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diff --git a/assets/images/vega/ships.png b/assets/images/vega/ships.png
index 460fef9..b05177b 100644
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diff --git a/assets/images/vega/ships.psd b/assets/images/vega/ships.psd
index 44d8a88..fd2a22c 100644
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diff --git a/assets/videos/vega/research-rrashaa.mp4 b/assets/videos/vega/research-rrashaa.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6078eee
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diff --git a/assets/videos/vega/research-umbrix.mp4 b/assets/videos/vega/research-umbrix.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c120e
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diff --git a/data/mastervega-artwork.json b/data/mastervega-artwork.json
index a39bca7..bb98f15 100644
--- a/data/mastervega-artwork.json
+++ b/data/mastervega-artwork.json
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@
     "human":     { "key": "vega-research-human",     "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-human.mp4" },
     "kestrelli": { "key": "vega-research-kestrelli", "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-kestrelli.mp4" },
     "ursaal":    { "key": "vega-research-ursaal",    "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-ursaal.mp4" },
-    "umbrix":    { "key": "vega-research-umbrix",    "path": null },
+    "umbrix":    { "key": "vega-research-umbrix",    "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-umbrix.mp4" },
     "kkrix":     { "key": "vega-research-kkrix",     "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-kkrix.mp4" },
     "mekhan":    { "key": "vega-research-mekhan",    "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-mekhan.mp4" },
-    "rrashaa":   { "key": "vega-research-rrashaa",   "path": null },
+    "rrashaa":   { "key": "vega-research-rrashaa",   "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-rrashaa.mp4" },
     "cerebrai":  { "key": "vega-research-cerebrai",  "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-cerebrai.mp4" },
     "ssakar":    { "key": "vega-research-ssakar",    "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-ssakar.mp4" },
     "lithox":    { "key": "vega-research-lithox",    "path": "assets/videos/vega/research-lithox.mp4" }
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/MasterOfVegaGame.js b/src/games/mastervega/MasterOfVegaGame.js
index 6c3b9d7..921ad54 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/MasterOfVegaGame.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/MasterOfVegaGame.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
 import { TextInput } from '../../ui/TextInput.js';
+import { Tooltip } from '../../ui/Tooltip.js';
 import { VegaMusic } from './VegaMusic.js';
 import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import { enqueue as enqueueSpeech, resetQueue as resetSpeechQueue } from '../../ui/SpeechQueue.js';
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ import { openSystemView } from './VegaSystemView.js';
 import { openCombatView } from './VegaCombatView.js';
 import {
   FONT, D, openDiplomacyScreen, openCouncilScreen, openLeaderScreen,
-  showVictoryOverlay,
+  openSaveScreen, openLoadScreen, showVictoryOverlay,
 } from './VegaScreens.js';
 import { openResearchScreen } from './VegaResearchScreen.js';
 import { openResearchChoiceScreen } from './VegaResearchChoiceScreen.js';
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ import { openAudienceScreen } from './VegaAudience.js';
 import { claimAudienceContacts, claimFleetComplaints, canNegotiate } from './VegaDiplomacy.js';
 
 const SAVE_KEY = 'mastervega-save';
+// 10 manual slots, independent of the single SAVE_KEY auto-save above (which
+// exists purely to power the landing screen's "Resume Game" button). Each
+// slot is one localStorage entry: { meta: {...for display...}, raw: the
+// engine's own serialize() string }, so loading a slot is just a
+// deserialize() call away from the exact same state shape "Resume Game" uses.
+const SAVE_SLOT_COUNT = 10;
+const saveSlotKey = (i) => `mastervega-save-slot-${i}`;
 
 export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   constructor() { super('MasterOfVegaGame'); }
@@ -43,6 +51,12 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   init(data) {
     this.roomData = data ?? {};
     this.gameDef = data?.game ?? { slug: 'mastervega', name: 'Master of Vega' };
+    // Set by the game menu's Load screen: a state deserialized from a save
+    // slot, handed across a full scene restart (see openLoadScreen below)
+    // rather than swapped into a still-running scene, so the map/HUD/fx from
+    // the game being left behind get torn down the same proven way Quit to
+    // Arcade already relies on instead of a bespoke in-place teardown.
+    this.pendingSavedState = data?.savedState ?? null;
     this.modalOpen = false;
     this.busy = false;
     // Empire indices with a freshly-claimed contact waiting for their
@@ -68,7 +82,8 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     this.events.once('shutdown', () => this.teardown());
 
-    this.showLanding();
+    if (this.pendingSavedState) this.beginGame(null, this.pendingSavedState);
+    else this.showLanding();
   }
 
   // Wrap a menu handler so it clicks. Every button and card on the front-end
@@ -76,7 +91,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   // is actually clickable.
   uiClick(fn) {
     return (...args) => {
-      playSound(this, SFX.EIGHTBIT_ACTIVATE);
+      playSound(this, SFX.VEGA_SELECT);
       fn?.(...args);
     };
   }
@@ -476,6 +491,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     });
 
     // --- option rows
+    const optTooltip = new Tooltip(this, { depth: D.detail });
     const optY = 600;
     const mkRow = (label, y, options, key, format = (o) => o.name) => {
       layer.add(this.add.text(GAME_WIDTH / 2 - 620, y, label, {
@@ -489,6 +505,9 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
           b.setActive(true);
         }), { width: 195, height: 46, fontSize: 19 });
         if ((opt.id ?? opt) === choice[key]) b.setActive(true);
+        if (opt.desc) {
+          optTooltip.attachTo(b, () => ({ title: opt.name, lines: [{ text: opt.desc }] }));
+        }
         buttons.push(b);
         layer.add(b);
       });
@@ -531,6 +550,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       if (!choice.speciesId || !choice.homeColonyName.trim()) { refreshStart(); return; }
       choice.homeColonyName = choice.homeColonyName.trim();
       nameInput.destroy();
+      optTooltip.destroy();
       layer.destroy();
       this.beginGame(choice);
     }), { width: 260, height: 64, fontSize: 30 });
@@ -540,6 +560,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     // Resuming lives on the landing screen now, so this only steps back to it.
     const back = new Button(this, 120, 60, '← Back', this.uiClick(() => {
       nameInput.destroy();
+      optTooltip.destroy();
       layer.destroy();
       this.showLanding();
     }), { width: 170, height: 48, fontSize: 20, variant: 'ghost' });
@@ -626,7 +647,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     hud.add(this.hudText);
 
     const mk = (label, x, fn) => {
-      const b = new Button(this, x, 31, label, fn, { width: 150, height: 42, fontSize: 18 });
+      const b = new Button(this, x, 31, label, this.uiClick(fn), { width: 150, height: 42, fontSize: 18 });
       hud.add(b);
       return b;
     };
@@ -641,7 +662,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       openLeaderScreen(this, this.rules, this.state, this.state.humanIndex, this.art, done,
         () => this.refreshHud())));
 
-    this.endTurnBtn = new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH - 130, 31, 'End turn', () => this.onEndTurn(),
+    this.endTurnBtn = new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH - 130, 31, 'End turn', this.uiClick(() => this.onEndTurn()),
       { width: 190, height: 46, fontSize: 20 });
     hud.add(this.endTurnBtn);
 
@@ -661,11 +682,103 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.offerCardLayer = this.add.container(0, 0);
     hud.add(this.offerCardLayer);
 
-    const back = new Button(this, 96, GAME_HEIGHT - 40, '← Menu', () => {
-      this.writeSave();
-      this.scene.start('GameMenu');
-    }, { width: 150, height: 40, fontSize: 17, variant: 'ghost' });
-    hud.add(back);
+    const menuBtn = new Button(this, 56, GAME_HEIGHT - 40, '☰', this.uiClick(() => this.toggleGameMenu()),
+      { width: 56, height: 44, fontSize: 24, variant: 'ghost' });
+    hud.add(menuBtn);
+  }
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------- game menu
+
+  /** ☰ toggles a small popover directly above it: Return to Main Menu, Save,
+   * Load (lit only once a slot exists), Quit to Arcade. Gated by modalOpen
+   * like every other HUD button so it can't stack on top of Research/
+   * Diplomacy/Council/Leaders. */
+  toggleGameMenu() {
+    if (this.modalOpen) return;
+    if (this.gameMenuLayer) { this.closeGameMenu(); return; }
+    this.openGameMenu();
+  }
+
+  openGameMenu() {
+    const layer = this.add.container(0, 0).setDepth(D.modal);
+    this.gameMenuLayer = layer;
+
+    // Click-anywhere-else-to-dismiss, same mechanism VegaScreens.js's list
+    // pickers use for their own veil.
+    const catcher = this.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, 0x000000, 0.001)
+      .setOrigin(0, 0).setInteractive();
+    catcher.on('pointerup', () => this.closeGameMenu());
+    layer.add(catcher);
+
+    const items = [
+      ['Return to Main Menu', () => this.returnToMainMenu()],
+      ['Save', () => this.openSaveMenu()],
+      ['Load', () => this.openLoadMenu(), !this.hasAnySaveSlot()],
+      ['Quit to Arcade', () => this.quitToArcade()],
+    ];
+
+    const BTN_W = 260;
+    const BTN_H = 46;
+    const GAP = 10;
+    const PAD = 16;
+    const panelH = PAD * 2 + items.length * BTN_H + (items.length - 1) * GAP;
+    const panelCx = 56 + BTN_W / 2 - 12;
+    const panelBottomY = (GAME_HEIGHT - 40) - 22 - 12; // just above the ☰ button
+    const panelCy = panelBottomY - panelH / 2;
+
+    layer.add(this.add.rectangle(panelCx, panelCy, BTN_W + PAD * 2, panelH, 0x0b1220, 0.97)
+      .setStrokeStyle(1.5, 0x6fc4ff, 0.55));
+
+    let by = panelCy - panelH / 2 + PAD + BTN_H / 2;
+    for (const [label, fn, disabled] of items) {
+      const btn = new Button(this, panelCx, by, label, this.uiClick(() => { this.closeGameMenu(); fn(); }),
+        { width: BTN_W, height: BTN_H, fontSize: 16, variant: 'ghost' });
+      if (disabled) btn.setEnabled(false);
+      layer.add(btn);
+      by += BTN_H + GAP;
+    }
+  }
+
+  closeGameMenu() {
+    this.gameMenuLayer?.destroy();
+    this.gameMenuLayer = null;
+  }
+
+  // Both destinations auto-save to the single "Resume Game" slot on the way
+  // out, same safety net the old ← Menu button always had — independent of,
+  // and in addition to, the 10 manual slots below.
+  returnToMainMenu() {
+    this.writeSave();
+    this.scene.start('MasterOfVegaGame', { game: this.gameDef });
+  }
+
+  quitToArcade() {
+    this.writeSave();
+    this.scene.start('GameMenu');
+  }
+
+  openSaveMenu() {
+    this.openModal((done) => openSaveScreen(this, this.rules, this.state, {
+      getSlots: () => this.allSaveSlotMeta(),
+      onSave: (i) => this.writeSaveSlot(i),
+    }, done));
+  }
+
+  openLoadMenu() {
+    this.openModal((done) => openLoadScreen(this, this.rules, this.state, {
+      getSlots: () => this.allSaveSlotMeta(),
+      // A successful load restarts the whole scene (see init()'s
+      // pendingSavedState) rather than swapping this.state under the
+      // running map/HUD — the same proven teardown path Quit to Arcade
+      // already relies on, so `done` (the modal-close callback) is
+      // intentionally left uncalled: the scene it would resume is gone.
+      onLoad: (i) => {
+        const loaded = this.loadSaveSlot(i);
+        if (!loaded) return;
+        this.scene.start('MasterOfVegaGame', { game: this.gameDef, savedState: loaded });
+      },
+      onDelete: (i) => this.deleteSaveSlot(i),
+    }, done));
   }
 
   refreshHud() {
@@ -721,12 +834,12 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       }).setOrigin(0, 0.5));
 
       const canSeek = canNegotiate(this.rules, this.state, this.state.humanIndex, otherIdx);
-      const btn = new Button(this, W / 2 - 78, 0, 'Seek Audience', () => {
+      const btn = new Button(this, W / 2 - 78, 0, 'Seek Audience', this.uiClick(() => {
         this.openModal((done) => openAudienceScreen(
           this, this.rules, this.state, this.state.humanIndex, otherIdx, this.art, done,
           () => this.refreshAll(),
         ));
-      }, { width: 140, height: 40, fontSize: 14 });
+      }), { width: 140, height: 40, fontSize: 14 });
       if (!canSeek) btn.setEnabled(false);
       card.add(btn);
 
@@ -799,6 +912,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     // instead of ringing the destination star.
     if (this.selectedFleet && this.state.fleets.includes(this.selectedFleet)
       && this.selectedFleet.starIdx >= 0 && this.selectedFleet.starIdx !== idx) {
+      playSound(this, SFX.VEGA_VIEW);
       this.map.setRoutePreview(this.selectedFleet.starIdx, idx);
       this.panel.showOrder(idx);
       return;
@@ -818,6 +932,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
       if (fleet.starIdx >= 0) this.onStarClick(fleet.starIdx);
       return;
     }
+    playSound(this, SFX.VEGA_UNIT);
     this.selectedFleet = fleet;
     this.map.setSelectedFleet(fleet);
     this.panel.showFleet(fleet);
@@ -865,7 +980,7 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
     const eta = Logic.fleetEta(this.rules, this.state, sent);
     this.log(`Fleet away — ${dest.name} in ${eta} turn${eta === 1 ? '' : 's'}.`);
-    playSound(this, 'ta-rocket-1');
+    playSound(this, SFX.VEGA_WARP);
     this.selectedFleet = null;
     this.panel.hide();
     this.map.setSelectedStar(toStar);
@@ -1089,4 +1204,50 @@ export default class MasterOfVegaGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   clearSave() {
     try { window.localStorage.removeItem(SAVE_KEY); } catch (err) { /* ignore */ }
   }
+
+  // ------------------------------------------------------- manual save slots
+
+  writeSaveSlot(i) {
+    try {
+      const emp = this.state.empires[this.state.humanIndex];
+      const meta = {
+        savedAt: Date.now(),
+        turn: this.state.turn,
+        year: turnToYear(this.state.turn),
+        empireName: emp?.name ?? 'Unknown',
+        speciesName: this.rules.species[emp?.speciesId]?.name ?? '?',
+      };
+      window.localStorage.setItem(saveSlotKey(i), JSON.stringify({ meta, raw: Logic.serialize(this.state) }));
+      return true;
+    } catch (err) { return false; }
+  }
+
+  readSaveSlotMeta(i) {
+    try {
+      const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(saveSlotKey(i));
+      return raw ? (JSON.parse(raw).meta ?? null) : null;
+    } catch (err) { return null; }
+  }
+
+  loadSaveSlot(i) {
+    try {
+      const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(saveSlotKey(i));
+      if (!raw) return null;
+      return Logic.deserialize(JSON.parse(raw).raw);
+    } catch (err) { return null; }
+  }
+
+  deleteSaveSlot(i) {
+    try { window.localStorage.removeItem(saveSlotKey(i)); } catch (err) { /* ignore */ }
+  }
+
+  allSaveSlotMeta() {
+    const out = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < SAVE_SLOT_COUNT; i += 1) out.push(this.readSaveSlotMeta(i));
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  hasAnySaveSlot() {
+    return this.allSaveSlotMeta().some(Boolean);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaAudience.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaAudience.js
index 0cc4b68..7491288 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaAudience.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaAudience.js
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
 import { enqueue as enqueueSpeech } from '../../ui/SpeechQueue.js';
-import { FONT, D } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import {
   sourceWidth, makeSpeciesPortrait, speciesSpeechClip, audienceVideoKey, hasAudienceVideo,
 } from './VegaArt.js';
@@ -343,7 +344,10 @@ export function openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, me, otherIdx, art, onClo
     fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '18px', color: '#9fb6cc',
   });
   root.add(statusTxt);
-  const closeBtn = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH - 80, 60, '✕', () => close(), { width: 56, height: 48, variant: 'ghost' });
+  const closeBtn = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH - 80, 60, '✕', () => {
+    playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_CLOSE);
+    close();
+  }, { width: 56, height: 48, variant: 'ghost' });
   root.add(closeBtn);
 
   function statusLine() {
@@ -682,7 +686,7 @@ export function openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, me, otherIdx, art, onClo
       t.on('pointerdown', () => { box.destroy(true); onPick(id); });
       box.add(t);
     });
-    const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', () => box.destroy(true),
+    const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', uiClick(scene, () => box.destroy(true)),
       { width: 160, height: 40, fontSize: 16, variant: 'ghost' });
     box.add(cancel);
   }
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@ export function openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, me, otherIdx, art, onClo
       t.on('pointerdown', () => { box.destroy(true); doGift(tier.id); });
       box.add(t);
     });
-    const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', () => box.destroy(true),
+    const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', uiClick(scene, () => box.destroy(true)),
       { width: 160, height: 40, fontSize: 16, variant: 'ghost' });
     box.add(cancel);
   }
@@ -730,7 +734,7 @@ export function openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, me, otherIdx, art, onClo
       const row = Math.floor(i / perRow);
       const x = CHAT_X + col * (BTN_W + BTN_GAP) + BTN_W / 2;
       const yy = y + row * (BTN_H + BTN_GAP) + BTN_H / 2;
-      buttonRow.add(new Button(scene, x, yy, label, fn, { width: BTN_W, height: BTN_H, fontSize: 16, ...extraOpts }));
+      buttonRow.add(new Button(scene, x, yy, label, uiClick(scene, fn), { width: BTN_W, height: BTN_H, fontSize: 16, ...extraOpts }));
     });
     return Math.ceil(list.length / perRow) || 0;
   }
@@ -786,7 +790,7 @@ export function openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, me, otherIdx, art, onClo
       [['off', 'Off'], ['steal', 'Steal Tech'], ['sabotage', 'Sabotage']].forEach(([id, label], i) => {
         const active = current === id;
         const x = CHAT_X + i * (BTN_W + BTN_GAP) + BTN_W / 2;
-        buttonRow.add(new Button(scene, x, rowY, label, () => doSetMission(id), {
+        buttonRow.add(new Button(scene, x, rowY, label, uiClick(scene, () => doSetMission(id)), {
           width: BTN_W, height: BTN_H, fontSize: 16,
           variant: active ? 'solid' : 'ghost',
           bg: active ? ACCENT : undefined,
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyIntro.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyIntro.js
index 077149d..73f88a0 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyIntro.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyIntro.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
 import { TextInput } from '../../ui/TextInput.js';
-import { FONT, D, ORBIT } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, ORBIT, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
 import { turnToYear } from './VegaRules.js';
 import {
   colonyVideoKey, hasColonyVideo, worldBackground, planetFrame, sourceWidth,
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ export function promptColonyName(scene, { worldName, defaultName }, onConfirm, o
     onCancel?.();
   };
 
-  const found = new Button(scene, cx - 110, y + NAME_PANEL_H - 46, 'Found', confirm,
+  const found = new Button(scene, cx - 110, y + NAME_PANEL_H - 46, 'Found', uiClick(scene, confirm),
     { width: 200, height: 52 });
   root.add(found);
-  root.add(new Button(scene, cx + 110, y + NAME_PANEL_H - 46, 'Cancel', cancel,
+  root.add(new Button(scene, cx + 110, y + NAME_PANEL_H - 46, 'Cancel', uiClick(scene, cancel),
     { width: 200, height: 52, variant: 'ghost' }));
 
   refresh();
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ export function openColonyIntro(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
     resumeMusic();
   };
 
-  lower.add(new Button(scene, 1620, PANEL_Y + PANEL_H / 2, 'Continue', close,
+  lower.add(new Button(scene, 1620, PANEL_Y + PANEL_H / 2, 'Continue', uiClick(scene, close),
     { width: 320, height: 70, fontSize: 28 }));
 
   scene.tweens.add({ targets: root, alpha: 1, duration: 340, ease: 'Cubic.easeOut' });
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyView.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyView.js
index e61d6e3..cd510b9 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyView.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaColonyView.js
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
-import { FONT, D, ORBIT, slider } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, ORBIT, slider, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import { worldBackground, buildingFrame } from './VegaArt.js';
 import { createShipMediaPool, makeShipIcon } from './VegaShipMedia.js';
 import { openShipDetail } from './VegaShipDetail.js';
@@ -290,8 +291,10 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
     add(scene.add.text(x, y, 'COLONY', {
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '26px', color: '#cfe8ff',
     }));
-    add(new Button(scene, PANEL_X + PANEL_W - 38, y + 16, '✕', close,
-      { width: 40, height: 36, fontSize: 18, variant: 'ghost' }));
+    add(new Button(scene, PANEL_X + PANEL_W - 38, y + 16, '✕', () => {
+      playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_CLOSE);
+      close();
+    }, { width: 40, height: 36, fontSize: 18, variant: 'ghost' }));
     y += 48;
 
     // --- summary
@@ -422,13 +425,13 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
 
     y = buttonY;
     const sendBtn = add(new Button(scene, PANEL_X + PANEL_W / 2, y + 22,
-      'Send Population', openTransportPicker, { width: w, height: 44, fontSize: 18 }));
+      'Send Population', uiClick(scene, openTransportPicker), { width: w, height: 44, fontSize: 18 }));
     if (maxSendablePopulation(colony) <= 0 || empireColonies(state, colony.empireIdx).length < 2) {
       sendBtn.setEnabled(false);
     }
     y += 56;
     add(new Button(scene, PANEL_X + PANEL_W / 2, y + 24,
-      flyOpen ? 'Close Build Queue' : 'Build Queue', toggleFlyout,
+      flyOpen ? 'Close Build Queue' : 'Build Queue', uiClick(scene, toggleFlyout),
       { width: w, height: 48, fontSize: 20 }));
   }
 
@@ -573,7 +576,7 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
       bg.on('pointerout', () => bg.setFillStyle(0x0f1a2c, 0.0));
       // Scrolled out of sight is still hit-testable — a mask is a rendering
       // concern only, so the visible band has to be checked explicitly.
-      bg.on('pointerup', (p) => { if (scroller.contains(p)) onAdd(); });
+      bg.on('pointerup', (p) => { if (scroller.contains(p)) { playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_BUILD); onAdd(); } });
       scroller.content.add(bg);
       // A ship gets its commanding officer beside the hull; a building keeps
       // the single icon it always had. Both sheets are optional and procedural
@@ -614,7 +617,7 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
           .setStrokeStyle(1, ACCENT, 0.55).setInteractive({ useHandCursor: true });
         r.on('pointerover', () => r.setFillStyle(0x22405f));
         r.on('pointerout', () => r.setFillStyle(0x16253c));
-        r.on('pointerup', (p) => { if (scroller.contains(p)) onAddFive(); });
+        r.on('pointerup', (p) => { if (scroller.contains(p)) { playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_BUILD); onAddFive(); } });
         scroller.content.add(r);
         scroller.content.add(scene.add.text(w - 40, cy + 25, '+5', {
           fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '15px', color: '#cfe8ff',
@@ -727,8 +730,10 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
       transportLayer.add(scene.add.text(x, y, 'SEND POPULATION', {
         fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '24px', color: '#cfe8ff',
       }));
-      transportLayer.add(new Button(scene, TX + TW - 38, y + 14, '✕', closeTransportPicker,
-        { width: 40, height: 36, fontSize: 18, variant: 'ghost' }));
+      transportLayer.add(new Button(scene, TX + TW - 38, y + 14, '✕', () => {
+        playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_CLOSE);
+        closeTransportPicker();
+      }, { width: 40, height: 36, fontSize: 18, variant: 'ghost' }));
       y += 46;
 
       transportLayer.add(scene.add.text(x, y,
@@ -793,7 +798,7 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
       pusher(transportLayer, x + 235, y + 15, '+', () => setAmount(amount + 1), amount < cap);
       pusher(transportLayer, x + 271, y + 15, '+5', () => setAmount(amount + 5), amount < cap,
         null, { w: 34, fontSize: 13 });
-      transportLayer.add(new Button(scene, x + 331, y + 15, 'MAX', () => setAmount(cap),
+      transportLayer.add(new Button(scene, x + 331, y + 15, 'MAX', uiClick(scene, () => setAmount(cap)),
         { width: 66, height: 32, fontSize: 14, variant: 'ghost' }));
       transportLayer.add(scene.add.text(x, y + 40, `${cap.toFixed(1)} available to send`, {
         fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '13px', color: '#6f8aa3',
@@ -801,14 +806,14 @@ export function openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, opts = {}) {
       y += 76;
 
       const canSend = !!dest && amount > 0;
-      const sendBtn = new Button(scene, TX + TW / 2, y + 22, 'Send', () => {
+      const sendBtn = new Button(scene, TX + TW / 2, y + 22, 'Send', uiClick(scene, () => {
         if (!dest) return;
         if (sendPopulation(rules, state, colony.empireIdx, colony.id, dest.id, amount)) {
           closeTransportPicker();
           buildPanel();
           onChanged?.();
         }
-      }, { width: w, height: 44, fontSize: 18 });
+      }), { width: w, height: 44, fontSize: 18 });
       if (!canSend) sendBtn.setEnabled(false);
       transportLayer.add(sendBtn);
     };
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaCombatView.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaCombatView.js
index e64dfb3..b7f1795 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaCombatView.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaCombatView.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
-import { FONT, D } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
 import VegaFx from './VegaFx.js';
 import { stepRound, runBattle, battleResult } from './VegaCombat.js';
 import { shipFrame } from './VegaArt.js';
@@ -138,27 +138,27 @@ export function openCombatView(scene, rules, battle, art, opts = {}) {
   }
 
   // --- controls
-  const next = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2 - 230, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Next round', () => {
+  const next = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2 - 230, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Next round', uiClick(scene, () => {
     if (battle.done) return;
     animate(stepRound(battle, {}));
     if (battle.done) scene.time.delayedCall(700, finish);
-  }, { width: 220, height: 52 });
+  }), { width: 220, height: 52 });
   layer.add(next);
 
-  const auto = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Auto-resolve', () => {
+  const auto = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Auto-resolve', uiClick(scene, () => {
     runBattle(battle);
     syncMarkers();
     finish();
-  }, { width: 220, height: 52 });
+  }), { width: 220, height: 52 });
   layer.add(auto);
 
-  const retreat = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2 + 230, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Withdraw', () => {
+  const retreat = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2 + 230, GAME_HEIGHT - 70, 'Withdraw', uiClick(scene, () => {
     if (battle.done || !playerSide) return;
     const orders = {};
     for (const s of battle.stacks) if (s.side === playerSide) orders[s.uid] = 'retreat';
     animate(stepRound(battle, orders));
     if (battle.done) scene.time.delayedCall(700, finish);
-  }, { width: 220, height: 52, variant: playerSide ? 'solid' : 'ghost' });
+  }), { width: 220, height: 52, variant: playerSide ? 'solid' : 'ghost' });
   layer.add(retreat);
 
   buildMarkers();
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaScreens.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaScreens.js
index 4e50ecf..d611e69 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaScreens.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaScreens.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 import { GAME_HEIGHT, GAME_WIDTH } from '../../config.js';
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import {
   empireColonies, empireFleets, hireLeader, assignLeader, unassignLeader, leaderHireCost,
 } from './VegaLogic.js';
@@ -39,6 +40,16 @@ export const ORBIT = ['I', 'II', 'III', 'IV', 'V', 'VI', 'VII', 'VIII'];
 const ACCENT = 0x6fc4ff;
 const PANEL = 0x0b1220;
 
+// Wrap a Button handler so every ordinary click across the game's screens
+// shares one cue. Anything that closes a window via the ✕ glyph or has its
+// own dedicated sound (build queueing, ship detail, new-turn) bypasses this.
+export function uiClick(scene, fn) {
+  return (...args) => {
+    playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_SELECT);
+    fn?.(...args);
+  };
+}
+
 /** The holographic frame every modal is built inside. */
 export function modalShell(scene, title, onClose, { width = 1220, height = 800, closable = true } = {}) {
   const layer = scene.add.container(0, 0).setDepth(D.modal);
@@ -78,6 +89,7 @@ export function modalShell(scene, title, onClose, { width = 1220, height = 800,
   // closable defaults true so every existing caller is unaffected.
   if (closable) {
     const close = new Button(scene, x + width - 70, y + 40, '✕', () => {
+      playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_CLOSE);
       layer.destroy();
       onClose?.();
     }, { width: 46, height: 40, variant: 'ghost' });
@@ -187,10 +199,10 @@ export function openDiplomacyScreen(scene, rules, state, e, art, onClose, onChan
 
     const bx = shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 150;
     const canSeek = canNegotiate(rules, state, e, other.idx);
-    const b = new Button(scene, bx, y + rowH / 2 - 20, 'Seek Audience', () => {
+    const b = new Button(scene, bx, y + rowH / 2 - 20, 'Seek Audience', uiClick(scene, () => {
       shell.destroy();
       openAudienceScreen(scene, rules, state, e, other.idx, art, onClose, onChanged);
-    }, { width: 200, height: 40 });
+    }), { width: 200, height: 40 });
     if (!canSeek) b.setEnabled(false);
     shell.add(b);
   });
@@ -290,7 +302,7 @@ function openListPicker(scene, shell, title, items) {
     t.on('pointerdown', () => { box.destroy(true); fn(); });
     box.add(t);
   });
-  const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', () => box.destroy(true),
+  const cancel = new Button(scene, bx, by + h / 2 - 34, 'Cancel', uiClick(scene, () => box.destroy(true)),
     { width: 160, height: 40, fontSize: 16, variant: 'ghost' });
   box.add(cancel);
 }
@@ -319,13 +331,13 @@ export function openLeaderScreen(scene, rules, state, e, art, onClose, onChanged
         fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '13px', color: '#7fd8a0',
       }));
     const b = new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 130, y + 30,
-      `Hire ${cost} BC`, () => {
+      `Hire ${cost} BC`, uiClick(scene, () => {
         if (hireLeader(rules, state, e, offer.id)) {
           shell.destroy();
           openLeaderScreen(scene, rules, state, e, art, onClose, onChanged);
           onChanged?.();
         }
-      }, { width: 190, height: 38, variant: affordable ? 'solid' : 'ghost' });
+      }), { width: 190, height: 38, variant: affordable ? 'solid' : 'ghost' });
     shell.add(b);
     y += 84;
   }
@@ -379,12 +391,12 @@ export function openLeaderScreen(scene, rules, state, e, art, onClose, onChanged
       openListPicker(scene, shell, def.kind === 'admin' ? 'POST TO WHICH COLONY?' : 'POST TO WHICH FLEET?', targets);
     };
     shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 110, y + 20,
-      l.assignKind ? 'Reassign' : 'Assign', openPicker, { width: 118, height: 32, fontSize: 14 }));
+      l.assignKind ? 'Reassign' : 'Assign', uiClick(scene, openPicker), { width: 118, height: 32, fontSize: 14 }));
     if (l.assignKind) {
-      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 250, y + 20, 'Unassign', () => {
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 250, y + 20, 'Unassign', uiClick(scene, () => {
         unassignLeader(rules, state, e, l.leaderId);
         refresh();
-      }, { width: 118, height: 32, fontSize: 14, variant: 'ghost' }));
+      }), { width: 118, height: 32, fontSize: 14, variant: 'ghost' }));
     }
     y += 44;
   }
@@ -393,6 +405,109 @@ export function openLeaderScreen(scene, rules, state, e, art, onClose, onChanged
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/** "Slot 3 — Ursaal Empire (Ursaal) — Year 2431, Turn 131 — 8/8/2026 3:45 PM". */
+function saveSlotLabel(i, meta) {
+  if (!meta) return `Slot ${i + 1}  —  empty`;
+  const d = new Date(meta.savedAt);
+  const when = `${d.toLocaleDateString()} ${d.toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' })}`;
+  return `Slot ${i + 1}  —  ${meta.empireName} (${meta.speciesName})  —  Year ${meta.year}, Turn ${meta.turn}  —  ${when}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write the current game to one of 10 slots. `getSlots()` returns a
+ * length-10 array of meta objects (or null for an empty slot), re-read on
+ * every (re)render so a just-written slot shows up immediately. Overwriting
+ * an occupied slot needs a confirm click first — `confirmIdx` carries that
+ * transient state across the destroy+rebuild refresh, same pattern
+ * openLeaderScreen uses for its own picker flows.
+ */
+export function openSaveScreen(scene, rules, state, { getSlots, onSave }, onClose, confirmIdx = -1) {
+  const shell = modalShell(scene, 'Save Game', onClose, { width: 1000, height: 800 });
+  shell.add(scene.add.text(shell.body.x, shell.body.y,
+    'Choose a slot to save your current game to.', {
+      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '15px', color: '#7f97b3',
+    }));
+
+  const refresh = (nextConfirmIdx = -1) => {
+    shell.destroy();
+    openSaveScreen(scene, rules, state, { getSlots, onSave }, onClose, nextConfirmIdx);
+  };
+
+  const ROW_H = 66;
+  // Load's row (Load + Delete buttons) leaves less room than Save's (one
+  // button) — sized to the tighter of the two so a long empire/species name
+  // never runs under either screen's buttons.
+  const LABEL_W = shell.body.w - 340;
+  let y = shell.body.y + 34;
+  getSlots().forEach((meta, i) => {
+    shell.add(scene.add.text(shell.body.x, y + ROW_H / 2, saveSlotLabel(i, meta), {
+      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '15px', color: meta ? '#c8dcf0' : '#5f7890',
+      wordWrap: { width: LABEL_W }, lineSpacing: 2,
+    }).setOrigin(0, 0.5));
+
+    if (confirmIdx === i) {
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 320, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Confirm Overwrite',
+        uiClick(scene, () => { onSave(i); refresh(); }), { width: 200, height: 40, fontSize: 14 }));
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 100, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Cancel',
+        uiClick(scene, () => refresh()), { width: 180, height: 40, fontSize: 14, variant: 'ghost' }));
+    } else {
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 100, y + ROW_H / 2,
+        meta ? 'Overwrite' : 'Save',
+        uiClick(scene, () => { if (meta) refresh(i); else { onSave(i); refresh(); } }),
+        { width: 180, height: 40, fontSize: 15, variant: meta ? 'ghost' : 'solid' }));
+    }
+    y += ROW_H;
+  });
+  return shell;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load or delete one of the 10 slots. Deleting needs the same confirm-click
+ * as an overwrite in openSaveScreen; loading doesn't (it's not destructive
+ * to anything but the current in-progress session, and the caller is about
+ * to tear that down regardless — see MasterOfVegaGame.openLoadMenu).
+ */
+export function openLoadScreen(scene, rules, state, { getSlots, onLoad, onDelete }, onClose, confirmDeleteIdx = -1) {
+  const shell = modalShell(scene, 'Load Game', onClose, { width: 1000, height: 800 });
+  shell.add(scene.add.text(shell.body.x, shell.body.y,
+    'Choose a saved game to load or delete.', {
+      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '15px', color: '#7f97b3',
+    }));
+
+  const refresh = (nextConfirmDeleteIdx = -1) => {
+    shell.destroy();
+    openLoadScreen(scene, rules, state, { getSlots, onLoad, onDelete }, onClose, nextConfirmDeleteIdx);
+  };
+
+  const ROW_H = 66;
+  const LABEL_W = shell.body.w - 340;
+  let y = shell.body.y + 34;
+  getSlots().forEach((meta, i) => {
+    shell.add(scene.add.text(shell.body.x, y + ROW_H / 2, saveSlotLabel(i, meta), {
+      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '15px', color: meta ? '#c8dcf0' : '#5f7890',
+      wordWrap: { width: LABEL_W }, lineSpacing: 2,
+    }).setOrigin(0, 0.5));
+
+    if (!meta) { y += ROW_H; return; }
+
+    if (confirmDeleteIdx === i) {
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 320, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Confirm Delete',
+        uiClick(scene, () => { onDelete(i); refresh(); }), { width: 200, height: 40, fontSize: 14 }));
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 100, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Cancel',
+        uiClick(scene, () => refresh()), { width: 180, height: 40, fontSize: 14, variant: 'ghost' }));
+    } else {
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 320, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Load',
+        uiClick(scene, () => onLoad(i)), { width: 180, height: 40, fontSize: 15 }));
+      shell.add(new Button(scene, shell.body.x + shell.body.w - 100, y + ROW_H / 2, 'Delete',
+        uiClick(scene, () => refresh(i)), { width: 180, height: 40, fontSize: 15, variant: 'ghost' }));
+    }
+    y += ROW_H;
+  });
+  return shell;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 export function showVictoryOverlay(scene, rules, state, onClose) {
   const layer = scene.add.container(0, 0).setDepth(D.toast);
   layer.add(scene.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, 0x00060e, 0.9)
@@ -424,10 +539,10 @@ export function showVictoryOverlay(scene, rules, state, onClose) {
     }).setOrigin(0.5));
 
   // Buttons in this repo draw centred, so they are positioned by their centre.
-  const b = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 560, 'Return to menu', () => {
+  const b = new Button(scene, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 560, 'Return to menu', uiClick(scene, () => {
     layer.destroy();
     onClose?.();
-  }, { width: 220, height: 52 });
+  }), { width: 220, height: 52 });
   layer.add(b);
   return layer;
 }
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaShipDetail.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaShipDetail.js
index a5314c8..8bb9df6 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaShipDetail.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaShipDetail.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import { markNumeral } from './VegaRules.js';
 import { empireDesign } from './VegaLogic.js';
 import { refitCost } from './VegaShips.js';
 import { makeCommanderPortrait, makeShipIcon } from './VegaShipMedia.js';
-import { FONT, D } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 
 const ACCENT = 0x6fc4ff;
 const PANEL = 0x0b1220;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ const ROLE_NAMES = {
  */
 export function openShipDetail(scene, rules, state, art, opts, onClose) {
   const { empireIdx, hullId, mark = null } = opts;
+  playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_UNIT);
   const emp = state.empires[empireIdx];
   const species = rules.species[emp.speciesId];
   const design = empireDesign(rules, state, empireIdx, hullId);
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ export function openShipDetail(scene, rules, state, art, opts, onClose) {
     });
   };
 
-  pop.add(new Button(scene, halfW - 110, halfH - 52, 'Close', close,
+  pop.add(new Button(scene, halfW - 110, halfH - 52, 'Close', uiClick(scene, close),
     { width: 180, height: 52, fontSize: 22, variant: 'ghost' }));
   veil.on('pointerup', close);
 
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaSidePanel.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaSidePanel.js
index 4894bff..7209561 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaSidePanel.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaSidePanel.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ import {
   colonyMaxPop, colonyProduction, colonyFactoryCap, effectiveFactories,
   colonyDefenseCap, habitableForEmpire, reachableStars, atWar, queueItemEta,
 } from './VegaLogic.js';
-import { FONT, D, ORBIT } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { FONT, D, ORBIT, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import { etaText } from './VegaColonyView.js';
 import { createShipMediaPool, makeShipIcon } from './VegaShipMedia.js';
 import { openShipDetail } from './VegaShipDetail.js';
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ export default class VegaSidePanel {
     this.root.add(scene.add.rectangle(PAD, 72, COL, 1, ACCENT, 0.4).setOrigin(0, 0));
 
     this.root.add(new Button(scene, W - 32, 30, '✕', () => {
+      playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_CLOSE);
       this.cb.onClose?.();
     }, { width: 38, height: 34, fontSize: 18, variant: 'ghost' }));
 
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ export default class VegaSidePanel {
   /** Full-width action button parked at the bottom of the column. */
   action(label, fn, opts = {}) {
     const { enabled = true, width = COL, x = PAD + COL / 2, variant = 'solid' } = opts;
-    const b = new Button(this.scene, x, this.y + 24, label, enabled ? fn : null,
+    const b = new Button(this.scene, x, this.y + 24, label, enabled ? uiClick(this.scene, fn) : null,
       { width, height: 48, fontSize: 20, variant });
     if (!enabled) b.setEnabled?.(false);
     this.body.add(b);
@@ -752,13 +754,16 @@ export default class VegaSidePanel {
 
     const half = (COL - 12) / 2;
     const btnY = this.y;
+    // Not uiClick — accepting an order plays its own vega-warp cue once the
+    // fleet is actually sent (MasterOfVegaGame.confirmOrder), not a generic
+    // click, and a fuel-range refusal should stay silent either way.
     const accept = new Button(this.scene, PAD + half / 2, btnY + 24, 'Accept',
       refusal ? null : () => this.cb.onAcceptOrder?.(this.fleet, this.orderStar, this.selectedShips()),
       { width: half, height: 48, fontSize: 20 });
     if (refusal) accept.setEnabled?.(false);
     this.body.add(accept);
     this.body.add(new Button(this.scene, PAD + half * 1.5 + 12, btnY + 24, 'Cancel',
-      () => this.cb.onCancelOrder?.(), { width: half, height: 48, fontSize: 20, variant: 'ghost' }));
+      uiClick(this.scene, () => this.cb.onCancelOrder?.()), { width: half, height: 48, fontSize: 20, variant: 'ghost' }));
     this.y = btnY + 60;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaSystemView.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaSystemView.js
index 6b85b7c..ebc3d69 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaSystemView.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaSystemView.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import * as Phaser from 'phaser';
 
 import { Button } from '../../ui/Button.js';
-import { modalShell, FONT, ORBIT } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { modalShell, FONT, ORBIT, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
 import { planetFrame, starFrame } from './VegaArt.js';
 import { openColonyView, CHANNEL_COLOUR, itemName, etaText } from './VegaColonyView.js';
 import { openColonyIntro, ensureColonyVideo, promptColonyName } from './VegaColonyIntro.js';
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function openSystemView(scene, rules, state, starIdx, art, opts = {}) {
         // repeat: every rebuild of this panel asks again, and ensureColonyVideo
         // returns immediately once the clip is cached or already in flight.
         ensureColonyVideo(scene, planet.typeId);
-        console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 130, y + 20, 'Found colony', () => {
+        console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 130, y + 20, 'Found colony', uiClick(scene, () => {
           const orbit = selected;
           // Naming happens before the colony exists — canColonize/colonize
           // read no state this pauses, so the orrery is frozen for the whole
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export function openSystemView(scene, rules, state, starIdx, art, opts = {}) {
               onClose: () => { tick.paused = false; rebuild(); },
             });
           }, () => { tick.paused = false; });
-        }, { width: 260, height: 44 }));
+        }), { width: 260, height: 44 }));
       }
       return;
     }
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ export function openSystemView(scene, rules, state, starIdx, art, opts = {}) {
           wordWrap: { width: panelW },
         }));
         y += 44;
-        console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 120, y + 20, 'Bombard', () => {
+        console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 120, y + 20, 'Bombard', uiClick(scene, () => {
           bombard(rules, state, viewerIdx, starIdx); onChanged?.(); rebuild();
-        }, { width: 220, height: 42, bg: 0x6b2230 }));
+        }), { width: 220, height: 42, bg: 0x6b2230 }));
         if (forecast && forecast.troops > 0) {
-          console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 370, y + 20, 'Invade', () => {
+          console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + 370, y + 20, 'Invade', uiClick(scene, () => {
             invade(rules, state, viewerIdx, starIdx); onChanged?.(); rebuild();
-          }, { width: 220, height: 42 }));
+          }), { width: 220, height: 42 }));
         }
       }
       return;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ export function openSystemView(scene, rules, state, starIdx, art, opts = {}) {
     // second modal while one is up — and this one has to stay up, because it is
     // what is keeping the star map behind it inert.
     y = Math.max(y + 20, shell.y + shell.height - 96);
-    console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + panelW / 2, y + 24, 'View Colony', () => {
+    console_.add(new Button(scene, panelX + panelW / 2, y + 24, 'View Colony', uiClick(scene, () => {
       shell.layer.setVisible(false);
       tick.paused = true;
       openColonyView(scene, rules, state, colony, art, {
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export function openSystemView(scene, rules, state, starIdx, art, opts = {}) {
           rebuild();
         },
       });
-    }, { width: panelW, height: 50, fontSize: 21 }));
+    }), { width: panelW, height: 50, fontSize: 21 }));
   }
 
   function select(i) {
diff --git a/src/games/mastervega/VegaTurnReportScreen.js b/src/games/mastervega/VegaTurnReportScreen.js
index 0e6660f..103aea3 100644
--- a/src/games/mastervega/VegaTurnReportScreen.js
+++ b/src/games/mastervega/VegaTurnReportScreen.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 // would make the two files import each other. Same one-way-dependency shape
 // as VegaSystemView.js, which already imports from both.
 
-import { modalShell, FONT } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { modalShell, FONT, uiClick } from './VegaScreens.js';
+import { playSound, SFX } from '../../ui/Sounds.js';
 import { scrollColumn } from './VegaColonyView.js';
 import { openSystemView } from './VegaSystemView.js';
 import { openResearchScreen } from './VegaResearchScreen.js';
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ const BUILDING_MEDIA_W = 90;
 const VIEW_SYSTEM_TYPES = new Set(['discovered', 'buildingDone', 'shipDone']);
 
 export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
+  playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_NEWTURN);
   const shell = modalShell(scene, `New Turn: ${turnToYear(state.turn)}`, onClose, { width: 1180, height: 760 });
 
   const ordered = events
@@ -142,11 +144,13 @@ export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
             };
 
             const allBtn = new Button(scene, 16 + 84, cy + 14, 'All Colonies', () => {
+              playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_BUILD);
               queueAt(empireColonies(state, ev.empire));
             }, { width: 168, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
             col.content.add(allBtn);
 
             const bcBtn = new Button(scene, 16 + 168 + 16 + 105, cy + 14, 'Colonies with positive BC', () => {
+              playSound(scene, SFX.VEGA_BUILD);
               queueAt(empireColonies(state, ev.empire).filter((c) => colonyNetIncome(rules, state, c) > 0));
             }, { width: 210, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
             col.content.add(bcBtn);
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
         // the bottom-right of the expanded synopsis, not the collapsed
         // header, so it only appears once the player has read the row.
         if (VIEW_SYSTEM_TYPES.has(ev.type)) {
-          const viewBtn = new Button(scene, w - 108, cy + 14, 'View Star System', () => {
+          const viewBtn = new Button(scene, w - 108, cy + 14, 'View Star System', uiClick(scene, () => {
             col.destroy();
             shell.destroy();
             openSystemView(scene, rules, state, ev.starIdx, scene.art, {
@@ -232,7 +236,7 @@ export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
               onChanged: () => scene.refreshAll?.(),
               onClose,
             });
-          }, { width: 168, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
+          }), { width: 168, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
           col.content.add(viewBtn);
           cy += 36;
         }
@@ -244,13 +248,13 @@ export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
         // through the same onClose so the turn-transition still completes
         // exactly once, whichever button the player used to leave the report.
         if (ev.type === 'techDone') {
-          const viewBtn = new Button(scene, w - 108, cy + 14, 'View Research', () => {
+          const viewBtn = new Button(scene, w - 108, cy + 14, 'View Research', uiClick(scene, () => {
             col.destroy();
             shell.destroy();
             openResearchScreen(scene, rules, state, ev.empire, scene.art, onClose, {
               initialField: rules.techs[ev.techId].field,
             });
-          }, { width: 168, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
+          }), { width: 168, height: 28, fontSize: 13 });
           col.content.add(viewBtn);
           cy += 36;
         }
@@ -277,11 +281,11 @@ export function openTurnReportScreen(scene, rules, state, events, onClose) {
   };
   render();
 
-  const btn = new Button(scene, shell.x + shell.width / 2, shell.y + shell.height - 34, 'Continue', () => {
+  const btn = new Button(scene, shell.x + shell.width / 2, shell.y + shell.height - 34, 'Continue', uiClick(scene, () => {
     col.destroy();
     shell.destroy();
     onClose?.();
-  }, { width: 220, height: 44 });
+  }), { width: 220, height: 44 });
   shell.add(btn);
 
   return shell;
diff --git a/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js b/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
index 2ed1457..7409942 100644
--- a/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
+++ b/src/scenes/PreloadScene.js
@@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ export default class PreloadScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.load.audio('sfx-monopoly-expense',  'assets/fx/monopoly-expense.mp3');
     this.load.audio('sfx-monopoly-pay',      'assets/fx/monopoly-pay.mp3');
     this.load.audio('sfx-monopoly-paid',     'assets/fx/monopoly-paid.mp3');
+
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-select',  'assets/fx/vega-select.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-build',   'assets/fx/vega-build.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-close',   'assets/fx/vega-close.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-newturn', 'assets/fx/vega-newturn.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-unit',    'assets/fx/vega-unit.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-view',    'assets/fx/vega-view.mp3');
+    this.load.audio('sfx-vega-warp',    'assets/fx/vega-warp.mp3');
   }
 
   async create() {
diff --git a/src/ui/Sounds.js b/src/ui/Sounds.js
index b2e1ee2..fca0813 100644
--- a/src/ui/Sounds.js
+++ b/src/ui/Sounds.js
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ export const SFX = {
   KART_SHELL:            'sfx-kart-shell',
   KART_STAR:             'sfx-kart-star',
   KART_SPINNER:          'sfx-kart-spinner',
+  VEGA_SELECT:           'sfx-vega-select',
+  VEGA_BUILD:            'sfx-vega-build',
+  VEGA_CLOSE:            'sfx-vega-close',
+  VEGA_NEWTURN:          'sfx-vega-newturn',
+  VEGA_UNIT:             'sfx-vega-unit',
+  VEGA_VIEW:             'sfx-vega-view',
+  VEGA_WARP:             'sfx-vega-warp',
 };
 
 export function playSound(scene, key) {