diff --git a/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp b/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
index 6b12551..c0f0cff 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/btl4gau2.cpp
@@ -2021,12 +2021,13 @@ BallisticWeaponCluster::BallisticWeaponCluster(
 		engPort, 0xc2, 0x85, "edestryd.pcc", 0, 0xff, (int *)&failedState, "TwoState");	// the destroyed X: bright when FAILED
 
 	// ejectWipe (BitMapInverseWipeScalar @004c61c8): the round-EJECT progress
-	// sweep -- bteejtm.pcc revealed column-by-column as the weapon's
-	// PercentOfEject (@0x3F8) runs 0..1.  Binary call (part_014.c:2312):
-	// FUN_004c61c8(., rate, eng_mode, renderer, ownerID, engPort, 0xF, 0,
-	// "bteejtm.pcc", 0, 0xFF, weapon+0x3f8, name).  Reconstructed 2026-08-03
-	// (#118 field report: the eject slot flashed EMPTY -- this was the
-	// tracked-NULL stub).
+	// sweep -- bteejtm.pcc as the weapon's PercentOfEject (@0x3F8) runs 0..1.
+	// Binary call (part_014.c:2312): FUN_004c61c8(., rate, eng_mode,
+	// renderer, ownerID, engPort, 0xF, 0, "bteejtm.pcc", 0, 0xFF,
+	// weapon+0x3f8, name).  RE-WIRED 2026-08-03 after the draw op was
+	// properly settled: vtbl+0x58 = DrawBitMapOpaque, NOT DrawBitMap -- the
+	// mis-guess was the striped-MFD corruption (gotcha #27; the wipe's
+	// Execute in btl4gaug now carries the byte-exact two-span transcription).
 	{
 		extern Scalar *BTWeaponPercentOfEjectPtr(void *weapon);
 		Scalar *ejectPct = BTWeaponPercentOfEjectPtr(subsystem_in);
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/btl4gaug.cpp b/game/reconstructed/btl4gaug.cpp
index 0c424eb..1e2314f 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/btl4gaug.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/btl4gaug.cpp
@@ -2210,8 +2210,21 @@ void BitMapInverseWipeScalar::BecameActive()	// @004c5fa4
 //
 // @004c5fb8 -- Execute.  level = round(value x width) clamped to [0, width]
 // (the x87 form Ghidra drops -- fild width / fmul value, gotcha #19), and on
-// a change draw the two column spans with INVERTED colour pairs: [0..level]
-// fg colorA over bg colorB, [level+1..width] fg colorB over bg colorA.
+// a change draw the two source-column spans OPAQUE with INVERTED colour
+// pairs -- the literal "inverse wipe".
+//
+// SETTLED 2026-08-03 (the MFD-corruption arc): the binary's draw call is
+// vtbl+0x58 = GraphicsView::DrawBitMapOpaque(background, rotation, bitmap,
+// sx1, sy1, sx2, sy2) [T0 GRAPH2D.h slot 22 -- the NEXT virtual after
+// DrawBitMap at +0x54; verified by counting the declaration order:
+// +0x18 SetColor, +0x24 MoveToAbsolute both land exactly].  The earlier
+// reconstruction guessed DrawBitMap and fed it a colour as "rotation" --
+// the striped-garbage smear the operator captured.  Byte-exact spans:
+//   level != 0:   MoveTo(0,0);      SetColor(colorA);
+//                 DrawBitMapOpaque(colorB, 0, bmp, 0, 0, level, height);
+//                 ++level;                       // inclusive-bounds step
+//   level < w:    MoveTo(level,0);  SetColor(colorB);
+//                 DrawBitMapOpaque(colorA, 0, bmp, level, 0, width, height);
 //
 void BitMapInverseWipeScalar::Execute()
 {
@@ -2228,24 +2241,18 @@ void BitMapInverseWipeScalar::Execute()
 		if (bmp != NULL)
 		{
 			int split = level;
-			// DrawBitMap's first argument is ALWAYS 0 in the sibling wipe's
-			// Execute (btl4gaug LeakGauge) -- passing a colour there smeared
-			// the whole gauge surface (field-caught: striped garbage across
-			// the weapon MFD pages, git/capture.png 2026-08-03).  Colour
-			// selection is SetColor only; the two spans carry the inverted
-			// pair via SetColor alone.
 			if (split != 0)
 			{
 				localView.MoveToAbsolute(0, 0);
 				localView.SetColor(colorA);
-				localView.DrawBitMap(0, bmp, 0, 0, split, height);
+				localView.DrawBitMapOpaque(colorB, 0, bmp, 0, 0, split, height);
 				++split;										// the binary's iVar2++
 			}
 			if (split < width)
 			{
 				localView.MoveToAbsolute(split, 0);
 				localView.SetColor(colorB);
-				localView.DrawBitMap(0, bmp, split, 0, width, height);
+				localView.DrawBitMapOpaque(colorA, 0, bmp, split, 0, width, height);
 			}
 			warehouse->bitMapBin.Release(imageName);
 		}