diff --git a/js/quests/SideQuests.js b/js/quests/SideQuests.js
index 1288a7a..c2bc658 100644
--- a/js/quests/SideQuests.js
+++ b/js/quests/SideQuests.js
@@ -1734,6 +1734,43 @@ export function parseSideQuestId(id) {
   return { systemId: m[1], worldKey: m[2].toLowerCase(), category: cat, slot: Math.floor(Number(m[4])) };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The COPY POOL a posting draws from (data/sidequests.json → descriptions).
+ *
+ * THREE-DEEP FALLBACK, fixed order (a board always reads something):
+ *   1. descriptions.faction.<factionId>.<category> — the FACTION'S OWN voice
+ *      (apex / mindweave / zenith). Each of the nine pools is written in that
+ *      faction's doctrine and names the rival it will actually fight through
+ *      the {enemy} placeholder (the posting's seeded enemyFaction).
+ *   2. descriptions.faction.<category> — the shared war-voice pool: the
+ *      documented fallback for a faction with no pool of its own (a new
+ *      power, or a hand-edited data file).
+ *   3. descriptions.neutral.<category> — the neutral voice, last resort.
+ *
+ * A pool that stands but is not an array (a typo in the data) falls through
+ * to the next link rather than posting nothing. Pure in (context, category,
+ * faction): no RNG, so it never disturbs the posting's seeded draw.
+ *
+ * @param {object} ctx postingContext() shape ({ context: 'neutral'|'faction', … })
+ * @param {string} cat the category id
+ * @param {string|null} [factionId] the board's faction id (a faction board)
+ * @returns {object[]} the variant pool ([] = no copy at all)
+ */
+function descriptionPool(ctx, cat, factionId = null) {
+  const fallbacks = [];
+  const own = String(factionId ?? '').trim();
+  if (ctx?.context === 'faction' && own !== '') {
+    fallbacks.push(`sidequests.descriptions.faction.${own}.${cat}`);
+  }
+  fallbacks.push(`sidequests.descriptions.faction.${cat}`);
+  fallbacks.push(`sidequests.descriptions.neutral.${cat}`);
+  for (const path of fallbacks) {
+    const pool = config.get(path, null);
+    if (Array.isArray(pool)) return pool;
+  }
+  return [];
+}
+
 /** One posting from its pool variant + reward roll (null on a bad pool entry). */
 function buildPosting(seed, rec, ctx, cat, slot, r, galaxy = null, usedDossier = null, world = 'p1') {
   const meta = sideQuestCategoryMeta(cat);
@@ -1772,10 +1809,11 @@ function buildPosting(seed, rec, ctx, cat, slot, r, galaxy = null, usedDossier =
     if (!escortDestinationFor(seed, postingId, rec.id, galaxy)) return null;
   }
 
-  const poolPath = `sidequests.descriptions.${ctx.context}.${cat}`;
-  let pool = config.get(poolPath, null);
-  if (!Array.isArray(pool)) pool = config.get(`sidequests.descriptions.neutral.${cat}`, null); // the neutral voice as fallback
-  pool = Array.isArray(pool) ? pool : [];
+  // The copy pool: this faction's own pool when it has one (the three-deep
+  // fallback above), so an Apex board reads Apex and a Zenith board reads
+  // Zenith. The draw rides the posting's own seeded stream, exactly as the
+  // shared pool did — same seed, same slot, same variant index.
+  const pool = descriptionPool(ctx, cat, factionCtx ? rec.faction : null);
   let v = pool.length > 0 ? pool[r.int(0, pool.length - 1)] : null;
   // A WANTED LIST never posts the same leader twice on one board: the seeded
   // draw stands when it is fresh, otherwise the next entry forward (wrapping)