diff --git a/engine/MUNGA/SCNROLE.cpp b/engine/MUNGA/SCNROLE.cpp
index 69ad18f..e41f6d7 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA/SCNROLE.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA/SCNROLE.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,32 @@ ScenarioRole::ScenarioRole(const CString &role_name, const CString &model_file)
 		damageBias = player_data->damageBias;
 		friendlyFirePenalty = player_data->friendlyFirePenalty;
 		player_res_des->Unlock();
+
+		// SCORE PROVENANCE (ungated, 2026-08-07).  Every unmatched row of the
+		// original manual's scoring chart -- +500 a kill, -1000 an eject, -500
+		// an ammo death -- is sourced HERE, from the role's GameModel record
+		// (type 0xf, 7 dwords; the binary's ctor @00429a9c copies rec[0..6]).
+		// A field log showed `charge=0 (role killBonus)`, and the two ways that
+		// happens -- record authored zero, or resource lookup missed -- are
+		// indistinguishable in release because the miss path's Warn/Tell compile
+		// out (DEBUGOFF.h).  One line per role settles it.
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[role] '" << (const char *)role_name
+			<< "' model='" << (const char *)model_file
+			<< "' killBonus=" << (float)killBonus
+			<< " deathPenalty=" << (float)specialCaseDeathPenalty
+			<< " dmgInf=" << (float)damageInflictedModifier
+			<< " dmgRcv=" << (float)damageReceivedModifier
+			<< " bias=" << (float)damageBias
+			<< " ff=" << (float)friendlyFirePenalty
+			<< " return=" << (int)returnFromDeath
+			<< "\n" << std::flush;
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[role] '" << (const char *)role_name
+			<< "' model='" << (const char *)model_file
+			<< "' -- RESOURCE NOT FOUND, all score values default to 0"
+			<< "\n" << std::flush;
 		Tell(role_name);
 		Warn(" does not exists in resource! ");
 		damageReceivedModifier = 0.0f;
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/btplayer.cpp b/game/reconstructed/btplayer.cpp
index 5cb9f36..d44ffe8 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/btplayer.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/btplayer.cpp
@@ -1952,15 +1952,51 @@ BTPlayer::BTPlayer(
 	}
 
 	//
-	// Look the scoring role up in the role registry (keyed by the role name
-	// in the creation message, +0x90) and stash it as our scenarioRole.  The
-	// BT role registry (BTMission::GetRoleRegistry()->Lookup) has no WinTesla
-	// analog, so the scenarioRole set by the base Player ctor stands.
-	// CROSS-FAMILY: needs BTMission role-registry access.  BEST-EFFORT.
+	// Look the scoring role up in the role registry (keyed by the role name in
+	// the creation message, +0x90) and stash it as our scenarioRole.
+	//
+	// WIRED 2026-08-07.  This was commented out with "the BT role registry
+	// (BTMission::GetRoleRegistry()->Lookup) has no WinTesla analog, so the
+	// scenarioRole set by the base Player ctor stands".  The base ctor sets it
+	// to NULL (PLAYER.cpp:680), so it stood NULL forever -- and EVERY scoring
+	// value the game has lives on that pointer:
+	//
+	//   killBonus              -> the kill award basis   (authored 500)
+	//   specialCaseDeathPenalty-> the death cost         (authored 500)
+	//   damageInflictedModifier-> the per-hit multiplier (authored 1)
+	//   returnFromDeath        -> the entry credit       (authored 1000)
+	//
+	// With it NULL: kill_bonus reads 0 (a kill scored the damage tally alone --
+	// benched 4.88 instead of ~500), the eject charge is 0 (field log:
+	// "PUNCH-OUT: charge=0 (role killBonus)" = #134's missing penalty), and the
+	// death cost block is skipped entirely.  That is four rows of the original
+	// manual's scoring chart, all from one commented-out line.
+	//
+	// The analog DOES exist: Mission::GetScenarioRole(name) (MISSION.h:162)
+	// walks scenarioRoleChain -- the very dictionary BTL4Mission fills via
+	// AddScenarioRole() when it parses the role pages (btl4mssn.cpp), whose own
+	// comment already says the WinTesla base exposes it.  Same lookup, same
+	// key, no cross-family gap.
 	//
 	CString role_key(creation_message->roleName);			// make+0x90
-	(void)role_key;
-	// scenarioRole = playerMission->GetRoleRegistry()->Lookup(&role_key);	// this[0x7e]+0x50, this[0x82]
+	if (playerMission != 0)
+	{
+		ScenarioRole *found = playerMission->GetScenarioRole(role_key);	// this[0x7e]+0x50
+		if (found == 0)
+		{
+			// The shipped content authors ONE role page, "Role::Default"
+			// (model dfltrole).  A creation message naming anything else -- or
+			// naming nothing -- must still score, so fall back to it rather
+			// than leave the pointer NULL and silently zero every award.
+			found = playerMission->GetScenarioRole(CString("Role::Default"));
+		}
+		scenarioRole = found;								// this[0x82]
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "[role] player " << BTMatchHostOf(GetEntityID())
+			<< ":" << (int)GetEntityID() << " key='" << (const char *)role_key
+			<< "' -> " << (scenarioRole != 0 ? "BOUND" : "NULL (scores will be 0)")
+			<< (scenarioRole != 0 ? "" : " !!")
+			<< "\n" << std::flush;
+	}
 
 	if ((simulationFlags & 0xc) == 4)
 	{
diff --git a/scratchpad/night13/scoreverify.sh b/scratchpad/night13/scoreverify.sh
index 65e7161..1196909 100644
--- a/scratchpad/night13/scoreverify.sh
+++ b/scratchpad/night13/scoreverify.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sleep 2
 sleep 5
 python ../tools/btconsole.py SV.EGG 127.0.0.1:1501 127.0.0.1:1601 > sv_relay.log 2>&1 &
 RELAY=$!
-sleep 260
+sleep 400
 kill $RELAY 2>/dev/null
 sleep 3
 bt_kill_ours