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diff --git a/assets/videos/ice-surface-01.mp4 b/assets/videos/ice-surface-01.mp4
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diff --git a/data/gates.json b/data/gates.json
index a0a345e..0689aaa 100644
--- a/data/gates.json
+++ b/data/gates.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "breathRate": 1.8
   },
   "activation": {
-    "_comment": "ACTIVATION (the SYSTEM research category — js/research/SystemCategory.js builds the per-system tree from this): '{system} Map' is granted the moment the player is in the system (duration 0 — 'starting'), and 'Unlock {system} Jumpgates' (researchDuration, in research.timeUnit seconds) becomes researchable once EVERY NAV point of the system is discovered (the central body, all planets, all space stations, all jump gates — the scene's discoverable set minus the asteroid clusters; data/game.json → discovery.distance). Completing it activates the system's gates AND the return gates in the systems they connect to — and per the ACTIVITY rule above, each activated gate anchors a level-`tetherLevel` tether at its own position (a TETHER ANCHOR in its own right; that tether saves/restores with the run's tether list). The label/description copy is templated: `{system}` is replaced with the system name.",
+    "_comment": "ACTIVATION (the SYSTEM research category — js/research/SystemCategory.js builds the per-system tree from this): '{system} Map' is granted the moment the player is in the system (duration 0 — 'starting'), and 'Unlock Jumpgates' (researchDuration, in research.timeUnit seconds) becomes researchable once EVERY NAV point of the system is discovered (the central body, all planets, all space stations, all jump gates — the scene's discoverable set minus the asteroid clusters; data/game.json → discovery.distance). Completing it activates the system's gates AND the return gates in the systems they connect to — and per the ACTIVITY rule above, each activated gate anchors a level-`tetherLevel` tether at its own position (a TETHER ANCHOR in its own right; that tether saves/restores with the run's tether list). The map label/description copy is templated: `{system}` is replaced with the system name. The gates tech's label is FIXED (no `{system}`) — the console's node button is too narrow for the system name; the map tech carries it.",
     "researchDuration": 45,
     "tetherLevel": 1,
     "mapTech": {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "description": "Added the Solar System of {system} to the onboard NAV System. Discover all NAV points to unlock the system Jumpgates."
     },
     "gatesTech": {
-      "label": "Unlock {system} Jumpgates",
+      "label": "Unlock Jumpgates",
       "description": "With system NAV data complete, we have enough information to plot courses through this system's jumpgates."
     }
   },
diff --git a/data/landing.json b/data/landing.json
index 6012073..388fd3c 100644
--- a/data/landing.json
+++ b/data/landing.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     { "land": "rocky-land-01.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "rocky-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-01.mp4" },
     { "land": "rocky-land-02.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-02.mp4", "takeoff": "rocky-takeoff-02.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-02.mp4" },
     { "land": "rocky-land-03.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-03.mp4", "takeoff": "rocky-takeoff-03.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-03.mp4" },
-    { "land": "ice-land-01.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "ice-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-01.mp4" },
+    { "land": "ice-land-01.mp4", "surface": "ice-surface-01.mp4", "takeoff": "ice-takeoff-01.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-01.mp4" },
     { "land": "ice-land-02.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-02.mp4", "takeoff": "ice-takeoff-02.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-02.mp4" },
     { "land": "ice-land-03.mp4", "surface": "rocky-surface-03.mp4", "takeoff": "ice-takeoff-03.mp4", "shop": "rocky-shop-03.mp4" }
   ],
diff --git a/data/research/exploration.json b/data/research/exploration.json
index d5d4b73..63ee396 100644
--- a/data/research/exploration.json
+++ b/data/research/exploration.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "nodes": {
     "tether_l1": {
       "label": "Tether Level 1",
-      "description": "Your first circle of open space: a level-1 tether anchored on the home world, a 5,120 m ring of flyable void. Everything inside the line is yours to work; everything beyond it is a wall. This is the tether you launched with.",
+      "description": "Your first circle of open space: a level-1 tether on the home world — a 5,120 m ring of flyable void. Inside the line is yours to work; beyond it is a wall.",
       "icon": "tether",
       "duration": 0,
       "requires": [],
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     },
     "tether_l2": {
       "label": "Tether Level 2",
-      "description": "A second stage of field power. The blueprint for a stronger tether: install it with a TETHER - LEVEL 2 build on a world that holds a level-1 tether (200 minerals, 20 s — data/builds.json) and that world's boundary ring pulls out to 10,240 m.",
+      "description": "A stronger tether: install the Tether - Level 2 build (200 minerals, 20 s) on a world holding a level-1 tether — its boundary ring pulls out to 10,240 m.",
       "icon": "tether",
       "duration": 60,
       "requires": ["tether_l1"],
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     },
     "tether_l3": {
       "label": "Tether Level 3",
-      "description": "A third stage of field power. The blueprint for the strongest tether: install it with a TETHER - LEVEL 3 build on a world that holds a level-2 tether (300 minerals, 30 s — data/builds.json) and that world's boundary ring pulls out to 20,480 m — the outer belt of an average system sits comfortably inside it.",
+      "description": "The strongest tether: install the Tether - Level 3 build (300 minerals, 30 s) on a world holding a level-2 tether — its ring pulls out to 20,480 m, covering a whole system.",
       "icon": "tether3",
       "duration": 150,
       "requires": ["tether_l2"],
diff --git a/data/research/mining.json b/data/research/mining.json
index df986b9..2bd6aab 100644
--- a/data/research/mining.json
+++ b/data/research/mining.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "starting": [],
   "nodes": {
     "improved_arm": {
-      "label": "Improved Mining Arm",
+      "label": "Improved Arm",
       "description": "Once built, an Improved Mining Arm can mine asteroids at 50% increased speed.",
       "icon": "mining",
       "duration": 60,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "effects": {}
     },
     "advanced_arm": {
-      "label": "Advanced Mining Arm",
+      "label": "Advanced Arm",
       "description": "Once built, an Advanced Mining Arm is twice as fast as a standard mining arm",
       "icon": "mining2",
       "duration": 60,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       "effects": {}
     },
     "improved_storage": {
-      "label": "Improved Mining Storage",
+      "label": "Improved Storage",
       "description": "Once built, your ship will be able to store 100 more minerals (350 total)",
       "icon": "storage",
       "duration": 60,
diff --git a/dev/research-builds.test.mjs b/dev/research-builds.test.mjs
index 01cd965..273f65e 100644
--- a/dev/research-builds.test.mjs
+++ b/dev/research-builds.test.mjs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ for (const [id, n] of Object.entries(mnodes)) {
   if (!Array.isArray(n.unlocks?.builds) || !Array.isArray(n.unlocks?.research)) mfieldsOk = false;
 }
 check('mining: every node has label/description/icon/duration/requires/unlocks', mfieldsOk);
-check('mining: labels match the brief', mnodes.improved_arm?.label === 'Improved Mining Arm' && mnodes.advanced_arm?.label === 'Advanced Mining Arm' && mnodes.improved_storage?.label === 'Improved Mining Storage');
+check('mining: labels are the short button copy (the tree node has no room for "Mining" — the category tab says it)', mnodes.improved_arm?.label === 'Improved Arm' && mnodes.advanced_arm?.label === 'Advanced Arm' && mnodes.improved_storage?.label === 'Improved Storage');
 check('mining: all three take 60 s (research.timeUnit)', Object.values(mnodes).every((n) => n.duration === 60));
 check('mining: improved_arm is the Tier-1 root', !!mnodes.improved_arm && (mnodes.improved_arm.requires ?? []).length === 0);
 check('mining: both Tier-2 projects require the Tier-1 root', (mnodes.advanced_arm?.requires ?? []).includes('improved_arm') && (mnodes.improved_storage?.requires ?? []).includes('improved_arm'));
diff --git a/dev/system-category.test.mjs b/dev/system-category.test.mjs
index c9e5142..ce098b7 100644
--- a/dev/system-category.test.mjs
+++ b/dev/system-category.test.mjs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ check('gates: mapTech label template names the system',
 check('gates: mapTech description is the brief copy',
   gates.activation?.mapTech?.description ===
     'Added the Solar System of {system} to the onboard NAV System. Discover all NAV points to unlock the system Jumpgates.');
-check('gates: gatesTech label template names the system',
-  typeof gates.activation?.gatesTech?.label === 'string' && gates.activation.gatesTech.label.includes('{system}'));
+check('gates: gatesTech label is the FIXED button copy (the node has no room for the system name)',
+  gates.activation?.gatesTech?.label === 'Unlock Jumpgates');
 check('gates: gatesTech description is the brief copy',
   gates.activation?.gatesTech?.description ===
     "With system NAV data complete, we have enough information to plot courses through this system's jumpgates.");
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ check('tree: map tech — duration 0 (granted, never researched), no requires',
   map.duration === 0 && JSON.stringify(map.requires) === JSON.stringify([]));
 check('tree: map tech — icon from the procedural glyph roster', map.icon === 'map');
 check('tree: gates tech — the brief label + copy',
-  gNode.label === 'Unlock Kepler Reach Jumpgates' &&
+  gNode.label === 'Unlock Jumpgates' &&
   gNode.description === "With system NAV data complete, we have enough information to plot courses through this system's jumpgates.");
 check('tree: gates tech — 45 s, requires the map, the activation effect',
   gNode.duration === 45 && JSON.stringify(gNode.requires) === JSON.stringify([mapId]) && gNode.effects?.activateGates === true);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ check('hooks: the gates tech waits on the chart (map unlocked, chart incomplete)
 check('hooks: missingRequires is EMPTY (the gate is the chart, not a require)',
   JSON.stringify(missingRequires(tree, state, gatesId)) === JSON.stringify([]));
 check('hooks: lockNote explains the locked gates tech',
-  typeof tree.lockNote(state, gatesId) === 'string' && tree.lockNote(state, gatesId).includes('KEPLER REACH'));
+  typeof tree.lockNote(state, gatesId) === 'string' && tree.lockNote(state, gatesId).includes('NAV CHART INCOMPLETE'));
 check('hooks: lockNote is quiet on the map tech + when the chart is complete',
   tree.lockNote(state, mapId) === null && (chartComplete = true) === true && tree.lockNote(state, gatesId) === null);
 
diff --git a/docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md b/docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md
index a107b3d..2f529c2 100644
--- a/docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md
+++ b/docs/PROJECT_NOTES.md
@@ -647,7 +647,9 @@ one shared category without collisions:
   the scene onto the destination, see the Jump gates section).
   Copy: *Added the Solar System of {system} to the onboard
   NAV System. Discover all NAV points to unlock the system Jumpgates.*
-- **`Unlock {System} Jumpgates`** — requires the map; researchable once
+- **`Unlock Jumpgates`** — the button label is FIXED (no system name —
+  the tree node has no room for it; the map tech carries the name).
+  Requires the map; researchable once
   **every NAV point of the system is discovered** (the home world in the
   starting system, and otherwise all planets, all space stations, all
   jump gates — the scene's discoverable
@@ -1427,8 +1429,9 @@ The player holds a REPUTATION (standing) on each planet and space station:
       passive view, `effects` carry the payload (e.g. `tether.level` grows
       the home tether). First category **Exploration** is live (Tether
       Level 1–3); second category
-      **Mining** is live (Improved Mining Arm → Advanced Mining Arm +
-      Improved Mining Storage — all 60 s blueprints, each unlocking its
+      **Mining** is live (Improved Arm → Advanced Arm +
+      Improved Storage — short button copy, the tree node has no room for
+      "Mining" — all 60 s blueprints, each unlocking its
       ship-upgrade build in the console's Mining tab); add a category =
       one JSON file + one line in the registry + one line in the manifest
       (`js/ui/ResearchWindow.js`, `js/research/*`, `data/research.json`,
diff --git a/js/research/SystemCategory.js b/js/research/SystemCategory.js
index 133cde0..27fa43c 100644
--- a/js/research/SystemCategory.js
+++ b/js/research/SystemCategory.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *                                          in `starting` — the scene
  *                                          unlocks it, ResearchState
  *                                          "already owned")
- *   └ "Unlock {System} Jumpgates"         requires the map + EVERY NAV
+ *   └ "Unlock Jumpgates"                  requires the map + EVERY NAV
  *                                          point of the system discovered
  *                                          (the availability hook below);
  *                                          45 s (data/gates.json →
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
  *                                          gates in the systems they
  *                                          connect to.
  *
+ * The buttons on the console's tech tree are width-capped, so the labels
+ * stay short: the map tech carries the system name ("{System} Map"), but
+ * the gates tech is fixed ("Unlock Jumpgates") — no name in the button.
+ *
  * Node ids embed the system id (`S000012_map`, `S000012_gates`) so a run
  * can chart many systems in the one `system` category without collisions,
  * and ResearchState's "category::id" keys stay unique per system.
@@ -87,9 +91,11 @@ export function buildSystemTree(o = {}) {
   const duration = Math.max(0, Number(config.get('gates.activation.researchDuration', 45)) || 0);
   const isComplete = typeof o.isComplete === 'function' ? o.isComplete : () => false;
 
-  const chartLockedNote =
-    'NAV CHART INCOMPLETE — DISCOVER ALL PLANETS, STATIONS AND JUMP GATES OF ' +
-    systemName.toUpperCase();
+  // No system name — the detail panel has room, the node button doesn't:
+  // the player is IN this system, the name adds no information here.
+  // (Also short: the meta line caps at the detail column width —
+  // "LOCKED · NAV CHART INCOMPLETE" = ~397 px < 412.)
+  const chartLockedNote = 'NAV CHART INCOMPLETE';
 
   const tree = {
     id: SYSTEM_CATEGORY,
@@ -112,7 +118,7 @@ export function buildSystemTree(o = {}) {
         effects: {},
       },
       [gatesId]: {
-        label: fillTemplate(config.get('gates.activation.gatesTech.label', 'Unlock {system} Jumpgates'), systemName),
+        label: fillTemplate(config.get('gates.activation.gatesTech.label', 'Unlock Jumpgates'), systemName),
         description: fillTemplate(
           config.get(
             'gates.activation.gatesTech.description',
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ export function isNavComplete(discovery, systemId, content) {
 }
 
 /**
- * The activation keys one completed "Unlock {System} Jumpgates" grants:
+ * The activation keys one completed "Unlock Jumpgates" grants:
  * every gate in `systemId` (keyed "<systemId>><destination>") AND the
  * RETURN gates in the systems those destinations connect back to —
  * the gate in `<destination>` whose destination is `systemId`.
diff --git a/js/scenes/GameScene.js b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
index ec75523..dc2b2b3 100644
--- a/js/scenes/GameScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     // The SYSTEM category's live tree — built for the system the player is
     // in (categories flagged `dynamic` in research.json have no data file):
     // the '{System} Map' (granted on entry — _onEnterSystem below) and
-    // 'Unlock {System} Jumpgates' (chart complete → researchable → the
+    // 'Unlock Jumpgates' (chart complete → researchable → the
     // gates + the linked systems' return gates go live). js/research/
     // SystemCategory.js; copy + duration in data/gates.json → activation.
     const sysCat = categories().find((c) => c.id === SYSTEM_CATEGORY);
@@ -3611,7 +3611,7 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   /**
-   * 'Unlock {System} Jumpgates' completed (SYSTEM category): the system's
+   * 'Unlock Jumpgates' completed (SYSTEM category): the system's
    * gates AND the return gates in the systems they jump to go ACTIVE.
    *
    * The activation keys are per-run world state (the registry-backed set —
diff --git a/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js b/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
index 04b2125..b3a266b 100644
--- a/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
+++ b/js/ui/ResearchWindow.js
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const rightW = rect.x + rect.w - pad - rightX;
     const tabH = 38;
     const tabGap = 10;
-    const detailH = 152;
+    // 200: the detail readout holds label + state + unlocks + the (long)
+    // tether descriptions — 152 clipped them; the tree gives up ~50 px of
+    // row spacing (mining's two rows keep a 300 px gap).
+    const detailH = 200;
     const detailGap = 12;
     const treeTop = bodyY + tabH + tabGap;
     const detailY = bodyY + bodyH - detailH;
@@ -550,7 +553,7 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     strip.fillRect(2, sy - 1, 26, 2);
     cont.add(strip);
     this.statusTxt = s
-      .text(2, sy + 10, 'RESEARCH CONSOLE STANDBY — SELECT A TECH TO BEGIN', {
+      .text(2, sy + 10, 'SELECT A TECH TO BEGIN', {
         fontFamily: BODY,
         fontSize: '10px',
         color: toCss(C.faint),
@@ -726,7 +729,13 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       }
     }
     probe.destroy();
-    const nodeW = Math.min(224, Math.max(132, Math.round(maxLabel + 88)));
+    // Width cap: the label slot inside a plate is nodeW - 60 (the 40 px
+    // icon gutter on the left, the status glyph + margin on the right).
+    // The theme's header face is a WIDE display font — the longest button
+    // label ("UNLOCK JUMP GATES") measures ~203 px at 12 px/ls-1.5, so
+    // the plate needs ~290 px. The old 224 cap clipped every mining /
+    // system label past the plate edge.
+    const nodeW = Math.min(300, Math.max(132, Math.round(maxLabel + 88)));
     const nodeH = 48;
 
     for (const cat of categories()) {
@@ -957,6 +966,12 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
 
     // text column
     const tx = bx + box + 18;
+    // 240: the widest button label is "IN PROGRESS 100%" — the theme's
+    // header face is a wide display font (~218 px at 13 px/ls-3); 190 let
+    // it bleed past the plate edges. wrapW caps every text line in the
+    // column so nothing runs into the button.
+    const btnW = 240;
+    const wrapW = Math.max(120, rightX + rightW - 12 - btnW - 18 - tx);
     this.dLabel = s
       .text(tx, detailY + 16, '', {
         fontFamily: HEADER,
@@ -982,15 +997,12 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
         fontSize: '9px',
         color: toCss(C.faint),
         letterSpacing: 1.5,
+        wordWrap: { width: wrapW }, // longest line (~770 px) must wrap, not cross the button
       })
       .setScrollFactor(0);
     cont.add(this.dUnlocks);
-    // 190: the widest label is "IN PROGRESS 88%" (~166 px at 13px/ls-3) —
-    // 152 let it bleed past the plate edges.
-    const btnW = 190;
-    const wrapW = Math.max(120, rightX + rightW - 12 - btnW - 18 - tx);
     this.dDesc = s
-      .text(tx, detailY + 76, '', {
+      .text(tx, detailY + 88, '', {
         fontFamily: BODY,
         fontSize: '12px',
         color: toCss(C.dim),
@@ -1399,7 +1411,7 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
       meta = `RESEARCHED · DURATION ${durStr}`;
       metaColor = accent;
     } else if (missing.length) {
-      meta = `LOCKED · REQUIRES ${missingStr}`;
+      meta = `LOCKED · NEEDS ${missingStr}`;
       metaColor = C.amber;
     } else if (lockNote) {
       meta = `LOCKED · ${lockNote}`;
@@ -1540,7 +1552,7 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     // the status strip decodes the completion
     const label = String(entry.tree.nodes[c.id]?.label ?? c.id).toUpperCase();
     this.statusTxt.setColor(toCss(accent));
-    this.decodeTo(this.statusTxt, `PROJECT COMPLETE — ${label}`, t0, 560);
+    this.decodeTo(this.statusTxt, `COMPLETE — ${label}`, t0, 560);
   }
 
   /** Advance + draw the one-shot completion bursts (additive layer). */
@@ -1619,13 +1631,13 @@ export class ResearchWindow extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
     const p = this.state?.progress(this.scene.time.now);
     const entry = p ? this.trees.get(p.category) : null;
     if (!p || !entry) {
-      this.statusTxt.setText('RESEARCH CONSOLE STANDBY — SELECT A TECH TO BEGIN');
+      this.statusTxt.setText('SELECT A TECH TO BEGIN');
       this.statusTxt.setColor(toCss(C.faint));
       this.statusBar.clear();
       return;
     }
     const node = entry.tree.nodes[p.id];
-    this.statusTxt.setText(`RESEARCHING — ${String(node?.label ?? p.id).toUpperCase()} · ${Math.round(p.fraction * 100)}%`);
+    this.statusTxt.setText(`${String(node?.label ?? p.id).toUpperCase()} · ${Math.round(p.fraction * 100)}%`);
     this.statusTxt.setColor(toCss(entry.accent));
     const g = this.statusBar;
     g.clear();