diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-50cal.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-50cal.mp3
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diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-machinegun.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-machinegun.mp3
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diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-rocket-1.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-rocket-1.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74b796e
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diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-rocket-2.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-rocket-2.mp3
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index 0000000..2644cfa
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diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-unit-loss.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-unit-loss.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49df7fb
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diff --git a/assets/fx/ta-vehicle-loss.mp3 b/assets/fx/ta-vehicle-loss.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db65f8a
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diff --git a/assets/images/ta/background.png b/assets/images/ta/background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2c2dcd
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diff --git a/assets/images/ta/core-units.png b/assets/images/ta/core-units.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b874fb7
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diff --git a/assets/images/ta/core-units.psd b/assets/images/ta/core-units.psd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..990a9a7
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diff --git a/data/totalannihilation-artwork.json b/data/totalannihilation-artwork.json
index 4820f55..269c9c2 100644
--- a/data/totalannihilation-artwork.json
+++ b/data/totalannihilation-artwork.json
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
       "frameWidth": 192, "frameHeight": 192, "cols": 6
     },
     "core-units": {
-      "key": "ta-core-units", "path": null, "kind": "unit",
-      "frameWidth": 64, "frameHeight": 64, "cols": 8
+      "key": "ta-core-units", "path": "assets/images/ta/core-units.png", "kind": "unit",
+      "frameWidth": 128, "frameHeight": 128, "cols": 8
     },
     "core-structures": {
       "key": "ta-core-structures", "path": null, "kind": "structure",
diff --git a/data/totalannihilation-rules.json b/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
index e7535c3..0111b8b 100644
--- a/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
+++ b/data/totalannihilation-rules.json
@@ -245,7 +245,35 @@
         "width": 1.5,
         "lifeMs": 70
       },
-      "sound": "sfx-battle-gunfire-modern"
+      "sound": "sfx-ta-machinegun"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "pintlegun",
+      "name": "Pintle Gun",
+      "kind": "hitscan",
+      "damage": 9,
+      "reload": 0.5,
+      "burst": 3,
+      "burstDelay": 0.06,
+      "range": 200,
+      "spread": 0.05,
+      "targets": [
+        "ground"
+      ],
+      "armorMul": {
+        "infantry": 1.3,
+        "light": 0.85,
+        "medium": 0.3,
+        "heavy": 0.12,
+        "structure": 0.2
+      },
+      "fx": {
+        "style": "tracer",
+        "color": "#ffe6a0",
+        "width": 1.5,
+        "lifeMs": 70
+      },
+      "sound": "sfx-ta-50cal"
     },
     {
       "id": "sniperrifle",
@@ -335,7 +363,8 @@
         "width": 2,
         "trail": true
       },
-      "sound": "sfx-battle-missle"
+      "sound": "sfx-ta-rocket-1",
+      "impactSound": "sfx-ta-rocket-2"
     },
     {
       "id": "commanderlaser",
@@ -448,7 +477,7 @@
         "width": 2.5,
         "trail": true
       },
-      "sound": "sfx-battle-missle"
+      "sound": ["sfx-ta-rocket-1", "sfx-ta-rocket-2"]
     }
   ],
   "units": [
@@ -523,7 +552,7 @@
         "energy": 120,
         "mass": 24
       },
-      "buildTime": 6,
+      "buildTime": 2,
       "builtBy": [
         "barracks"
       ],
@@ -553,7 +582,7 @@
         "energy": 260,
         "mass": 55
       },
-      "buildTime": 12,
+      "buildTime": 6,
       "builtBy": [
         "barracks"
       ],
@@ -588,7 +617,7 @@
         "vehicleplant"
       ],
       "weapons": [
-        "rifle"
+        "pintlegun"
       ],
       "sheetSlot": "unitSheet",
       "frame": 4,
@@ -669,7 +698,7 @@
         "w": 2,
         "h": 2
       },
-      "hp": 1440,
+      "hp": 2440,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 160,
       "cost": {
@@ -691,7 +720,8 @@
       "frame": 0,
       "buildFrame": 1,
       "procShape": "energyGen",
-      "icon": 10
+      "icon": 10,
+      "idleAnimation": true
     },
     {
       "id": "massgen",
@@ -700,7 +730,7 @@
         "w": 2,
         "h": 2
       },
-      "hp": 1260,
+      "hp": 2260,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 160,
       "cost": {
@@ -722,7 +752,8 @@
       "frame": 2,
       "buildFrame": 3,
       "procShape": "massGen",
-      "icon": 11
+      "icon": 11,
+      "idleAnimation": true
     },
     {
       "id": "barracks",
@@ -731,7 +762,7 @@
         "w": 3,
         "h": 3
       },
-      "hp": 2520,
+      "hp": 3520,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 220,
       "cost": {
@@ -761,7 +792,7 @@
         "w": 3,
         "h": 3
       },
-      "hp": 3960,
+      "hp": 4960,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 220,
       "cost": {
@@ -792,7 +823,7 @@
         "w": 1,
         "h": 1
       },
-      "hp": 1300,
+      "hp": 3300,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 300,
       "cost": {
@@ -823,7 +854,7 @@
         "w": 2,
         "h": 2
       },
-      "hp": 1700,
+      "hp": 4700,
       "armorClass": "structure",
       "sight": 420,
       "cost": {
diff --git a/src/data/assetManifest.js b/src/data/assetManifest.js
index 4e49c47..6071e3d 100644
--- a/src/data/assetManifest.js
+++ b/src/data/assetManifest.js
@@ -244,10 +244,15 @@ export const MANIFEST = {
     { type: 'json', key: 'totalannihilation-rules', path: 'data/totalannihilation-rules.json' },
     { type: 'json', key: 'totalannihilation-campaign', path: 'data/totalannihilation-campaign.json' },
     (scene) => sheetsFrom(scene, 'totalannihilation-artwork', ['sheets']),
+    image('ta-background', 'assets/images/ta/background.png'),
     // Weapon sounds keyed by each weapon's `sound` in totalannihilation-rules.json.
-    ...['gunfire-modern', 'tank', 'missle'].map((n) => ({ type: 'audio', key: `sfx-battle-${n}`, path: `assets/fx/battle-${n}.mp3` })),
+    ...['tank'].map((n) => ({ type: 'audio', key: `sfx-battle-${n}`, path: `assets/fx/battle-${n}.mp3` })),
     { type: 'audio', key: 'sfx-laser-zap', path: 'assets/fx/laser-zap.mp3' },
     { type: 'audio', key: 'sfx-scifi-launch', path: 'assets/fx/scifi-launch.mp3' },
+    // TA-specific sfx: machine guns per weapon.sound, rocket variants (random pick between the
+    // two on fire, see TotalAnnihilationGame._onSimEvent), and unit/vehicle death cues.
+    ...['50cal', 'machinegun', 'rocket-1', 'rocket-2', 'unit-loss', 'vehicle-loss']
+      .map((n) => ({ type: 'audio', key: `sfx-ta-${n}`, path: `assets/fx/ta-${n}.mp3` })),
     (scene) => musicFrom(scene, 'hacker-music'),
   ],
   coloradodefense: [
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
index 4b56e72..9547b95 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TALogic.js
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ function fireWeapon(state, rules, e, w, target, facing, aimPt) {
     if (hit) {
       applyDamage(state, rules, target, w.damage * (w.armorMul?.[rules.defById[target.defId].armorClass] ?? 1), e);
       if (w.aoe) applyAoe(state, rules, aim.x, aim.y, w, e);
-      state.events.push({ t: 'impact', x: ex, y: ey, radius: w.aoe ?? 8, style: w.fx.style });
+      state.events.push({ t: 'impact', x: ex, y: ey, radius: w.aoe ?? 8, style: w.fx.style, sound: w.impactSound });
     }
     return;
   }
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ function stepProjectiles(state, rules) {
     }
 
     if (detonate) {
-      state.events.push({ t: 'impact', x: p.x, y: p.y, radius: w.aoe ?? 12, style: w.fx.style });
+      state.events.push({ t: 'impact', x: p.x, y: p.y, radius: w.aoe ?? 12, style: w.fx.style, sound: w.impactSound });
       if (w.aoe) applyAoe(state, rules, p.x, p.y, w, { army: p.army, id: p.ownerId });
       else {
         for (const e of state.entities) {
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAScreens.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAScreens.js
index a5731a5..e1b63c8 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAScreens.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAScreens.js
@@ -25,12 +25,26 @@ function screen(scene, objs) {
 }
 
 function backdrop(scene, objs, title, subtitle) {
-  objs.push(scene.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, BG, 1).setOrigin(0, 0).setDepth(900)
-    .setInteractive());   // swallow clicks so they never reach the world beneath
-  const t = scene.add.text(GAME_WIDTH / 2, 92, title, {
-    fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '76px', color: TEXT,
-  }).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(901);
-  objs.push(t);
+  const bg = scene.textures.exists('ta-background')
+    ? scene.add.image(0, 0, 'ta-background').setOrigin(0, 0).setDisplaySize(GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT)
+    : scene.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, BG, 1).setOrigin(0, 0);
+  objs.push(bg.setDepth(900).setInteractive());   // swallow clicks so they never reach the world beneath
+  // The art is a full painted scene, not a UI colour field — every screen dims it a notch so
+  // loose text (no background box of its own, unlike the buttons) stays legible over it.
+  objs.push(scene.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT, BG, 0.55).setOrigin(0, 0).setDepth(900));
+
+  let t = null;
+  if (title) {
+    // The art's own "Total Annihilation" logo sits right in this band — a plain flat scrim
+    // isn't enough to keep a screen's own title readable over it, so screens that draw one
+    // get an extra band of darkening here. The main menu (no title passed) skips this and
+    // shows the logo at full strength instead.
+    objs.push(scene.add.rectangle(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, 230, BG, 0.6).setOrigin(0, 0).setDepth(900));
+    t = scene.add.text(GAME_WIDTH / 2, 92, title, {
+      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '76px', color: TEXT,
+    }).setOrigin(0.5).setDepth(901);
+    objs.push(t);
+  }
   if (subtitle) {
     objs.push(scene.add.text(GAME_WIDTH / 2, 158, subtitle, {
       fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '24px', color: DIM,
@@ -89,10 +103,13 @@ function cycler(scene, objs, x, y, label, options, index, onChange) {
 
 export function mainMenu(scene, { hasSave, onSkirmish, onCampaign, onContinue, onLeave }) {
   const objs = [];
-  backdrop(scene, objs, 'TOTAL ANNIHILATION', 'Commander — your war machine awaits');
+  // The background art carries its own "Total Annihilation" title card — drawing the usual
+  // backdrop() title/subtitle on top of it would just double up the logo.
+  backdrop(scene, objs, null, null);
 
   const cx = GAME_WIDTH / 2;
-  let y = 330;
+  // Below the art's own logo, which runs down to roughly y=430.
+  let y = 560;
   button(scene, objs, cx, y, 460, 76, 'SKIRMISH', onSkirmish); y += 100;
   button(scene, objs, cx, y, 460, 76, 'CAMPAIGN', onCampaign); y += 100;
   button(scene, objs, cx, y, 460, 76, 'CONTINUE', onContinue, { enabled: hasSave }); y += 100;
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAWorldView.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAWorldView.js
index a166335..24cba9e 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TAWorldView.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TAWorldView.js
@@ -417,6 +417,30 @@ export default class TAWorldView {
         }
       }
 
+      // Idle animation for finished resource buildings (energy/mass generators): a slow
+      // breathing pulse plus a continuous clockwise rotation, so a base full of them reads as
+      // active rather than static scenery. Each pulse cycle and each quarter-turn re-rolls its
+      // own random duration, so buildings never fall into visible lockstep with each other.
+      if (def.isBuilding && def.idleAnimation && !e.site) {
+        const now = this.scene.time.now;
+
+        if (!s.idlePulse || now - s.idlePulse.start >= s.idlePulse.ms) {
+          s.idlePulse = { start: now, ms: (4 + Math.random() * 4) * 1000 };
+        }
+        const pulseT = (now - s.idlePulse.start) / s.idlePulse.ms;
+        const scale = 0.95 - 0.05 * Math.cos(pulseT * Math.PI * 2);
+        s.img.setDisplaySize(def.footprint.w * this.ts * scale, def.footprint.h * this.ts * scale);
+
+        if (!s.idleRot) s.idleRot = { start: now, ms: 8000 + Math.random() * 4000, turns: 0 };
+        while (now - s.idleRot.start >= s.idleRot.ms) {
+          s.idleRot.start += s.idleRot.ms;
+          s.idleRot.turns++;
+          s.idleRot.ms = 8000 + Math.random() * 4000;
+        }
+        const turnT = (now - s.idleRot.start) / s.idleRot.ms;
+        s.img.setRotation((s.idleRot.turns + turnT) * (Math.PI / 2));
+      }
+
       if (s.turret) {
         const tr = lerpAngle(e.pturretRot, e.turretRot, alpha);
         s.turret.setPosition(x, y).setRotation(tr);
@@ -623,6 +647,19 @@ export default class TAWorldView {
     this.worldRoot.destroy(true);
     this.uiRoot.destroy(true);
     if (this.uiCam) this.scene.cameras.remove(this.uiCam);
+
+    // _setupCameras() bounded, zoomed and re-tinted the scene's MAIN camera for the match —
+    // that camera is shared with (not owned by) this view and outlives it, so whatever menu
+    // screen comes next inherits it as-is. Without this, the menu's full-screen rectangles
+    // (built assuming a camera at scroll (0,0), zoom 1) end up positioned outside whatever
+    // stale scroll/bounds gameplay left behind — the menu is technically there and clickable,
+    // just scrolled off into empty space, which reads as a black, unresponsive screen.
+    const cam = this.scene.cameras.main;
+    cam.removeBounds?.();
+    cam.setZoom(1);
+    cam.setScroll(0, 0);
+    const bg = this.scene.game?.config?.backgroundColor;
+    if (bg) cam.setBackgroundColor(bg);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js b/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
index 7349035..a862527 100644
--- a/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
+++ b/src/games/totalannihilation/TotalAnnihilationGame.js
@@ -256,7 +256,16 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
 
   _onSimEvent(ev) {
     this.fx.onEvent(ev, this.rules);
-    if (ev.t === 'weaponFired' && ev.sound) this._throttledSfx(ev.sound, 90);
+    // A weapon's fire/impact sound may be a single key or a list of variants (e.g. a weapon
+    // that alternates between two clips) — resolve to one key before it reaches the throttle
+    // gate, so each variant is throttled independently rather than the array being treated as
+    // one key.
+    if (ev.t === 'weaponFired' && ev.sound) this._throttledSfx(this._pickSound(ev.sound), 90);
+    if (ev.t === 'impact' && ev.sound) this._throttledSfx(this._pickSound(ev.sound), 90);
+    if (ev.t === 'unitDestroyed' && !ev.isBuilding) {
+      const moveClass = this.rules.defById[ev.defId]?.moveClass;
+      if (moveClass) this._throttledSfx(moveClass === 'foot' ? 'sfx-ta-unit-loss' : 'sfx-ta-vehicle-loss', 120);
+    }
     if (ev.t === 'buildingComplete' && ev.army === this.playerArmy) {
       // Terrain under a finished structure changes, so its chunk has to be restamped.
       this.view.repaintArea(ev.x - 128, ev.y - 128, ev.x + 128, ev.y + 128);
@@ -275,6 +284,11 @@ export default class TotalAnnihilationGame extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
   }
 
+  /** A sound field is either one key or a list of variants to pick between at random. */
+  _pickSound(sound) {
+    return Array.isArray(sound) ? sound[Math.floor(Math.random() * sound.length)] : sound;
+  }
+
   /** Gate repeated plays of the same sound key so a volley of units firing at once doesn't
    *  stack a dozen overlapping instances of the same clip. */
   _throttledSfx(key, gapMs) {