diff --git a/assets/videos/jobboard.mp4 b/assets/videos/jobboard.mp4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..296420f
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diff --git a/data/actionbar.json b/data/actionbar.json
index 17397ec..d132ba5 100644
--- a/data/actionbar.json
+++ b/data/actionbar.json
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
       { "id": "menu", "label": "Menu", "accent": "#ff2d6f" }
     ],
     "explore": {
-      "_comment": "The EXPLORE drawer — the full-width secondary bar (the deck's own left→right span, resting on its top rail — the shop tab bar's recipe) that folds up from the surface deck's Explore slot. SurfaceScene renders it with js/ui/MenuSubBar.js in span mode; the item LOGIC is js/ui/ExploreBar.js (worldContext / matchesWhere / resolveItems). `items` is the ordered button list: `id` (fired via onAction — the behavior lands later), `label`, `labelActive` (the label while the service is up — BAR relabels to LEAVE BAR while its clip loops, and is the only live button on the surface until pressed), `accent`, and an optional `where` clause — EVERY key it names must match the world the player is standing on for the button to appear. Keys: `world` ('planet' | 'station'); `planetClass` (the planet's class — 'terran' | 'rocky' | 'gas' | 'ice' | 'lava' | 'arid' | 'capitalNeutral' | 'capitalApex' | 'capitalMindweave' | 'capitalZenith', per data/planets.json → frames; 'none' on stations); `faction` (the faction controlling this system — 'apex' | 'mindweave' | 'zenith', or 'neutral' = wild space; per data/factions.json). A value may be a single entry or a list (any-match). No `where` = every planet and station (Job Board). The bar's clip is data/landing.json → videos[frame].bar (the neutral capital's capital-bar-neutral.mp4).",
+      "_comment": "The EXPLORE drawer — the full-width secondary bar (the deck's own left→right span, resting on its top rail — the shop tab bar's recipe) that folds up from the surface deck's Explore slot. SurfaceScene renders it with js/ui/MenuSubBar.js in span mode; the item LOGIC is js/ui/ExploreBar.js (worldContext / matchesWhere / resolveItems). `items` is the ordered button list: `id` (fired via onAction — the behavior lands later), `label`, `labelActive` (the label while the service is up — BAR relabels to LEAVE BAR while its clip loops, and is the only live button on the surface until pressed), `accent`, and an optional `where` clause — EVERY key it names must match the world the player is standing on for the button to appear. Keys: `world` ('planet' | 'station'); `planetClass` (the planet's class — 'terran' | 'rocky' | 'gas' | 'ice' | 'lava' | 'arid' | 'capitalNeutral' | 'capitalApex' | 'capitalMindweave' | 'capitalZenith', per data/planets.json → frames; 'none' on stations); `faction` (the faction controlling this system — 'apex' | 'mindweave' | 'zenith', or 'neutral' = wild space; per data/factions.json); `isHomeSystem` (boolean — true in the player's home / starting system; `{ isHomeSystem: false }` = every system EXCEPT the home). A value may be a single entry or a list (any-match). No `where` = every planet and station; the Job Board carries `{ isHomeSystem: false }` — it's on every planet and station EXCEPT the player's home system. DESIGN NOTE: the home system is safe space — enemies should NEVER be placed there, so there is no work to post on its board. The bar's clip is data/landing.json → videos[frame].bar (the neutral capital's capital-bar-neutral.mp4).",
       "items": [
-        { "id": "jobBoard", "label": "Job Board", "accent": "#ffc94d" },
+        { "id": "jobBoard", "label": "Job Board", "accent": "#ffc94d", "where": { "isHomeSystem": false } },
         { "id": "bar", "label": "Bar", "labelActive": "Leave Bar", "accent": "#00e5ff", "where": { "planetClass": "capitalNeutral" } }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/dev/explore.test.mjs b/dev/explore.test.mjs
index d26bb1a..600831c 100644
--- a/dev/explore.test.mjs
+++ b/dev/explore.test.mjs
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
  *   - DECK — the surface deck swapped SHIP for EXPLORE (six slots, the
  *     flight deck's ship slot untouched).
  *   - ITEMS — data/actionbar.json → surface.explore.items: Job Board on
- *     EVERY planet and station (no `where`), Bar only on the neutral
- *     capital (`planetClass: capitalNeutral`), and nothing extra on a
- *     rocky world or a station.
+ *     EVERY planet and station EXCEPT the player's home system
+ *     (`isHomeSystem: false` — safe space, no work posted there), Bar only
+ *     on the neutral capital (`planetClass: capitalNeutral`), and nothing
+ *     extra on a rocky world or a station.
  *   - WHERE — the clause matcher: world / planetClass / faction keys,
  *     single + list values, case-insensitive; stations have no class
- *     (`none`); neutral wild space reads `faction: 'neutral'`.
+ *     (`none`); neutral wild space reads `faction: 'neutral'`;
+ *     boolean keys (isHomeSystem) compare directly (a list any-matches).
  *   - SPAN — MenuSubBar in span mode stretches across the deck's
  *     left→right edges, resting on its top rail (the shop tab bar's
  *     span), buttons packed at the left; without span the classic
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ console.log('== CONTEXT — world / planetClass / faction resolve from the run =
   assert.equal(rocky.world, 'planet');
   assert.equal(rocky.planetClass, 'rocky');
   assert.equal(rocky.faction, 'neutral', 'a null faction reads neutral wild space');
+  assert.equal(rocky.isHomeSystem, false, 'a plain world is not the home system');
 
   // The same world inside an APEX-controlled system.
   const apex = worldContext(
@@ -111,25 +114,33 @@ console.log('== CONTEXT — world / planetClass / faction resolve from the run =
   // The HOME world (gameScene.planet — not in systemPlanets).
   const home = worldContext(
     { isStation: false, name: 'Terra' },
-    { systemPlanets: [], planet: { discoveryName: 'Terra', name: 'terran' }, systemRecord: { faction: null } },
+    {
+      systemPlanets: [],
+      planet: { discoveryName: 'Terra', name: 'terran' },
+      systemRecord: { faction: null },
+      isHomeSystem: true,
+    },
   );
   assert.equal(home.planetClass, 'terran', 'the home world resolves via gameScene.planet');
+  assert.equal(home.isHomeSystem, true, 'the home system reads isHomeSystem true');
 
   // No game scene at all (defensive) — the context still forms.
   const bare = worldContext({ isStation: false, name: 'X' }, null);
   assert.equal(bare.planetClass, null);
   assert.equal(bare.faction, 'neutral');
+  assert.equal(bare.isHomeSystem, false, 'no scene → not the home system');
 }
 
 // ===========================================================================
-console.log('== ITEMS — Job Board everywhere, Bar on the neutral capital ==');
+console.log('== ITEMS — Job Board everywhere except home, Bar on the neutral capital ==');
 {
-  const mk = (cls, { isStation = false, faction = null } = {}) =>
+  const mk = (cls, { isStation = false, faction = null, home = false } = {}) =>
     worldContext(
       { isStation, name: 'World' },
       {
         systemPlanets: isStation ? [] : [{ discoveryName: 'World', name: cls }],
         systemRecord: { faction },
+        isHomeSystem: home,
       },
     );
 
@@ -142,6 +153,12 @@ console.log('== ITEMS — Job Board everywhere, Bar on the neutral capital ==');
   assert.ok(ids(resolveItems(mk(null, { isStation: true }))).includes('jobBoard'), 'job board on a station');
   // …and inside faction space.
   assert.ok(ids(resolveItems(mk('rocky', { faction: 'zenith' }))).includes('jobBoard'), 'job board in zenith space');
+  // …but NEVER in the player's home system (safe space — the Job Board's
+  // `isHomeSystem: false` clause): the home world AND any other world in
+  // the home system (a second planet or a station there).
+  assert.ok(!ids(resolveItems(mk('terran', { home: true }))).includes('jobBoard'), 'no job board on the home world');
+  assert.ok(!ids(resolveItems(mk('rocky', { home: true }))).includes('jobBoard'), 'no job board on a home-system planet');
+  assert.ok(!ids(resolveItems(mk(null, { isStation: true, home: true }))).includes('jobBoard'), 'no job board on a home-system station');
 
   // Bar: the neutral capital ONLY.
   assert.deepEqual(ids(resolveItems(mk('capitalNeutral'))), ['jobBoard', 'bar'], 'bar on the neutral capital');
@@ -191,6 +208,20 @@ console.log('== WHERE — clause matching (single + list values, case-insensitiv
   assert.ok(matchesWhere({ faction: ['apex', 'zenith'] }, apex), 'faction lists any-match');
   assert.ok(matchesWhere({ world: 'planet', faction: 'apex', planetClass: 'rocky' }, apex), 'AND across keys');
   assert.ok(!matchesWhere({ world: 'planet', faction: 'apex', planetClass: 'ice' }, apex));
+
+  // Boolean keys (isHomeSystem): direct comparison, a list any-matches,
+  // AND-able with string keys.
+  const home = worldContext(
+    { isStation: false, name: 'H' },
+    { systemPlanets: [{ discoveryName: 'H', name: 'terran' }], systemRecord: { faction: null }, isHomeSystem: true },
+  );
+  assert.ok(matchesWhere({ isHomeSystem: false }, rocky), 'isHomeSystem false matches a non-home world');
+  assert.ok(!matchesWhere({ isHomeSystem: false }, home), '…but not the home system (the Job Board\u2019s clause)');
+  assert.ok(matchesWhere({ isHomeSystem: true }, home), 'isHomeSystem true matches the home system');
+  assert.ok(!matchesWhere({ isHomeSystem: true }, rocky), '…and not elsewhere');
+  assert.ok(matchesWhere({ isHomeSystem: [true, false] }, home), 'boolean lists any-match');
+  assert.ok(matchesWhere({ world: 'planet', isHomeSystem: true }, home), 'AND across string + boolean keys');
+  assert.ok(!matchesWhere({ world: 'station', isHomeSystem: true }, home), '…one failing key fails the clause');
 }
 
 // ===========================================================================
diff --git a/js/scenes/GameScene.js b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
index 83563ff..5826d30 100644
--- a/js/scenes/GameScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
@@ -966,6 +966,11 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       // ?combat boot (the tuning sandbox): the hostile pack around the
       // ship. The main game's combat arrives with the quest's ambush
       // (the wave run above) — the boot just adds the practice pack.
+      // NOTE — the player's home system is SAFE SPACE: enemies should
+      // NEVER be placed there. This dev boot is the one place they could
+      // land in it, so don't run ?combat at home, and keep that rule for
+      // any new enemy placement (the quest ambush already targets the
+      // Neutral Capital, never home).
       if (this._wantsCombatDemo()) {
         this.combat.spawnPack(this.ship.x, this.ship.y);
         // SETTLE WINDOW — the ship's start position is finalized AFTER
diff --git a/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js b/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
index 0f750f8..bf9e588 100644
--- a/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/SurfaceScene.js
@@ -1104,9 +1104,10 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     // deck's own left→right edges, resting on its top rail) the same
     // MenuSubBar drawer carries in span mode, with this world's service
     // buttons: data/actionbar.json → surface.explore.items, each item's
-    // optional `where` clause (world / planetClass / faction) resolved
-    // against THIS world by js/ui/ExploreBar.js — Job Board on every
-    // planet and station, Bar on the neutral capital, and whatever the
+    // optional `where` clause (world / planetClass / faction / isHomeSystem)
+    // resolved against THIS world by js/ui/ExploreBar.js — Job Board on
+    // every planet and station EXCEPT the player's home system (safe space),
+    // Bar on the neutral capital, and whatever the
     // config adds per class / faction later. The buttons' behavior lands
     // later (exploreAction is the seam — BAR is live, the rest land later). A
     // world with no matching items
@@ -1286,8 +1287,8 @@ export class SurfaceScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   /**
    * The EXPLORE drawer's button presses (MenuSubBar → onAction). The
    * items are the world's service points (data/actionbar.json →
-   * surface.explore.items — Job Board everywhere, Bar on the neutral
-   * capital). BAR swaps the surface loop for the world's bar clip and
+   * surface.explore.items — Job Board everywhere except the home system,
+   * Bar on the neutral capital). BAR swaps the surface loop for the world's bar clip and
    * back (toggleBar — the drawer relabels to LEAVE BAR, and every other
    * button on the deck + drawer goes standby until pressed). While the
    * bar clip is up a press on any OTHER item is refused (belt-and-braces
diff --git a/js/ui/ExploreBar.js b/js/ui/ExploreBar.js
index 055f1c4..acfdb97 100644
--- a/js/ui/ExploreBar.js
+++ b/js/ui/ExploreBar.js
@@ -22,10 +22,16 @@ import { config } from '../config/Config.js';
  *                on a station).
  *   faction      the faction controlling this system — 'apex' | 'mindweave' |
  *                'zenith', or 'neutral' (wild space; data/factions.json).
+ *   isHomeSystem boolean — true in the player's home (starting) system
+ *                (GameScene.isHomeSystem). A clause of booleans compares
+ *                directly (a list any-matches): `{ isHomeSystem: false }`
+ *                = every system EXCEPT the home.
  *
- * A value may be a single entry or a list (any-match, case-insensitive).
- * An item with no `where` shows everywhere — the Job Board, which is on
- * every planet and station.
+ * A value may be a single entry or a list (any-match; strings are
+ * case-insensitive). No `where` = every world. The Job Board carries
+ * `{ isHomeSystem: false }` — every planet and station EXCEPT the
+ * player's home system (safe space — enemies should never be placed
+ * there, so there's no work to post on its board).
  *
  *   const ctx   = worldContext(surface, gameScene);
  *   const items = resolveItems(ctx);          // the drawer's live buttons
@@ -39,8 +45,9 @@ import { config } from '../config/Config.js';
  *   (the same name the surface HUD decodes in).
  * @param {object|null} gameScene — the paused flight scene beneath: its
  *   systemPlanets / planet (home world) carry the class, its systemRecord
- *   carries the faction (Galaxy's faction pass — data/factions.json).
- * @returns {{world: string, planetClass: string|null, faction: string}}
+ *   carries the faction (Galaxy's faction pass — data/factions.json), and
+ *   its isHomeSystem marks the player's home (starting) system.
+ * @returns {{world: string, planetClass: string|null, faction: string, isHomeSystem: boolean}}
  */
 export function worldContext(surface = {}, gameScene = null) {
   const name = String(surface.name ?? '').trim();
@@ -69,21 +76,30 @@ export function worldContext(surface = {}, gameScene = null) {
     // null = neutral wild space (the faction pass leaves it null) — the
     // clause reads it as 'neutral'.
     faction: faction != null ? String(faction).trim().toLowerCase() : 'neutral',
+    // The player's home (starting) system — safe space (enemies should
+    // never be placed there); the Job Board's clause keeps it out.
+    isHomeSystem: gameScene?.isHomeSystem === true,
   };
 }
 
 /**
  * Does an item's optional `where` clause match the context? (AND semantics
  * across keys — every key named must match.) No clause → shown everywhere.
+ * String values normalize case-insensitively; boolean values (the
+ * isHomeSystem key) compare directly, a list any-matching.
  */
 export function matchesWhere(where, ctx) {
   if (where == null || typeof where !== 'object') return true;
   const norm = (v) => (v == null ? 'none' : String(v).trim().toLowerCase());
   const c = ctx ?? {};
   for (const key of Object.keys(where)) {
-    const have = norm(c[key]);
-    const want = (Array.isArray(where[key]) ? where[key] : [where[key]]).map(norm);
-    if (!want.includes(have)) return false;
+    const want = Array.isArray(where[key]) ? where[key] : [where[key]];
+    if (want.every((v) => typeof v === 'boolean')) {
+      if (!want.includes(Boolean(c[key]))) return false;
+    } else {
+      const have = norm(c[key]);
+      if (!want.map(norm).includes(have)) return false;
+    }
   }
   return true;
 }