diff --git a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU3.CPP b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU3.CPP
index 5e131897..9d51a451 100644
--- a/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU3.CPP
+++ b/restoration/source410/BT_L4/BTL4GAU3.CPP
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static Player *
 
 	if (((MechControlsMapper *) controls)->GetPilotArray() == 0)
 	{
-		return NULL;		// no pod roster authored -> the page stays empty
+		return NULL;		// no pod roster authored -> the rows stay empty
 	}
 
 	return ResolveRosterPlayer(slot);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static Logical
 // binary's own cache-miss branch (the tinted name box), never an AV.
 //
 static BitMap *
-	LookupPlayerNameBitmap(int player_bitmap_index)
+	LookupPlayerNameBitmap(int player_bitmap_index, Logical large)
 {
 	//
 	// The mission owns the name art: the egg's [smallbitmap] index page
@@ -228,7 +228,17 @@ static BitMap *
 	{
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	return mission->GetSmallNameBitmap(player_bitmap_index);
+	//
+	// SMALL vs LARGE (A/B rig, 5.3.39): Mission carries both rasters.
+	// The Comm page's OWN row is the wide box and takes the large one
+	// -- the shipped page draws 'Aeolus' there in the tall face, and
+	// the small raster left it visibly undersized and low in the box.
+	// The seven strip slots keep the small raster: their boxes are
+	// half the height.
+	//
+	return large
+		? mission->GetLargeNameBitmap(player_bitmap_index)
+		: mission->GetSmallNameBitmap(player_bitmap_index);
 }
 
 
@@ -915,7 +925,8 @@ void
 	Check(pilot);
 
 	BitMap
-		*name_bitmap = LookupPlayerNameBitmap(pilot->playerBitmapIndex);
+		*name_bitmap = LookupPlayerNameBitmap(pilot->playerBitmapIndex,
+			(currentSlot == 0) ? True : False);	// slot 0 == the own row
 	int
 		box_color  = selected ? 0xff : 0,
 		blit_color = selected ? 0 : 0xff;
@@ -974,10 +985,21 @@ void
 		*pilot;
 	if (built == False)
 	{
-		pilot = ResolveCommRosterPlayer(currentSlot);
-		if (pilot == NULL)
+		//
+		// SLOT 0 IS THE OWN ROW.  Its layout entry is the odd one out
+		// ({180,225} at layout mode 0, KILLS/DEATHS at +0x95/+0xe8
+		// instead of the strip boxes' +0x48), and the shipped Comm page
+		// fills it with the LOCAL pilot -- name, kills, deaths -- while
+		// the seven surrounding boxes stay empty in a solo mission.  So
+		// slot 0 takes the mission player directly; only slots 1..7 come
+		// from the pod roster.
+		//
+		pilot = (currentSlot == 0)
+			? local_player
+			: ResolveCommRosterPlayer(currentSlot);
+		if (pilot == NULL && currentSlot > 0)
 		{
-			built = True;	// past the first empty slot -> rest empty this cycle
+			built = True;	// past the first empty roster slot -> rest empty
 		}
 	}
 	else