diff --git a/slazero2.mjs b/slazero2.mjs
index 2b17162..7c1db86 100644
--- a/slazero2.mjs
+++ b/slazero2.mjs
@@ -1382,9 +1382,9 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Deduct flux before rolling
+    // Flux is deducted only when the roll is confirmed (see onConfirm below)
+    // — cancelling the dialog must not burn Flux.
     const newFlux = Math.max(0, currentFlux - fluxCost);
-    await this.actor.update({ "system.flux.value": newFlux });
 
     // Build dice pool: Empathy attribute + Ebb skill
     // Use parseInt() || 0 — robust against corrupt stored values ("3,3", "NaN", etc.)
@@ -1414,7 +1414,10 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
       duration: formula.duration || ""
     };
 
-    return this._rollYZEDice(totalDice, label, formulaStr, "empathy", null, { ebbInfo });
+    return this._rollYZEDice(totalDice, label, formulaStr, "empathy", null, {
+      ebbInfo,
+      onConfirm: async () => this.actor.update({ "system.flux.value": newFlux })
+    });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -2548,7 +2551,7 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
         },
         default: "roll",
         close: () => resolve(null)
-      }).render(true);
+      }, { classes: ["slazero2", "dialog"] }).render(true);
     });
 
     if (!config) return;
@@ -2665,6 +2668,11 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
       modifiedDice = rollOptions.preModifiedDice;
     }
 
+    // Costs (e.g. Flux) are only paid once the roll is confirmed
+    if (typeof rollOptions.onConfirm === "function") {
+      await rollOptions.onConfirm();
+    }
+
     const normalDice = Math.max(0, parseInt(modifiedDice) || 0);
     const stressDice = this._getStressValue(this.actor);
 
@@ -3622,11 +3630,39 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
     const criticals = {
       "1.1": { name: "Shaken", lethal: false, effects: "+1 Stress; -1 die to all rolls for 1 round.", recovery: "1 stretch" },
       "1.2": { name: "Tunnel vision", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice to Observation; you miss side details.", recovery: "1 shift" },
-      "2.1": { name: "Anxiety spiral", lethal: false, effects: "+1 Stress each shift until safe rest stretch.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
-      "3.1": { name: "Rage trigger", lethal: false, effects: "When harmed/insulted: pass Resolve check or retaliate next action.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
-      "4.1": { name: "Major breakdown", lethal: false, effects: "Broken for D6 rounds; afterward -2 dice to mental rolls for 1 day.", recovery: "D6 days" },
-      "5.1": { name: "Permanent phobia", lethal: false, effects: "As Phobia but only therapy/arc resolution removes it.", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
-      "6.1": { name: "Heart seizure", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "Each shift make Stamina; fail = death.", recovery: "—" },
+      "1.3": { name: "Jitters", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to AGI rolls until you rest a stretch.", recovery: "1 stretch" },
+      "1.4": { name: "Cold sweat", lethal: false, effects: "+1 Stress. -1 die on your next roll.", recovery: "1 stretch" },
+      "1.5": { name: "Freeze response", lethal: false, effects: "Lose your next action. May defend normally.", recovery: "1 round" },
+      "1.6": { name: "Camera fright", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice while you know you are being filmed (on Mort: usually).", recovery: "1 shift" },
+      "2.1": { name: "Anxiety spiral", lethal: false, effects: "+1 Stress each shift until a safe rest stretch.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.2": { name: "Intrusive flashback", lethal: false, effects: "First action each scene is at -2 dice.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.3": { name: "Hypervigilance", lethal: false, effects: "Cannot rest to recover Stress; +1 Observation die (wired).", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.4": { name: "Night terrors", lethal: false, effects: "Shift rest recovers no Resolve until treated.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.5": { name: "Paranoia", lethal: false, effects: "Treat every stranger as hostile; Persuasion rolls -2 dice.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.6": { name: "Compulsive ritual", lethal: false, effects: "Must complete your ritual before acting each scene or take +1 Stress.", recovery: "D6 shifts" },
+      "3.1": { name: "Rage trigger", lethal: false, effects: "When harmed or insulted: pass a Resolve save or retaliate next action.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.2": { name: "Phobia (confined)", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice while in tight spaces, tunnels, elevators.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.3": { name: "Phobia (crowds)", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice while pressed in a crowd; +1 Stress whenever you enter one.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.4": { name: "Dissociation", lethal: false, effects: "On a failed roll, pass a Resolve save or lose your next action staring through the world.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.5": { name: "Mutism", lethal: false, effects: "Cannot speak under pressure. Persuasion impossible; comms text-only.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.6": { name: "Substance reliance", lethal: false, effects: "As Frother Drug Dependency: -1 die to all rolls with no drug active.", recovery: "2D6 days" },
+      "4.1": { name: "Major breakdown", lethal: false, effects: "Broken for D6 rounds; afterwards -2 dice to mental rolls for 1 day.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "4.2": { name: "Berserk fugue", lethal: false, effects: "Attack the nearest creature for D3 rounds — ally or enemy.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "4.3": { name: "Catatonia", lethal: false, effects: "Incapacitated D6 rounds; wake at 0 Stress.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "4.4": { name: "Identity confusion", lethal: false, effects: "Forget who you work for until rested. GM may redirect one action per scene.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "4.5": { name: "Hallucinations", lethal: false, effects: "GM narrates one false detail per scene; you believe it.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "4.6": { name: "Amnesia (recent)", lethal: false, effects: "Lose all memory of this shift, including the mission briefing.", recovery: "D6 days" },
+      "5.1": { name: "Permanent phobia", lethal: false, effects: "As Phobia, but only therapy or story resolution removes it.", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "5.2": { name: "Permanent tremor", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to fine-motor tasks (Crafting, Healing, long-range shots). Permanent until treated.", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "5.3": { name: "Personality fracture", lethal: false, effects: "A second persona surfaces under Stress 5+; GM plays it for one action per scene.", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "5.4": { name: "Deathwish", lethal: false, effects: "You cannot voluntarily Seek Cover or retreat; Showing Off costs no dice (you no longer care).", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "5.5": { name: "Total burnout", lethal: false, effects: "Resolve max -1 until treated. LAD premiums double (flagged unstable).", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "5.6": { name: "Ebb-touched", lethal: false, effects: "You hear the Ebb. Non-Ebb users take +1 Stress in the presence of active formulae.", recovery: "Permanent until treated" },
+      "6.1": { name: "Heart seizure", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "Each shift make a Stamina roll; failure = death.", recovery: "—" },
+      "6.2": { name: "Stroke", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "-2 dice to everything. Each shift make a Stamina roll; failure = death.", recovery: "—" },
+      "6.3": { name: "Psychotic break", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 day", effects: "GM controls the character. Medical intervention within a day or they are gone.", recovery: "—" },
+      "6.4": { name: "Aneurysm", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 stretch", effects: "Collapse. Surgery within a stretch or death.", recovery: "—" },
+      "6.5": { name: "Total psychic collapse", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 round", effects: "Resolve locked at 0. Stabilise (Healing, 2 successes) within a round or death.", recovery: "—" },
       "6.6": { name: "Heart stops", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately.", recovery: "—" }
     };
 
@@ -3730,18 +3766,42 @@ class ZeroEngineActorSheet extends foundry.appv1.sheets.ActorSheet {
   _getPhysicalCritical(key) {
     // Simplified lookup - in production, load from tables-data.json
     const criticals = {
-      "1.1": { name: "Winded", lethal: false, effects: "Lose next Fast action; -1 die to physical rolls for 1 round.", healing: "1 stretch" },
-      "1.2": { name: "Sprained wrist", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice to one-handed actions with that hand.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
-      "2.1": { name: "Twisted ankle", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice to Mobility; half movement speed.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
-      "2.2": { name: "Concussion", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice to Observation & Wits rolls; cannot Push.", healing: "D6 days" },
-      "3.1": { name: "Broken ribs", lethal: false, effects: "-2 dice to Stamina; Slow actions cause 1 damage.", healing: "2D6 days" },
-      "3.2": { name: "Deep laceration", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to all physical rolls; 1 damage per shift unhealed.", healing: "D6 days" },
-      "4.1": { name: "Punctured lung", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "-2 dice to Stamina & Mobility; each round exert = 1 damage.", healing: "D6 days" },
-      "4.2": { name: "Broken arm", lethal: false, effects: "Cannot use that arm for any action.", healing: "2D6 days" },
-      "5.1": { name: "Ruptured jugular", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 round", effects: "Broken; -1 Health per round until stabilized.", healing: "D6 days after stabilized" },
-      "5.2": { name: "Internal bleeding", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "-1 Health per shift until stabilized.", healing: "2D6 days" },
-      "6.1": { name: "Crushed skull", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately.", healing: "—" },
-      "6.6": { name: "Catastrophic destruction", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately.", healing: "—" }
+      "1.1": { name: "Winded", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to all rolls; clears end of round.", healing: "1 round" },
+      "1.2": { name: "Bruised ribs", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to STR rolls.", healing: "1 shift" },
+      "1.3": { name: "Bloody nose", lethal: false, effects: "Cosmetic and humiliating. -1 Persuasion until cleaned up.", healing: "1 stretch" },
+      "1.4": { name: "Sprained wrist", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die with two-handed weapons.", healing: "1 shift" },
+      "1.5": { name: "Shallow cut", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding until bandaged (any healing action).", healing: "1 stretch" },
+      "1.6": { name: "Deep graze", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding. -1 die on AGI rolls until treated.", healing: "1 shift" },
+      "2.1": { name: "Concussion (mild)", lethal: false, effects: "-1 die to WIT rolls.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.2": { name: "Fractured hand", lethal: false, effects: "Broken Arm effects until splinted.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.3": { name: "Gashed thigh", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding. Movement halved until treated.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.4": { name: "Broken arm", lethal: false, effects: "Arm unusable: -2 Melee, -1 Marksmanship, -1 Force.", healing: "D6 days" },
+      "2.5": { name: "Torn shoulder", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding. -1 die on all STR and AGI rolls.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
+      "2.6": { name: "Lacerated back", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding. Cannot wear rigid armour until treated.", healing: "D6 shifts" },
+      "3.1": { name: "Broken leg", lethal: false, effects: "Cannot run: -2 Mobility, -1 Stealth.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.2": { name: "Shattered kneecap", lethal: false, effects: "Broken Leg effects; -1 die on Mobility permanently until surgery.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.3": { name: "Concussion (severe)", lethal: false, effects: "Concussed: -1 all dice, extra -1 Observation/WIT.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.4": { name: "Crushed fingers", lethal: false, effects: "Broken Arm effects. Fine work (Crafting, Healing) at -2 dice.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.5": { name: "Punctured side", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding + Gut Wound (-2 all dice) until stabilised.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "3.6": { name: "Ruptured gut", lethal: false, effects: "Gut Wound. Cannot benefit from drugs until treated.", healing: "2D6 days" },
+      "4.1": { name: "Sucking chest wound", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding + Suppressed until stabilised; Stamina rolls at -2.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "4.2": { name: "Shattered forearm", lethal: false, effects: "Broken Arm. Weapon dropped. Surgery required to fully heal.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "4.3": { name: "Severed artery (arm)", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding — lose 2 HP per turn instead of 1 until treated.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "4.4": { name: "Perforated bowel", lethal: false, effects: "Gut Wound. Each shift untreated: Stamina roll or lose 1 HP.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "4.5": { name: "Skull fracture", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding + Concussed. KO'd on any further head hit.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "4.6": { name: "Collapsed lung", lethal: false, effects: "Bleeding. Stamina and Mobility at -2 dice.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "5.1": { name: "Internal bleeding", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 day", effects: "Bleeding (hidden). Each shift: Stamina roll or lose 1 HP. Surgery ends it.", healing: "D6 weeks" },
+      "5.2": { name: "Crushed pelvis", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 day", effects: "Bleeding. Cannot stand. Surgery within a day or death.", healing: "2D6 weeks" },
+      "5.3": { name: "Deep torso trauma", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 shift", effects: "Bleeding. Stabilise (Healing, 2 successes) within a shift or death.", healing: "2D6 weeks" },
+      "5.4": { name: "Severed hand", lethal: false, effects: "Hand gone. Bleeding until cauterised. Cybernetics exist — for a price.", healing: "Permanent (prosthetic)" },
+      "5.5": { name: "Spinal damage", lethal: false, effects: "Stunned, then legs numb: Mobility 0 until surgery.", healing: "Permanent until surgery" },
+      "5.6": { name: "Throat wound", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 stretch", effects: "Bleeding + cannot speak. Stabilise within a stretch or death.", healing: "2D6 weeks" },
+      "6.1": { name: "Severed artery (neck)", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 round", effects: "Stabilise (Healing, 2 successes) within a round or death.", healing: "—" },
+      "6.2": { name: "Pierced heart", lethal: true, timeLimit: "1 round", effects: "Death next round unless a medic reaches you immediately.", healing: "—" },
+      "6.3": { name: "Crushed skull", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately. LAD collects the remains.", healing: "—" },
+      "6.4": { name: "Torn aorta", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately.", healing: "—" },
+      "6.5": { name: "Decapitating blow", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately. Closed-casket sponsorship footage.", healing: "—" },
+      "6.6": { name: "Obliterated", lethal: true, timeLimit: "Instant", effects: "You die immediately. There is not enough left for LAD.", healing: "—" }
     };
 
     return criticals[key] || { name: "Winded", lethal: false, effects: "Lose next Fast action; -1 die to physical rolls for 1 round.", healing: "1 stretch" };
@@ -4854,6 +4914,7 @@ Hooks.on("updateActor", async (actor, change, options) => {
 // ─── RACE DATA ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 const SLA_RACES = {
   human: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Human.png',
     label: 'Human', icon: '👤',
     flavor: 'The backbone of SLA Industries. Born, raised, and usually died on Mort. Adaptable, expendable, and everywhere.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 2, agility: 2, wits: 2, empathy: 2 },
@@ -4863,6 +4924,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: false, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 0
   },
   ebon: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Ebon.png',
     label: 'Ebon', icon: '🔮',
     flavor: 'Born from the Ebb itself. Their minds reach where others cannot. SLA prizes them — and fears what they might become.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 2, agility: 2, wits: 3, empathy: 3 },
@@ -4872,6 +4934,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: true, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 1
   },
   brainwaster: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Brain Waster.png',
     label: 'Brain Waster', icon: '🧠',
     flavor: 'Ebon mutation gone raw. The Ebb tears through them and takes pieces every time. Brilliantly, terrifyingly unstable.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 2, agility: 2, wits: 4, empathy: 3 },
@@ -4881,6 +4944,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: true, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 0
   },
   stormer: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Stormer 313.png',
     label: 'Stormer (313-S Malice)', icon: '⚡',
     flavor: 'Vatgrown for war. A Stormer does not stop until the objective is complete — or it is dead. Usually the objective.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 4, agility: 3, wits: 2, empathy: 2 },
@@ -4890,6 +4954,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: false, healthMod: 2, resolveMod: 0
   },
   shaktar: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Shaktar.png',
     label: 'Shaktar', icon: '🦂',
     flavor: 'Alien warrior caste. Honour is their law; violence is their art. Each kill is recorded. Each debt is paid.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 3, agility: 3, wits: 2, empathy: 2 },
@@ -4899,6 +4964,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: false, healthMod: 1, resolveMod: 0
   },
   wraithraider: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Wraith Raider.png',
     label: 'Wraith Raider', icon: '👁️',
     flavor: 'They move through walls of shadow and kill without a sound. You never see them first. If you see them at all.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 2, agility: 4, wits: 2, empathy: 2 },
@@ -4908,6 +4974,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: false, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 1
   },
   frother: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Frother.png',
     label: 'Frother', icon: '💊',
     flavor: 'The battle chemicals make them something else entirely. Pain is irrelevant. Fear is gone. Only the job remains.',
     baseAttrs: { strength: 4, agility: 2, wits: 2, empathy: 2 },
@@ -4917,6 +4984,7 @@ const SLA_RACES = {
     isEbbUser: false, healthMod: 1, resolveMod: -1
   },
   vevaphon: {
+    art: 'systems/slazero2/assets/SLA_Assets/Species/Stormer 711.png',
     label: 'Stormer Vevaphon',
     icon: '🔀',
     flavor: "Sleight Industries' cancelled polymorphic bioweapon line. Shape-shifting combat chassis with three selectable morph forms. Every shift costs Instability — and enough shifts will shatter whoever they were.",
@@ -5628,7 +5696,7 @@ class SLAPCCreator extends Application {
   _buildHTML() {
     const raceCards = Object.entries(SLA_RACES).map(([key, r]) => `
       <div class="race-card" data-race="${key}">
-        <div class="rc-icon">${r.icon}</div>
+        <div class="rc-icon">${r.art ? `<img class="rc-art" src="${r.art}" alt="${r.label}"/>` : r.icon}</div>
         <div class="rc-name">${r.label}</div>
         <div class="rc-stats">STR${r.baseAttrs.strength} AGI${r.baseAttrs.agility} WIT${r.baseAttrs.wits} EMP${r.baseAttrs.empathy}</div>
         <div class="rc-flavor">${r.flavor}</div>
@@ -9039,6 +9107,38 @@ Hooks.on('renderActorDirectory', (app, html) => {
 
 const SLA_RACIAL_ABILITY_DATA = {
 
+  ebon: [
+    {
+      name: "Ebb Sensitive",
+      type: "specialty",
+      img: "systems/slazero2/assets/icons/ebb/ebb-senses.svg",
+      system: {
+        category: "racial",
+        description: "Born of the Ebb. Sense other Ebons and active Ebb formulae within ~10 metres.",
+        effects: "Sense Ebons and active formulae within ~10 m.",
+        racialBonuses: [],
+        prerequisites: "Ebon",
+        isActive: true, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 0
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+
+  brainwaster: [
+    {
+      name: "Ebb Fury",
+      type: "specialty",
+      img: "systems/slazero2/assets/icons/ebb/ebb-blast.svg",
+      system: {
+        category: "racial",
+        description: "The Ebb tears through a Brain Waster raw. Spend 1 Flux: +2 dice to one combat roll. Pushing an Ebb roll risks the formula's catastrophe.",
+        effects: "Spend 1 Flux: +2 dice to a combat roll. Pushed Ebb rolls risk catastrophe.",
+        racialBonuses: [],
+        prerequisites: "Brain Waster",
+        isActive: true, healthMod: 0, resolveMod: 0
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+
   stormer: [
     {
       name: "Natural Weapons (Claws & Teeth)",
diff --git a/styles/slazero2.css b/styles/slazero2.css
index 74fefb4..8ce19ad 100644
--- a/styles/slazero2.css
+++ b/styles/slazero2.css
@@ -4182,7 +4182,7 @@ body.ze-pause-active #pause {
 body > .ze-pause-root {
   position: fixed;
   inset: 0;
-  z-index: 9999;
+  z-index: 70; /* below app windows (~100) — never obscure dialogs */
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -6830,3 +6830,18 @@ body > .ze-pause-root .ze-sat-inner {
 .slazero2 .natural-weapon-item {
   border-left: 3px solid #9a9a00;
 }
+
+/* ── V2.0.2: species art in the Operative Generator ──────────────────────── */
+.race-card .rc-art {
+  width: 84px;
+  height: 84px;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid var(--sz2-steel);
+  display: block;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+}
+.race-card.selected .rc-art {
+  border-color: var(--sz2-yellow);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(227, 227, 0, 0.4);
+}