS tab applies each action's response via setShip. Crew count
+  // actions via setShip, and the right column's CARGO HOLD renders from the lifted inventory —
-  // feeds the roster bar — refetched on page load, like the other panels.
+  // the LOCAL SYSTEM tab reports each scan's response up via setSystem. Crew count feeds the
+  // roster bar — refetched on page load, like the other panels.
   const [ship, setShip] = useState<ShipState | null>(null)
+  const [system, setSystem] = useState<SystemState | null>(null)
   const [techs, setTechs] = useState<TechDto[] | null>(null)
   const [crewCount, setCrewCount] = useState<number | null>(null)
 
@@ -89,6 +60,15 @@ export function MissionControl() {
         if (!cancelled) setShip(s)
       })
       .catch(() => {}) // left column + tab keep their loading state on failure
+    fetch('/api/system')
+      .then(async (res) => {
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`)
+        return (await res.json()) as SystemState
+      })
+      .then((s) => {
+        if (!cancelled) setSystem(s)
+      })
+      .catch(() => {})
     fetch('/api/tech')
       .then(async (res) => {
         if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`)
@@ -263,7 +243,7 @@ export function MissionControl() {
           style={{
             flex: 1,
             display: 'grid',
-            gridTemplateColumns: narrow ? '1fr' : '260px 1fr 240px',
+            gridTemplateColumns: narrow ? '1fr' : '320px 1fr 360px',
             gap: '1px',
             background: 'var(--border)',
           }}
@@ -311,11 +291,34 @@ export function MissionControl() {
               <PanelContent>
                 {ship ? (
                   // Bars driven by real values: hull/reactor from system levels (level × 20, capped),
-                  // crew roster vs the display cap.
+                  // crew roster vs the display cap; SECTOR/TURN rows folded in from the old SHIP DATA
+                  // placeholder (the rest of it duplicated these bars or had no game equivalent).
                   <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: '0.875rem' }}>
                     <Progress label="HULL INTEGRITY" value={Math.min(100, (ship.systems.find((s) => s.type === 'HULL')?.level ?? 0) * 20)} />
                     <Progress label="REACTOR OUTPUT" value={Math.min(100, (ship.systems.find((s) => s.type === 'REACTOR')?.level ?? 0) * 20)} />
                     <Progress label={`CREW ROSTER / ${CREW_CAPACITY}`} value={Math.round(((crewCount ?? 0) / CREW_CAPACITY) * 100)} />
+                    <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column' }}>
+                      {[
+                        { label: 'SECTOR', value: (system?.systemName ?? '—').toUpperCase() },
+                        { label: 'TURN', value: String(ship.turn) },
+                      ].map((item, i) => (
+                        <div
+                          key={item.label}
+                          style={{
+                            display: 'flex',
+                            justifyContent: 'space-between',
+                            alignItems: 'center',
+                            padding: '0.4rem 0',
+                            borderBottom: i < 1 ? '1px solid var(--border)' : 'none',
+                          }}
+                        >
+                          <span style={{ fontSize: '0.6rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.1em' }}>{item.label}</span>
+                          <span style={{ fontSize: '0.78rem', color: 'var(--color-green)', textShadow: 'var(--text-glow-green)', letterSpacing: '0.04em', fontWeight: 600 }}>
+                            {item.value}
+                          </span>
+                        </div>
+                      ))}
+                    </div>
                   </div>
                 ) : (
                   <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.12em' }}>LOADING…</span>
@@ -366,9 +369,9 @@ export function MissionControl() {
                     <WorldMapPanel height={380} />
                   </TabsContent>
 
-                  {/* LOCAL SYSTEM TAB — live data from /api/system */}
+                  {/* LOCAL SYSTEM TAB — live data (state owned by MissionControl; scans report up) */}
                   <TabsContent value="local-system" style={{ margin: 0, padding: '1rem' }}>
-                    <LocalSystemPanel />
+                    <LocalSystemPanel system={system} onChanged={setSystem} />
                   </TabsContent>
 
                   {/* CREW TAB — live data from /api/crew */}
@@ -393,19 +396,14 @@ export function MissionControl() {
 
                   {/* EVENT LOG TAB */}
                   <TabsContent value="event-log" style={{ margin: 0, padding: '1rem' }}>
-                    <Terminal
+                    <EventLogPanel />
-                      lines={logLines}
-                      title="SHIP LOG // PLACEHOLDER FEED"
-                      height="22rem"
-                      style={{ width: '100%' }}
-                    />
                   </TabsContent>
                 </Tabs>
               </PanelContent>
             </Panel>
           </div>
 
-          {/* ── RIGHT: UPCOMING ENCOUNTERS + SHIP DATA ── */}
+          {/* ── RIGHT: CARGO HOLD (persistent — inventory lifted from /api/system) ── */}
           <div
             style={{
               background: 'var(--background)',
@@ -418,110 +416,34 @@ export function MissionControl() {
           >
             <Panel notch="sm">
               <PanelHeader>
-                <PanelTitle>UPCOMING ENCOUNTERS</PanelTitle>
+                <PanelTitle>CARGO HOLD // INVENTORY</PanelTitle>
-                <div style={{ marginLeft: 'auto' }}>
+                {system && (
-                  <Badge variant="SCANNING">{encounters.length} QUEUED</Badge>
+                  <div style={{ marginLeft: 'auto' }}>
-                </div>
+                    <Badge variant={system.inventory.length > 0 ? 'ACTIVE' : 'OFFLINE'}>
+                      {system.inventory.reduce((n, i) => n + i.qty, 0)} UNITS
+                    </Badge>
+                  </div>
+                )}
               </PanelHeader>
               <PanelContent style={{ padding: 0 }}>
-                <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column' }}>
+                {!system ? (
-                  {encounters.map((enc, i) => {
+                  <div style={{ padding: '0.6rem 0.75rem' }}>
-                    const isNext = i === 0
+                    <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.12em' }}>LOADING…</span>
-                    const isLast = i === encounters.length - 1
+                  </div>
-                    return (
+                ) : system.inventory.length === 0 ? (
-                      <div
+                  <div style={{ padding: '0.6rem 0.75rem' }}>
-                        key={enc.id}
+                    <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-muted)', letterSpacing: '0.08em' }}>EMPTY — EXPLORE WORLDS TO FIND THINGS</span>
-                        style={{
+                  </div>
-                          padding: '0.6rem 0.75rem',
+                ) : (
-                          borderBottom: isLast ? 'none' : '1px solid var(--border)',
+                  system.inventory.map((item) => (
-                          background: isNext ? 'var(--surface-raised)' : 'transparent',
+                    <div key={`${item.kind}-${item.name}`} style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'space-between', padding: '0.5rem 0.75rem' }}>
-                        }}
+                      <span style={{ fontSize: '0.62rem', color: 'var(--text-secondary)', letterSpacing: '0.04em', textTransform: 'uppercase' }}>
-                      >
+                        {item.name} <span style={{ color: 'var(--text-muted)' }}>// {item.kind}</span>
-                        <div
-                          style={{
-                            display: 'flex',
-                            justifyContent: 'space-between',
-                            alignItems: 'flex-start',
-                            gap: '0.5rem',
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          <div style={{ overflow: 'hidden', flex: 1 }}>
-                            <div
-                              style={{
-                                fontSize: '0.68rem',
-                                color: isNext ? 'var(--text-secondary)' : 'var(--text-muted)',
-                                letterSpacing: '0.04em',
-                                overflow: 'hidden',
-                                textOverflow: 'ellipsis',
-                                whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
-                                textTransform: 'uppercase',
-                              }}
-                            >
-                              {enc.name}
-                            </div>
-                            <div
-                              style={{
-                                fontSize: '0.57rem',
-                                color: 'var(--text-muted)',
-                                letterSpacing: '0.06em',
-                                marginTop: '2px',
-                              }}
-                            >
-                              {enc.when} // {enc.id}
-                            </div>
-                          </div>
-                          <Badge variant={isNext ? 'WARNING' : 'SCANNING'}>
-                            {isNext ? 'NEXT' : 'SCHED'}
-                          </Badge>
-                        </div>
-                      </div>
-                    )
-                  })}
-                </div>
-              </PanelContent>
-            </Panel>
-
-            <Panel notch="sm">
-              <PanelHeader>
-                <PanelTitle>SHIP DATA</PanelTitle>
-              </PanelHeader>
-              <PanelContent>
-                <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column' }}>
-                  {shipData.map((item, i) => (
-                    <div
-                      key={item.label}
-                      style={{
-                        display: 'flex',
-                        justifyContent: 'space-between',
-                        alignItems: 'center',
-                        padding: '0.4rem 0',
-                        borderBottom:
-                          i < shipData.length - 1 ? '1px solid var(--border)' : 'none',
-                      }}
-                    >
-                      <span
-                        style={{
-                          fontSize: '0.6rem',
-                          color: 'var(--text-muted)',
-                          letterSpacing: '0.1em',
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        {item.label}
-                      </span>
-                      <span
-                        style={{
-                          fontSize: '0.78rem',
-                          color: 'var(--color-green)',
-                          textShadow: 'var(--text-glow-green)',
-                          letterSpacing: '0.04em',
-                          fontWeight: 600,
-                        }}
-                      >
-                        {item.value}
                       </span>
+                      <Badge variant="ACTIVE">×{item.qty}</Badge>
                     </div>
-                  ))}
+                  ))
-                </div>
+                )}
               </PanelContent>
             </Panel>
           </div>

e2e/smoke.spec.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ 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: 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 }
+interface EventDto { id: number; turn: number; type: string; message: string; createdAt: string }
 
 const totalQty = (items: InventoryItemDto[], kind: string) => items.filter((i) => i.kind === kind).reduce((sum, i) => sum + i.qty, 0);
 
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@ test('game template tabs render (scificn-ui component layer wired in)', async ({
 test('tabs switch panels client-side (event log terminal)', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'EVENT LOG' }).click();
-  await expect(page.getByText('SHIP LOG // PLACEHOLDER FEED')).toBeVisible();
+  // The placeholder feed was replaced by the real log (v0.9.0): at least one T<turn> // <MESSAGE> line
+  // must render — every save has the turn-0 new_game event, so this holds on a fresh stack and across retries.
+  await expect(page.getByText(/T\d+ \/\/ /).first()).toBeVisible();
 });
 
 test('world map shows the generated starting system and its neighbours', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -362,6 +365,40 @@ test('MISSIONS tab accepts a contract and completing it grants the reward', asyn
   expect(totalQty(shipAfter.inventory, picked.rewardKind)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(baseline + picked.rewardQty);
 });
 
+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.
+  const afterJump = await jumpToFreshSystem(page);
+  const jumpedName = afterJump.systems.find((s) => s.current)!.name;
+  const jumpTurn = afterJump.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;
+  if (!sys.planets.some((p) => !p.explored)) {
+    await jumpToFreshSystem(page); // fresh systems always have unscanned bodies
+    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;
+
+  // API: this run's jump + scan are in the log, 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');
+  expect(exploreEvent?.message).toMatch(new RegExp(`^Explored ${planet.name} — found`));
+  const jumpEvent = events.find((e) => e.type === 'jump' && e.message === `Jumped to ${jumpedName}`);
+  expect(jumpEvent).toBeDefined(); // system names are unique, so the message pins this run's jump
+  expect(events.indexOf(exploreEvent!)).toBeLessThan(events.indexOf(jumpEvent!));
+
+  // UI: the terminal renders both lines (T<turn> // <MESSAGE>, uppercased).
+  await page.goto('/');
+  await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'EVENT LOG' }).click();
+  const panel = page.getByRole('tabpanel');
+  await expect(panel.getByText(new RegExp(`T${explored.turn} // EXPLORED ${planet.name.toUpperCase()}`))).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(panel.getByText(new RegExp(`T${jumpTurn} // JUMPED TO ${jumpedName.toUpperCase()}`))).toBeVisible();
+});
+
 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);

e2e/state.spec.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface ShipSystemDto { id: number; type: string; level: number; capacity: num
 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 }
+interface EventDto { id: number; turn: number; type: string; message: string; createdAt: string }
 
 test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ page }) => {
   test.setTimeout(180_000);
@@ -59,6 +60,11 @@ test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ p
   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
 
+  // Event log baseline: append-only, and nothing writes between this snapshot and the restart — so the
+  // latest lines must come back byte-identical (ids included) after it.
+  const eventsBefore = (await (await page.request.get('/api/events?limit=5')).json()) as EventDto[];
+  expect(eventsBefore.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
   // Restart the app container mid-run — the named DB volume must survive it.
   execSync(`docker compose ${composeArgs} restart space-wanderer`, { cwd: repoRoot, stdio: 'pipe' });
 
@@ -105,6 +111,10 @@ test('app survives a container restart (stack + volume persistence)', async ({ p
   const missionsAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/missions')).json()) as MissionDto[];
   expect(missionsAfter).toEqual(missionsBefore);
 
+  // Event log survived too: same latest lines, in the same order.
+  const eventsAfter = (await (await page.request.get('/api/events?limit=5')).json()) as EventDto[];
+  expect(eventsAfter).toEqual(eventsBefore);
+
   // The page itself serves again with the landing title.
   await page.goto('/');
   await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'SpaceWanderer' })).toBeVisible();

lib/game/events.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { openGameDb, type GameDb } from '@/lib/db/client'
+import * as schema from '@/lib/db/schema'
+import { getWorldState } from './save'
+import { DEFAULT_LIMIT, EventError, MAX_LIMIT, getEvents, parseEventLimit } from './events'
+
+const dirs: string[] = []
+
+async function freshFile(): Promise<{ db: GameDb; file: string }> {
+  const dir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'sw-events-test-'))
+  dirs.push(dir)
+  const file = path.join(dir, 'test.db')
+  return { db: await openGameDb(file), file }
+}
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  for (const d of dirs) await rm(d, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+// Appends `count` synthetic events (turns 1..count) on top of the turn-0 new_game event.
+async function seedEvents(db: GameDb, count: number): Promise<void> {
+  const [save] = await db.db.select().from(schema.saves).limit(1)
+  for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
+    await db.db.insert(schema.events).values({ saveId: save.id, turn: i, type: 'test', message: `event ${i}`, createdAt: new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 8, 29, 0, i)).toISOString() })
+  }
+}
+
+describe('parseEventLimit', () => {
+  it('defaults to DEFAULT_LIMIT when the param is absent', () => {
+    expect(parseEventLimit(null)).toBe(DEFAULT_LIMIT)
+  })
+
+  it('accepts integers in [1, MAX_LIMIT]', () => {
+    expect(parseEventLimit('1')).toBe(1)
+    expect(parseEventLimit(String(MAX_LIMIT))).toBe(MAX_LIMIT)
+    expect(parseEventLimit('25')).toBe(25)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects non-integers and out-of-range values with a 400', () => {
+    for (const bad of ['abc', '', '0', '-3', String(MAX_LIMIT + 1), '2.5']) {
+      try {
+        parseEventLimit(bad)
+        expect.unreachable(`limit ${JSON.stringify(bad)} should have been rejected`)
+      } catch (err) {
+        expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(EventError)
+        expect((err as EventError).status).toBe(400)
+      }
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+describe('getEvents', () => {
+  it('returns the latest events newest-first, sliced to limit', async () => {
+    const { db } = await freshFile()
+    await getWorldState(db) // auto-initializes the save (turn-0 new_game event)
+    await seedEvents(db, 5)
+
+    const all = await getEvents(db, DEFAULT_LIMIT)
+    expect(all.map((e) => e.turn)).toEqual([5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]) // newest first, turn-0 line included
+    expect(all[all.length - 1].type).toBe('new_game')
+
+    const two = await getEvents(db, 2)
+    expect(two.map((e) => [e.turn, e.message])).toEqual([[5, 'event 5'], [4, 'event 4']])
+  })
+})

lib/game/events.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { desc } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import * as schema from '@/lib/db/schema'
+import type { GameDb } from '@/lib/db/client'
+
+export interface EventDto {
+  id: number
+  turn: number
+  type: string
+  message: string
+  createdAt: string
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_LIMIT = 50
+export const MAX_LIMIT = 200
+
+export class EventError extends Error {
+  constructor(
+    public readonly status: number,
+    message: string,
+  ) {
+    super(message)
+  }
+}
+
+// Parses the optional ?limit= query param. Absent → default; anything that is not an integer in
+// [1, MAX_LIMIT] is a 400 (the route maps EventError to its status).
+export function parseEventLimit(raw: string | null): number {
+  if (raw === null) return DEFAULT_LIMIT
+  const limit = Number(raw)
+  if (!Number.isInteger(limit) || limit < 1 || limit > MAX_LIMIT) {
+    throw new EventError(400, `limit must be an integer between 1 and ${MAX_LIMIT}`)
+  }
+  return limit
+}
+
+// The latest N events of the save, newest first. Assumes a save exists (the route calls ensureSave).
+export async function getEvents(db: GameDb, limit: number): Promise<EventDto[]> {
+  const rows = await db.db.select().from(schema.events).orderBy(desc(schema.events.id)).limit(limit)
+  return rows.map((e) => ({ id: e.id, turn: e.turn, type: e.type, message: e.message, createdAt: e.createdAt }))
+}

lib/game/missions.test.ts

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ describe('completion', () => {
     expect(reward.qty).toBe(2)
 
     const event = (await db.db.select().from(schema.events)).find((e) => e.type === 'mission' && /complete/i.test(e.message))!
+    expect(event.turn).toBe(4) // accept (1) + three scans (2–4); completion is written by the third scan
     expect(event.message).toContain('Scan 3 bodies')
   })
 

lib/game/ship.test.ts

@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ describe('expandSystem', () => {
     expect(systemOf(state, 'HULL').capacity).toBe(BASE_CAPACITY + 1)
     expect((await db.db.select().from(schema.inventoryItems)).map((i) => [i.name, i.qty])).toEqual([['IRON ORE', 1]])
 
+    const event = (await db.db.select().from(schema.events)).find((e) => e.type === 'expand')!
+    expect(event.turn).toBe(1)
+    expect(event.message).toContain('HULL')
+
     await db.db.update(schema.shipSystems).set({ capacity: MAX_CAPACITY }).where(eq(schema.shipSystems.id, hullId))
     await expect(expandSystem(db, hullId)).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 409 })
   })
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ describe('buildSystem', () => {
     expect(state.turn).toBe(1)
 
     const event = (await db.db.select().from(schema.events)).find((e) => e.type === 'build')!
+    expect(event.turn).toBe(1)
     expect(event.message).toContain('WEAPONS')
 
     await expect(buildSystem(db, 'WEAPONS')).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 409 }) // already built

lib/openapi.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
   it('documents every public endpoint', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(openApiSpec.paths).sort()).toEqual([
       '/api/crew',
+      '/api/events',
       '/api/explore',
       '/api/jump',
       '/api/missions',
@@ -77,6 +78,22 @@ describe('OpenAPI spec', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('describes GET /api/events → Event[] with a limit query param and a 400 error response', () => {
+    const events = openApiSpec.paths['/api/events'].get.responses[200].content['application/json'].schema;
+    expect(events.type).toBe('array');
+    expect((events.items as { $ref: string }).$ref).toBe('#/components/schemas/Event');
+
+    const props = openApiSpec.components.schemas.Event.properties;
+    expect(Object.keys(props)).toEqual(['id', 'turn', 'type', 'message', 'createdAt']);
+    expect((props.type as { enum: string[] }).enum).toEqual(['new_game', 'jump', 'explore', 'research', 'upgrade', 'expand', 'build', 'mission']);
+
+    const get = openApiSpec.paths['/api/events'].get;
+    const limit = (get.parameters ?? []).find((p) => p.name === 'limit');
+    expect(limit?.in).toBe('query');
+    expect(limit?.required).toBe(false);
+    expect(get.responses['400'].content['application/json'].schema.$ref).toBe('#/components/schemas/Error');
+  });
+
   it('describes /api/crew as an array of CrewMember and crewFound on ExploreResult', () => {
     const crew = openApiSpec.paths['/api/crew'].get.responses[200].content['application/json'].schema;
     expect(crew.type).toBe('array');

lib/openapi.ts

@@ -523,6 +523,40 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
         },
       },
     },
+    '/api/events': {
+      get: {
+        summary: 'Event log',
+        description: "The save's game events, newest first — every action (new game, jump, scan, research, ship work, mission) appends one. Auto-initializes a new game when no save exists yet.",
+        operationId: 'getEvents',
+        parameters: [
+          {
+            name: 'limit',
+            in: 'query',
+            required: false,
+            schema: { type: 'integer', minimum: 1, maximum: 200 },
+            description: 'How many of the latest events to return (default 50)',
+          },
+        ],
+        responses: {
+          200: {
+            description: 'Latest events, newest first',
+            content: {
+              'application/json': {
+                schema: { type: 'array', items: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event' } },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          400: {
+            description: 'limit is not an integer in [1, 200]',
+            content: {
+              'application/json': {
+                schema: { $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
   },
   components: {
     schemas: {
@@ -682,6 +716,17 @@ export const openApiSpec = {
         },
         required: ['id', 'type', 'description', 'targetSystemId', 'conditionKind', 'progressTarget', 'progress', 'rewardKind', 'rewardQty', 'state'],
       },
+      Event: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          id: { type: 'integer' },
+          turn: { type: 'integer', description: 'The save turn the action cost (new_game is 0)' },
+          type: { type: 'string', enum: ['new_game', 'jump', 'explore', 'research', 'upgrade', 'expand', 'build', 'mission'] },
+          message: { type: 'string' },
+          createdAt: { type: 'string', description: 'ISO 8601 timestamp' },
+        },
+        required: ['id', 'turn', 'type', 'message', 'createdAt'],
+      },
       UpgradeRequest: {
         type: 'object',
         properties: {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "space-wanderer",
-  "version": "0.8.0",
+  "version": "0.9.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev -p 3000",