diff --git a/postings.mjs b/postings.mjs
index 4e2c182..03c833c 100644
--- a/postings.mjs
+++ b/postings.mjs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export const ROLES = {
     blurb: "Keeps the record that a crossing is made against. Knows what the file says and, more usefully, what it used to say.", stat: "edu",
     core: ["research","occult","knowledge","anomaly_lore","language:own"],
     support: ["computer_use","insight","spot","first_aid","tradecraft","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["chain_custody","wrong_memory","debriefer","quorum"],
+    talents: ["chain_custody","wrong_memory","debriefer","requisition"],
     kit: ["spectacles","notebook","handset","jacket","pistol_light", "carbon_book", "date_stamp", "seals"] },
 
   survey:      { label: "Ground Survey Officer",
@@ -76,28 +76,28 @@ export const ROLES = {
     blurb: "Holds the door open. Transposition, and the discipline to stay filed correctly while doing it.", stat: "pow",
     core: ["transposition","anomaly_lore","insight","listen","dodge"],
     support: ["knowledge","spot","first_aid","tradecraft","research"],
-    talents: ["out_of_step","borrowed_hour","not_quite_here","distributed"],
+    talents: ["out_of_step","borrowed_hour","not_quite_here","echo_sense"],
     kit: ["anchor","threshold_key","handset","power_cell","soft_armour", "locator_tags", "cold_light", "blanket"] },
 
   interview:   { label: "Interview Officer",
     blurb: "Sits with the witness afterwards. Patient, unhurried, and very hard to lie to twice.", stat: "cha",
     core: ["insight","persuade","listen","language:own","anthropology"],
     support: ["psychology","spot","tradecraft","first_aid","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["debriefer","read_room","wrong_memory","unblinking"],
+    talents: ["debriefer","read_room","wrong_memory","cover_work"],
     kit: ["dictaphone","cover_id","notebook","jacket","pistol_light", "carbon_book", "vacuum_flask", "clipboard"] },
 
   warden:      { label: "Night Warden",
     blurb: "Sits with a site overnight so that nobody else has to. Listens, watches, and writes down the times.", stat: "con",
     core: ["listen","spot","stealth","dodge","brawl"],
     support: ["first_aid","melee_weapon:shield","athletics","melee_weapon:club","anomaly_lore"],
-    talents: ["unblinking","out_of_step","first_through","clean_scene"],
+    talents: ["dead_reckon","out_of_step","first_through","clean_scene"],
     kit: ["oil_lantern","ward","cudgel","riot_shield","stab_vest","torch", "vacuum_flask", "stopwatch", "blanket"] },
 
   stores:      { label: "Stores Officer",
     blurb: "Requisition, custody and the paperwork that moves materiel. Can get you a thing the department says it does not have.", stat: "edu",
     core: ["bargain","status","knowledge","repair:mechanical","computer_use"],
     support: ["insight","research","first_aid","firearm:pistol","tradecraft"],
-    talents: ["requisition","chain_custody","quorum","debriefer"],
+    talents: ["requisition","chain_custody","read_room","debriefer"],
     kit: ["sealed_cannister","spare_cells","rations","water","jacket", "carbon_book", "seals", "master_keys"] },
 
   transport:   { label: "Transport Officer",
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ export const ROLES = {
     blurb: "Examines what is left. Establishes what a thing was, which is usually the question the case turns on.", stat: "int",
     core: ["medicine","science:biology","xenology:baseline","insight","research"],
     support: ["first_aid","spot","religion","dodge","melee_weapon:knife"],
-    talents: ["triage","chain_custody","unblinking","clean_scene"],
+    talents: ["triage","chain_custody","wrong_memory","clean_scene"],
     kit: ["chirurgeon_kit","gas_mask","envsuit","sample_case","dagger", "specimen_jars", "swab_kit", "barrier_gloves"] },
 
   materials:   { label: "Materials Officer",
     blurb: "Substances, residues and the objects a site leaves behind. Handles what nobody else is cleared to touch.", stat: "int",
     core: ["science:physics","science:botany","repair:electronics","research","anomaly_lore"],
     support: ["engineering:field_systems","spot","first_aid","computer_use","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["chain_custody","echo_sense","requisition","quorum"],
+    talents: ["chain_custody","echo_sense","requisition","hard_landing"],
     kit: ["field_kit","geiger","breather","stab_vest","pistol_light", "specimen_jars", "barrier_gloves", "seal_foam"] },
 
   recording:   { label: "Recording Officer",
@@ -139,63 +139,63 @@ export const ROLES = {
     blurb: "Renders a thing safe, or renders it gone. Demolition, containment and a very steady hand.", stat: "int",
     core: ["demolition","repair:electronics","engineering:field_systems","spot","dodge"],
     support: ["first_aid","athletics","anomaly_lore","firearm:rifle","melee_weapon:axe"],
-    talents: ["first_through","hard_landing","chain_custody","unblinking"],
+    talents: ["first_through","hard_landing","chain_custody","clean_scene"],
     kit: ["field_net","entrenching_tool","hardsuit","toolkit","torch", "seal_foam", "cordon_kit", "ear_defenders"] },
 
   overwatch:   { label: "Overwatch Officer",
     blurb: "Holds the long angle and tells the team what is coming. Shoots when nothing else will do.", stat: "dex",
     core: ["firearm:rifle","spot","stealth","dodge","athletics"],
     support: ["navigate","first_aid","listen","track","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["dead_reckon","unblinking","out_of_step","hard_landing"],
+    talents: ["dead_reckon","read_room","out_of_step","hard_landing"],
     kit: ["rifle_heavy","binocs","soft_armour","rations","torch", "spyglass", "groundsheet", "cold_light"] },
 
   rigging:     { label: "Rigging Officer",
     blurb: "Height, depth and confined access. Gets people and equipment up and down shafts that were not built for it.", stat: "str",
     core: ["athletics","repair:mechanical","engineering:field_systems","dodge","melee_weapon:axe"],
     support: ["first_aid","spot","navigate","brawl","stealth"],
-    talents: ["hard_landing","first_through","requisition","distributed"],
+    talents: ["hard_landing","first_through","requisition","ambidextrous"],
     kit: ["boarding_axe","climbing_kit","rope","impact_vest","torch", "bolt_croppers", "probe", "door_wedges"] },
 
   translation: { label: "Translation Officer",
     blurb: "Language, sign and the things said in neither. Reads a document nobody else in the building can.", stat: "int",
     core: ["language:trade_cant","language:sign","language:own","anthropology","insight"],
     support: ["research","knowledge","first_aid","xenology:baseline","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["debriefer","read_room","quorum","wrong_memory"],
+    talents: ["debriefer","read_room","borrowed_hour","wrong_memory"],
     kit: ["wax_tablet","notebook","handset","jacket","pistol_light", "quill_ink", "carbon_book", "spectacles"] },
 
   naturalist:  { label: "Field Naturalist",
     blurb: "Living things, and things that are pretending to be. Tracks, samples and identifies what came through.", stat: "int",
     core: ["science:botany","science:biology","track","scent","spot"],
     support: ["navigate","stealth","first_aid","athletics","melee_weapon:sword"],
-    talents: ["dead_reckon","echo_sense","unblinking","triage"],
+    talents: ["dead_reckon","echo_sense","hard_landing","triage"],
     kit: ["machete","sample_case","binocs","oilcloth_coat","rations", "specimen_jars", "swab_kit", "groundsheet"] },
 
   antiquities: { label: "Antiquities Officer",
     blurb: "An archaic posting the department never abolished. Old objects, older records, and the manners to ask about both.", stat: "edu",
     core: ["religion","art","anomaly_lore","research","status"],
     support: ["knowledge","insight","spot","first_aid","melee_weapon:sword","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["chain_custody","wrong_memory","borrowed_hour","quorum"],
+    talents: ["chain_custody","wrong_memory","borrowed_hour","cover_work"],
     kit: ["pocket_watch","tallow_candle","duelling_sword","brigandine","flintlock", "quill_ink", "sealing_wax", "sand_glass"] },
 
   pursuit:     { label: "Pursuit Officer",
     blurb: "Follows what has left the site. Ground, scent, and the stamina to keep going after it stops being sensible.", stat: "con",
     core: ["track","athletics","spot","listen","stealth"],
     support: ["navigate","dodge","first_aid","scent","firearm:rifle"],
-    talents: ["dead_reckon","first_through","out_of_step","unblinking"],
+    talents: ["dead_reckon","first_through","out_of_step","hard_landing"],
     kit: ["carbine","restraints","soft_armour","rations","torch", "locator_tags", "cold_light", "wake_tablets"] },
 
   settlements: { label: "Settlements Officer",
     blurb: "Makes the arrangement, files it, and never speaks of the terms again. Most cases close here rather than in a fight.", stat: "cha",
     core: ["bargain","status","insight","persuade","knowledge"],
     support: ["research","anthropology","first_aid","tradecraft","firearm:pistol"],
-    talents: ["read_room","debriefer","requisition","quorum"],
+    talents: ["read_room","debriefer","requisition","wrong_memory"],
     kit: ["quiet_ledger","cover_id","notebook","jacket","pistol_light", "carbon_book", "sealing_wax", "vacuum_flask"] },
 
   signals:     { label: "Signals Officer",
     blurb: "Communications, interception and the electronics of a site that is broadcasting when it should not be.", stat: "int",
     core: ["repair:electronics","computer_use","listen","engineering:field_systems","spot"],
     support: ["research","first_aid","dodge","firearm:pistol","anomaly_lore"],
-    talents: ["echo_sense","distributed","quorum","requisition"],
+    talents: ["echo_sense","chain_custody","dead_reckon","requisition"],
     kit: ["survey_drone","handset","power_cell","stab_vest","pistol_light", "field_slate", "locator_tags", "uv_lamp"] }
 };
 
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ export const TRADES = {
     blurb: "Twenty years of sites, scaffold and other people's mistakes. Knows what a building is doing before it does it.", stat: "str",
     core: ["athletics","repair:mechanical","melee_weapon:prybar","spot","brawl"],
     support: ["demolition","engineering:field_systems","first_aid","listen","dodge"],
-    talents: ["hard_landing","first_through","clean_scene","unblinking"],
+    talents: ["hard_landing","first_through","clean_scene","ambidextrous"],
     kit: ["prybar","toolkit","ear_defenders","site_overalls","groundsheet"] },
 
   doctor:      { label: "Doctor",
     blurb: "A&E, mostly. Used to people at their worst and to being the calmest thing in the room.", stat: "edu",
     core: ["medicine","first_aid","science:biology","insight","knowledge"],
     support: ["research","psychology","persuade","listen","spot"],
-    talents: ["triage","debriefer","unblinking","clean_scene"],
+    talents: ["triage","debriefer","read_room","clean_scene"],
     kit: ["medkit","trauma_unit","analgesics","specimen_jars","swab_kit"] },
 
   professor:   { label: "Professor",
diff --git a/tools/check-kits.mjs b/tools/check-kits.mjs
index 010fbaa..fc14636 100644
--- a/tools/check-kits.mjs
+++ b/tools/check-kits.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
  */
 import { SKILL_CATALOGUE, TALENTS, GEAR, WEAPONS, ARMOURS, DEVICES } from "./content.mjs";
 import { SHIELD, SCOPE_TIERS } from "../rules.mjs";
+// One definition of which talents are species-locked, shared with check-creatures.
+import { TALENT_SPECIES } from "./creature-schema.mjs";
 // Imported, not regexed out of the engine source. See postings.mjs.
 import { ROLES, TRADES, INDUCTION, CHARACTERISTIC_DICE } from "../postings.mjs";
 
@@ -34,6 +36,18 @@ for (const [id, r] of Object.entries({ ...ROLES, ...TRADES })) {
   if (!stats.has(r.stat)) problems.push(`${where}: stat "${r.stat}" is not a characteristic`);
   for (const s of [...r.core, ...r.support]) if (!skills.has(s)) problems.push(`${where}: no skill "${s}"`);
   for (const t of r.talents) if (!talents.has(t)) problems.push(`${where}: no talent "${t}"`);
+  // A posting is a JOB. It cannot offer a talent that is a SPECIES, because a species is
+  // not something the department trains you in. Eighteen postings offered vesh or cadence
+  // biology to any agent who took them — nine of them Unblinking, whose own rule text
+  // reads "A Vesh has no face to read" — and five roster agents and a starter pregen duly
+  // ended up carrying it. check-creatures caught the characters; nothing was looking at
+  // the pools they were picked from, so the bug regenerated for every new agent.
+  // The species map comes from creature-schema.mjs so there is one definition of which
+  // talents are locked, not two.
+  for (const t of r.talents) {
+    const locked = TALENT_SPECIES.get(t);
+    if (locked) problems.push(`${where}: offers "${t}", which is ${locked}-only — a posting cannot grant a species`);
+  }
   for (const g of r.kit) {
     if (!kit.has(g)) problems.push(`${where}: no catalogue item "${g}"`);
     issued.set(g, (issued.get(g) ?? 0) + 1);