diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index eb28795..8edce7e 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -2,20 +2,36 @@ import { createWorld, advance } from './sim/world.js';
 import { createRenderer } from './render/app.js';
 import { GalaxyView } from './render/galaxyView.js';
 import { SystemView } from './render/systemView.js';
+import { Panel } from './ui/panel.js';
 import { goTo, playerSystem } from './sim/player.js';
 
-const world = createWorld('neon-1');
+const world = createWorld(new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('seed') ?? 'neon-1');
 const renderer = await createRenderer(document.getElementById('stage'));
 
+let view = 'system';
+let speed = 1;
+const controls = {
+  getSpeed: () => speed,
+  setSpeed: (v) => { speed = v; },
+  getView: () => view,
+  setView: (name) => setView(name),
+};
+
+const panel = new Panel(document.getElementById('panel'), world, controls);
 const handlers = {
-  onSelectSystem: (id) => console.log('select system', id),
+  onSelectSystem: (id) => { panel.selectSystem(id); panel.update(); },
   onJump: (laneId) => goTo(world, { laneId }),
   onGotoPlanet: (planetId) => goTo(world, { planetId }),
 };
 const galaxyView = new GalaxyView(renderer, world, handlers);
 const systemView = new SystemView(renderer, world, handlers);
 
-let view = 'system';
+// Rebuild static geometry when the canvas resizes (review: cached transforms went stale).
+renderer.app.renderer.on('resize', () => {
+  galaxyView.buildStatic();
+  systemView.builtFor = null;
+});
+
 function setView(name) {
   view = name;
   galaxyView.setVisible(name === 'galaxy');
@@ -23,15 +39,36 @@ function setView(name) {
 }
 setView('system');
 window.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+  if (e.target !== document.body) return; // don't hijack keys from panel buttons (review)
   if (e.key === 'Tab') {
     e.preventDefault();
     setView(view === 'galaxy' ? 'system' : 'galaxy');
   }
+  if (e.key === ' ') {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    speed = speed === 0 ? 1 : 0;
+  }
 });
 
 const DAYS_PER_SEC = 0.25;
+let banner = null;
+let uiClock = 0;
 renderer.app.ticker.add(() => {
-  advance(world, world.t + (renderer.app.ticker.deltaMS / 1000) * DAYS_PER_SEC);
+  const dt = renderer.app.ticker.deltaMS / 1000;
+  if (speed > 0 && world.player.alive && !world.player.won) {
+    advance(world, world.t + dt * DAYS_PER_SEC * speed);
+  }
+  // Switch to system view automatically when arriving somewhere new.
   if (view === 'galaxy') galaxyView.update();
   else if (playerSystem(world) != null) systemView.update();
+
+  uiClock += dt;
+  if (uiClock > 0.25) { uiClock = 0; panel.update(); } // 4 Hz DOM refresh
+
+  if (!banner && (world.player.won || !world.player.alive)) {
+    banner = document.createElement('div');
+    banner.className = 'banner';
+    banner.textContent = world.player.won ? 'VICTORY' : 'SHIP LOST';
+    document.getElementById('stage').appendChild(banner);
+  }
 });
diff --git a/src/render/systemView.js b/src/render/systemView.js
index 532a3fe..68b7f62 100644
--- a/src/render/systemView.js
+++ b/src/render/systemView.js
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ export class SystemView {
     const there = galaxy.systems[otherEnd(lane, systemId)];
     const ang = Math.atan2(there.y - here.y, there.x - here.x);
     const c = this.center();
-    return { x: c.x + Math.cos(ang) * GATE_RADIUS, y: c.y + Math.sin(ang) * GATE_RADIUS, ang };
+    // Keep gates on-screen on small canvases (review: fixed 290 clipped hit targets).
+    const r = Math.min(GATE_RADIUS, Math.min(c.x, c.y) - 40);
+    return { x: c.x + Math.cos(ang) * r, y: c.y + Math.sin(ang) * r, ang };
   }
 
   build(systemId) {
diff --git a/src/ui/panel.js b/src/ui/panel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60c1b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/panel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { GOODS } from '../sim/constants.js';
+import { goTo, buyGood, sellGood, playerSystem, playerMarket, cargoUsed } from '../sim/player.js';
+import { playerKnownPrices } from '../sim/knowledge.js';
+import { otherEnd } from '../sim/galaxy.js';
+
+export class Panel {
+  constructor(el, world, controls) {
+    this.el = el;
+    this.world = world;
+    this.controls = controls; // { getSpeed, setSpeed, getView, setView }
+    this.selectedSystem = null;
+    el.innerHTML = `
+      <h2>Probability</h2>
+      <div id="status"></div>
+      <div id="timeCtl"></div>
+      <h2>Navigation</h2>
+      <div id="nav"></div>
+      <h2>Market</h2>
+      <div id="market" class="muted">Dock at a planet to trade.</div>
+      <h2>Cargo</h2>
+      <div id="cargo"></div>
+      <h2>Intel</h2>
+      <div id="intel" class="muted">Click a system on the galaxy map.</div>
+      <h2>Log</h2>
+      <div id="log"></div>
+    `;
+    this.refs = Object.fromEntries(
+      ['status', 'timeCtl', 'nav', 'market', 'cargo', 'intel', 'log'].map((id) => [id, el.querySelector('#' + id)])
+    );
+    this.renderTimeControls();
+  }
+
+  renderTimeControls() {
+    const c = this.refs.timeCtl;
+    c.innerHTML = '';
+    for (const [label, value] of [['⏸', 0], ['1×', 1], ['4×', 4], ['16×', 16]]) {
+      const b = document.createElement('button');
+      b.textContent = label;
+      b.onclick = () => { this.controls.setSpeed(value); this.update(); };
+      b.dataset.speed = value;
+      c.appendChild(b);
+    }
+    const v = document.createElement('button');
+    v.textContent = 'Map / System';
+    v.onclick = () => this.controls.setView(this.controls.getView() === 'galaxy' ? 'system' : 'galaxy');
+    c.appendChild(v);
+  }
+
+  selectSystem(systemId) {
+    this.selectedSystem = systemId;
+  }
+
+  update() {
+    const w = this.world;
+    const p = w.player;
+    const sys = playerSystem(w);
+
+    let place = 'in hyperspace';
+    if (p.loc.kind === 'docked') place = w.galaxy.planets[p.loc.planetId].name;
+    else if (sys != null) place = `${w.galaxy.systems[sys].name} space`;
+    this.refs.status.innerHTML =
+      `Day ${w.t.toFixed(1)} — <b>${Math.floor(p.credits)} cr</b><br>` +
+      `${place} — cargo ${cargoUsed(p)}/${p.capacity}` +
+      (p.won ? '<br><b>VICTORY</b>' : '') + (!p.alive ? '<br><b>SHIP LOST</b>' : '');
+
+    for (const b of this.refs.timeCtl.querySelectorAll('button[data-speed]')) {
+      b.classList.toggle('active', Number(b.dataset.speed) === this.controls.getSpeed());
+    }
+
+    this.updateNav(sys);
+    this.updateMarket();
+    this.updateCargo();
+    this.updateIntel();
+    this.refs.log.innerHTML = w.log.slice(-10).reverse().map((l) => `<div>${l}</div>`).join('');
+  }
+
+  updateNav(sys) {
+    const w = this.world;
+    const nav = this.refs.nav;
+    nav.innerHTML = '';
+    if (sys == null || w.player.loc.kind === 'insys-leg' || w.player.loc.kind === 'lane') {
+      nav.innerHTML = '<span class="muted">In transit…</span>';
+      return;
+    }
+    for (const planetId of w.galaxy.systems[sys].planets) {
+      const b = document.createElement('button');
+      b.textContent = `Fly to ${w.galaxy.planets[planetId].name}`;
+      b.onclick = () => goTo(w, { planetId });
+      nav.appendChild(b);
+    }
+    for (const laneId of w.galaxy.systems[sys].lanes) {
+      const lane = w.galaxy.lanes[laneId];
+      const name = w.galaxy.systems[otherEnd(lane, sys)].name;
+      const b = document.createElement('button');
+      b.textContent = `Jump → ${name} (${lane.days}d, danger ${(lane.hazard * 100).toFixed(0)}%)`;
+      b.onclick = () => goTo(w, { laneId });
+      nav.appendChild(b);
+    }
+  }
+
+  updateMarket() {
+    const w = this.world;
+    const market = playerMarket(w);
+    if (!market) {
+      this.refs.market.innerHTML = '<span class="muted">Dock at a planet to trade.</span>';
+      return;
+    }
+    const rows = market.map((r) => `
+      <tr>
+        <td>${r.good}</td><td>${r.stock}</td><td>${r.price}</td>
+        <td>
+          <button data-act="buy" data-good="${r.good}" data-qty="1">+1</button>
+          <button data-act="buy" data-good="${r.good}" data-qty="10">+10</button>
+          <button data-act="sell" data-good="${r.good}" data-qty="1">-1</button>
+          <button data-act="sell" data-good="${r.good}" data-qty="10">-10</button>
+        </td>
+      </tr>`).join('');
+    this.refs.market.innerHTML =
+      `<table><tr><th>good</th><th>stock</th><th>price</th><th></th></tr>${rows}</table>`;
+    for (const b of this.refs.market.querySelectorAll('button')) {
+      b.onclick = () => {
+        const fn = b.dataset.act === 'buy' ? buyGood : sellGood;
+        fn(w, b.dataset.good, Number(b.dataset.qty));
+        this.update();
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  updateCargo() {
+    const entries = Object.entries(this.world.player.cargo);
+    this.refs.cargo.innerHTML = entries.length
+      ? entries.map(([g, q]) => `${g}: ${q}`).join('<br>')
+      : '<span class="muted">empty</span>';
+  }
+
+  updateIntel() {
+    const w = this.world;
+    if (this.selectedSystem == null) return;
+    const sys = w.galaxy.systems[this.selectedSystem];
+    let html = `<b>${sys.name}</b>`;
+    for (const planetId of sys.planets) {
+      const planet = w.galaxy.planets[planetId];
+      const known = playerKnownPrices(w, planetId);
+      html += `<br><b>${planet.name}</b> <span class="muted">(${planet.kind})</span>`;
+      if (!known) { html += '<br><span class="muted">no data</span>'; continue; }
+      const age = known.ageDays < 0.5 ? 'live' : `${known.ageDays.toFixed(0)}d old`;
+      html += ` <span class="muted">[${age}]</span><br>` +
+        GOODS.map((g) => `${g} ${known.prices[g]}`).join(', ');
+    }
+    this.refs.intel.innerHTML = html;
+  }
+}