diff --git a/js/scenes/GameScene.js b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
index 539f7d5..f678a68 100644
--- a/js/scenes/GameScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
@@ -2495,6 +2495,20 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     const cam = this.cameras.main;
     const view = { left: cam.scrollX, top: cam.scrollY, w: this.scale.width, h: this.scale.height };
 
+    // COMBAT LIVE (a hostile up, or a wave run in flight —
+    // this.combat.active, the same predicate that raises the combat bar):
+    // the edge ARROWS and name BOXES yield to the fight — the combat
+    // chrome (threat markers, off-screen hostile arrows, the kill feed)
+    // owns the screen edge while the player is shooting, and the nav
+    // chips would only compete with it. refresh([]) retires the entries;
+    // the first non-combat frame re-feeds them — the target set is
+    // recomputed here every frame, so nothing is lost (a mid-fight
+    // discovery still pings above; only the compass display steps aside).
+    if (this.combat?.active) {
+      this.compass.refresh([], view, this.scale.width, this.scale.height, time, delta, this.ship);
+      return;
+    }
+
     // The active route's NEXT STOP. In an intermediate system it is that
     // system's jump gate toward the destination (routeNextGate); in the
     // DESTINATION system it is the destination OBJECT itself (the last hop