diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
index 85ecdbb..7421e59 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4CONSOLE.cpp
@@ -566,15 +566,24 @@ namespace
 				// [pilots] order. READY rows bright, the rest dim, so
 				// who the room is waiting on reads at a glance.
 				//
+				// Every state on this board comes from gShownStates -
+				// the values the TICK stored when it decided whether to
+				// arm - and nothing is re-read at paint time. The first
+				// version re-read application->GetApplicationState()
+				// here, and the host's own row said 'connecting' under
+				// a lit LAUNCH button: two reads of one fact from two
+				// places, disagreeing - the exact mistake behind five
+				// broken instruments in one night of this project. One
+				// frame of reference: the tick decides, the paint
+				// repeats what it decided.
+				//
 				char text[96];
-				int local_state = (application != NULL)
-					? application->GetApplicationState() : -1;
 
 				sprintf(text, "%-14s %s",
 					(gPilotNameCount > 0) ? gPilotNames[0] : "HOST",
-					StateWord(local_state));
+					StateWord(gShownStates[0]));
 				SetTextColor(mem,
-					(local_state == Application::WaitingForLaunch)
+					(gShownStates[0] == Application::WaitingForLaunch)
 						? kBoardGreen : kBoardGreenDim);
 				DrawTextA(mem, text, -1, &line,
 					DT_LEFT | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE);
@@ -588,9 +597,9 @@ namespace
 						? gPilotNames[i + 1] : gRemotePods[i].address;
 
 					sprintf(text, "%-14s %s", name,
-						StateWord(gRemotePods[i].state));
+						StateWord(gShownStates[i + 1]));
 					SetTextColor(mem,
-						(gRemotePods[i].state == Application::WaitingForLaunch)
+						(gShownStates[i + 1] == Application::WaitingForLaunch)
 							? kBoardGreen : kBoardGreenDim);
 					DrawTextA(mem, text, -1, &line,
 						DT_LEFT | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE);