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diff --git a/js/scenes/GameScene.js b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
index d43b610..df435e9 100644
--- a/js/scenes/GameScene.js
+++ b/js/scenes/GameScene.js
@@ -1988,6 +1988,8 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       if (this.questWindow && this.questWindow.isOpen) return;
       // The ship console (depth 80) — the same full-screen contract.
       if (this.shipWindow && this.shipWindow.isOpen) return;
+      // The skill tree console (depth 80) — the same full-screen contract.
+      if (this.skillWindow && this.skillWindow.isOpen) return;
       // Sub-bar OPEN: a click INSIDE it is its own (the panel or one of
       // its buttons — the buttons fire on their own pointerdown). ANY
       // click OUTSIDE — world, deck, HUD, compass — folds it back down
@@ -2765,11 +2767,15 @@ export class GameScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     // The CLASS CONSOLE's freeze (js/ui/ClassWindow.js): picking a class is a
     // decision, not an overlay on top of the fight — the world holds exactly
     // the way it does for a comm's ACK and the level-up marquee.
+    // The SKILL TREE console's freeze (js/ui/SkillWindow.js): ranking skills
+    // and binding seats is a decision the same way — the world holds behind
+    // it (the cabinet idiom), and its clicks never steer the ship.
     const _frozen =
       _commsPaused ||
       this.levelMarquee?.active === true ||
       !!this._jumping ||
-      this.classWindow?.isOpen === true;
+      this.classWindow?.isOpen === true ||
+      this.skillWindow?.isOpen === true;
     // The freeze's PARKING (the ack pause's onPause is the same contract
     // for its own freeze): while ANY freeze holds, the action is parked
     // dead EVERY frame — the ship (target + throttle cleared, velocity