diff --git a/THREADS.md b/THREADS.md
index 3e8f044..8e9c52a 100644
--- a/THREADS.md
+++ b/THREADS.md
@@ -144,6 +144,23 @@ Format: `[lane letter] YYYY-MM-DD — note`
     flips back and passes green. Only a native glTF reader can prove it. Green: 16/16, with
     `branch_anchor_01` at (-0.96, 3.64, -1.46) — height correctly on +Y.
 
+[E] 2026-07-16 — ⚠️ **LANE A — three lines needed in selftest.html + index.html. Blocks Lane D too.**
+    No page in the repo has an `<script type="importmap">`, and M0 didn't need one: it imports three by
+    relative path (`../vendor/three.module.js`). But EVERY three.js addon imports the **bare specifier
+    `three`**, so the first lane to touch `GLTFLoader` or `SkeletonUtils` gets
+    `Failed to resolve module specifier "three"`. That's me now — and it's **Lane D the moment they load
+    `player_01.glb`**, which is the whole of §5-D. The fix, in `<head>`:
+        <script type="importmap">
+        { "imports": { "three": "./vendor/three.module.js",
+          "three/addons/": "./vendor/addons/" } }
+        </script>
+    I did **not** edit your file (§6 says post the need instead, and you'd asked for selftest.html to stay
+    out of the merge path). `e.test.js` imports GLTFLoader dynamically and `skip`s with that message, so
+    your gate stays green rather than going red over a harness gap — and the suite lights up on its own
+    the moment the importmap lands, no edit from me. Verified behind a temporary local probe first:
+    **36/36 pass** (16 GLBs × scale + node survival, plus anchor world-position and the 3 damage states).
+    Until then the same asserts run in `tools/assetcheck/`, which carries its own importmap.
+
 [E] 2026-07-16 — ❓ open q for Lane A: your yard puts house fascia anchors at y=2.6, but `house_yardside`'s
     fascia sits at 2.80 (2.90 m ridge), and the facade is 9.20 m against a 30 m north edge. Want me to
     re-cut it to your numbers, or will you read `fascia_anchor_*` off the GLB when you swap the graybox?
diff --git a/web/world/js/tests/e.test.js b/web/world/js/tests/e.test.js
index 2a73b3f..2fc8de3 100644
--- a/web/world/js/tests/e.test.js
+++ b/web/world/js/tests/e.test.js
@@ -1,28 +1,160 @@
 /**
  * Lane E selftests — asset sanity.
+ * Lane E owns this file. Other lanes: yours is js/tests/<letter>.test.js.
  *
- * Lane E owns this file. Lane A pre-created it so adding your suite never means
- * editing selftest.html.
+ * Why this exists when build_yard_assets.py already verifies: the Blender side
+ * re-imports every GLB and asserts dims, tri budget and node names, but it
+ * CANNOT catch an axis error. Blender exports Z-up→Y-up and imports Y-up→Z-up,
+ * so a broken `export_yup` flips back on the way in and round-trips green. Only
+ * a native glTF reader can prove the file is right, and this is the only one in
+ * the repo. So this suite targets the failures that silently break other lanes:
+ *   1. the GLB loads at all through the vendored loader;
+ *   2. it's in metres with its height on +Y — a model exported in centimetres
+ *      looks fine alone and absurd next to a person;
+ *   3. the nodes other lanes query by name survived the export. glTF has no
+ *      "empty" type, so anchors arrive as bare Object3D and are exactly what an
+ *      exporter prunes.
  *
- * Most of Lane E's verification is the Blender-side contact sheet against the
- * 1.7 m ref capsule (PLAN3D §5-E), which this harness can't see. What IS worth
- * asserting here, once the GLBs land, is the stuff that silently breaks the
- * other lanes:
- *   1. every GLB loads without error through the vendored GLTFLoader.
- *   2. scale sanity — a loaded tree's bounding box is 4–9 m tall, the fence
- *      panel is ~1.6 m, the shackle is ~0.1 m. A model exported in centimetres
- *      looks fine alone and absurd next to a person.
- *   3. the named nodes the other lanes query actually exist:
- *      tree_gum_01 → `trunk`, `canopy_*`, `branch_anchor_*`
- *      house_yardside → `fascia_anchor_*`
- *      Lane A sways the canopies by name; Lane B reads branch anchors.
- *
- * Loading is async — `export default async function run(t)` is supported.
- * Useful import:
- *   import { GLTFLoader } from '../../vendor/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
+ * Standalone version with a fuller report: tools/assetcheck/.
  */
 
-/** @param {import('../testkit.js').Suite} t */
-export default function run(t) {
-  t.skip('yard asset GLBs not landed yet — Lane E');
+import * as THREE from '../../vendor/three.module.js';
+import { assert } from '../testkit.js';
+
+// GLTFLoader is imported DYNAMICALLY, below, and that is deliberate.
+//
+// Every three.js addon imports the bare specifier `three`, which only resolves
+// via an <script type="importmap">. No page in this repo has one yet — index.html
+// and selftest.html both import `../vendor/three.module.js` by relative path and
+// so never needed it. A static import here would throw at module load, and
+// selftest.html turns an un-importable lane module into a hard FAIL, which would
+// redden Lane A's merge gate over a harness gap rather than a real defect.
+//
+// So: try it at runtime and skip with an actionable message if it's absent. The
+// day the importmap lands this suite lights up on its own, no edit needed.
+// Need + exact fix are logged in THREADS.md [E] — it blocks Lane D too, which
+// can't load a ped without GLTFLoader/SkeletonUtils.
+const LOADER_PATH = '../../vendor/addons/loaders/GLTFLoader.js';
+
+/** Resolve off import.meta.url, not the document — survives selftest.html moving. */
+const url = (a) => new URL(`../../models/${a.sub ?? ''}${a.name}_v1.glb`, import.meta.url).href;
+
+/**
+ * Height ranges rather than exact dims: this guards against unit and axis
+ * regressions, not against Lane E retuning a silhouette. Exact measurements
+ * live in tools/blender/asset_report.json. `nodes` are the names other lanes
+ * query — changing one is a contract break and should fail here.
+ */
+const ASSETS = [
+  { name: 'ref_capsule', h: [1.68, 1.72], nodes: ['ref_capsule_mesh', 'head_height'] },
+  { name: 'tree_gum_01', h: [4.0, 9.0],
+    nodes: ['trunk', 'canopy_01', 'canopy_02', 'canopy_03',
+            'branch_anchor_01', 'branch_anchor_02', 'branch_anchor_03'] },
+  { name: 'tree_gum_02', h: [4.0, 9.0],
+    nodes: ['trunk', 'canopy_01', 'canopy_02', 'branch_anchor_01', 'branch_anchor_02'] },
+  { name: 'fence_post', h: [1.8, 2.2], nodes: ['post'] },
+  { name: 'fence_panel', h: [1.6, 2.0], nodes: ['palings', 'rails'] },
+  { name: 'gate', h: [1.6, 2.0], nodes: ['gate_palings', 'gate_frame', 'hinges', 'hinge_axis'] },
+  { name: 'house_yardside', h: [2.5, 3.5],
+    nodes: ['wall', 'door', 'window', 'roof', 'fascia', 'gutter',
+            'fascia_anchor_01', 'fascia_anchor_02', 'fascia_anchor_03'] },
+  { name: 'shed_01', h: [1.9, 2.4], nodes: ['shell', 'roof', 'doors', 'door_anchor'] },
+  { name: 'shed_table', h: [0.8, 1.0], nodes: ['table_top', 'table_frame', 'pickup_anchor'] },
+  { name: 'garden_bed', h: [0.5, 1.1],
+    nodes: ['bed', 'soil', 'plants_full', 'plants_tattered', 'plants_dead'] },
+  { name: 'sail_post', h: [3.8, 4.2],
+    nodes: ['footing', 'post', 'pad_eye', 'top_anchor', 'rake_pivot'] },
+  { name: 'ladder_01', h: [2.8, 3.2], nodes: ['ladder', 'ladder_base', 'ladder_top'] },
+  { name: 'shackle', h: [0.05, 0.15], nodes: ['bow', 'pin'] },
+  { name: 'carabiner', h: [0.06, 0.15], nodes: ['body', 'gate'] },
+  { name: 'turnbuckle', h: [0.12, 0.25], nodes: ['body', 'eye_a', 'eye_b'] },
+  { name: 'tramp_01', h: [0.6, 1.0], nodes: ['mat', 'rim', 'pad', 'legs'], sub: 'debris/' },
+];
+
+function sizeOf(gltf) {
+  const s = new THREE.Vector3();
+  new THREE.Box3().setFromObject(gltf.scene).getSize(s);
+  return s;
+}
+
+/** @param {import('../testkit.js').Suite} t */
+export default async function run(t) {
+  let GLTFLoader;
+  try {
+    ({ GLTFLoader } = await import(LOADER_PATH));
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.skip('needs an importmap for the bare `three` specifier — see THREADS [E]. ' +
+           'Assets ARE verified meanwhile: tools/assetcheck/ (16/16 green in three.js r175)');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const loader = new GLTFLoader();
+  const loaded = new Map();
+  const failed = new Map();
+
+  await Promise.all(ASSETS.map(async (a) => {
+    try { loaded.set(a.name, await loader.loadAsync(url(a))); }
+    catch (err) { failed.set(a.name, err?.message ?? String(err)); }
+  }));
+
+  t.test('every yard GLB loads through the vendored GLTFLoader', () => {
+    const lost = [...failed].map(([n, e]) => `${n} (${e})`).join('; ');
+    assert(failed.size === 0, `failed to load: ${lost}`);
+  });
+
+  // The anchor of the whole scale system. If this is wrong, every judgement
+  // made against the contact sheet was made against a lie.
+  t.test('ref_capsule is 1.70 m tall on +Y — the scale everything is judged against', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('ref_capsule');
+    assert(g, 'ref_capsule did not load');
+    const s = sizeOf(g);
+    assert(Math.abs(s.y - 1.70) < 0.02, `capsule is ${s.y.toFixed(3)} m on Y, want 1.70`);
+    assert(s.x < 0.6 && s.z < 0.6,
+      `capsule is ${s.x.toFixed(2)} x ${s.z.toFixed(2)} in plan — height is not on +Y`);
+  });
+
+  for (const a of ASSETS) {
+    const gltf = loaded.get(a.name);
+    if (!gltf) continue;                      // already reported by the load test
+    const s = sizeOf(gltf);
+
+    t.test(`${a.name}: metre-scale, height on +Y`, () => {
+      assert(s.y >= a.h[0] && s.y <= a.h[1],
+        `${a.name} stands ${s.y.toFixed(3)} m, want ${a.h[0]}–${a.h[1]} m ` +
+        `(box ${s.x.toFixed(2)} x ${s.y.toFixed(2)} x ${s.z.toFixed(2)})`);
+    });
+
+    t.test(`${a.name}: named nodes survive the export`, () => {
+      const names = new Set();
+      gltf.scene.traverse((o) => names.add(o.name));
+      const missing = a.nodes.filter((n) => !names.has(n));
+      assert(missing.length === 0,
+        `${a.name} lost ${missing.join(', ')} — other lanes query these by name`);
+    });
+  }
+
+  // Anchors are the actual product here: Lane B pins cloth corners to them and
+  // Lane A builds world.anchors from them. A surviving name isn't enough — the
+  // position has to be usable.
+  t.test('branch_anchor_01 resolves to a usable world position up the tree', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('tree_gum_01');
+    assert(g, 'tree_gum_01 did not load');
+    const anchor = g.scene.getObjectByName('branch_anchor_01');
+    assert(anchor, 'branch_anchor_01 missing — glTF has no "empty", check it was not pruned');
+    g.scene.updateWorldMatrix(true, true);
+    const p = new THREE.Vector3().setFromMatrixPosition(anchor.matrixWorld);
+    assert(p.y > 1.0 && p.y < 6.0,
+      `anchor sits at y=${p.y.toFixed(2)} — want 1–6 m up the trunk`);
+    assert(Number.isFinite(p.x) && Number.isFinite(p.z), 'anchor world position is not finite');
+  });
+
+  // One GLB carries three wilt states as siblings; Lane A toggles .visible
+  // rather than reloading, so all three have to be present at once.
+  t.test('garden_bed carries all 3 damage states in one GLB', () => {
+    const g = loaded.get('garden_bed');
+    assert(g, 'garden_bed did not load');
+    for (const state of ['plants_full', 'plants_tattered', 'plants_dead']) {
+      assert(g.scene.getObjectByName(state), `${state} missing — Lane A toggles these by name`);
+    }
+  });
 }
