diff --git a/fktry/src/contracts.ts b/fktry/src/contracts.ts
index f8309e3..3602c0e 100644
--- a/fktry/src/contracts.ts
+++ b/fktry/src/contracts.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ export interface CorrectionUnit {
   progress: number;                 // 0..1 of current phase
   target?: number;                  // warden: audited entity; gunship: the PARITY ANCHOR
   rect?: { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number }; // gunship sector / auditor stasis
+  remaining?: number;               // v9.2 (UI request): ticks left in the current phase,
+                                    // so countdown chips are exact from frame one and
+                                    // survive save/load instead of deriving from progress
 }
 
 export interface RelicState {