diff --git a/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/PauseMenuTests.cs b/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/PauseMenuTests.cs
index 5b95b72..fc6b325 100644
--- a/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/PauseMenuTests.cs
+++ b/Assets/Tests/PlayMode/PauseMenuTests.cs
@@ -92,5 +92,177 @@ private static Behaviour RequireBehaviour(string typeName, string message)
                         "this file has to follow — it cannot reference the type.");
             return null;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The play-observation deadlock (T-03): pause menu → "Zum Hauptmenü"
+        /// → "Neues Spiel" left the match RUNNING (ticks advance) but every
+        /// world gesture dead. The round trip is driven through the real
+        /// entry points (MainMenuController.StartMatch / ReturnToMenu,
+        /// PauseMenuHud open/close via reflection — the assembly may not be
+        /// referenced, so the button layer is not under test here), and after
+        /// EVERY leg the input path must still answer: a click on the start
+        /// field must select it (the FieldReservePickTests probe). Each leg
+        /// logs the three gate states, so a failure names the stuck one:
+        /// ModalSurfaceLink, menu visibility, HUD-root activity.
+        /// </summary>
+        [UnityTest]
+        public IEnumerator PauseRoundTrip_ThroughMainMenu_KeepsInputAlive()
+        {
+            yield return SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync(ScenePath, LoadSceneMode.Single);
+            yield return null;
+            yield return null;
+
+            Behaviour menu = RequireBehaviour("MainMenuController", "scene contains no main menu controller");
+            Behaviour input = RequireBehaviour("RtsDeviceInput", "scene contains no device input");
+            Behaviour pause = RequireBehaviour(PauseMenuTypeName, "scene contains no pause menu");
+
+            // Leg 1: menu → match.
+            Invoke(menu, "StartMatch");
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
+            LogGates("after StartMatch", menu, input);
+            AssertFieldPickWorks(input, "input dead right after StartMatch");
+
+            // Leg 2: open and close the pause menu.
+            Invoke(pause, "OpenMenu");
+            yield return null;
+            yield return null;
+            Assert.IsTrue(ModalSurfaceLink.Open, "an open pause menu must claim the modal channel");
+            Invoke(pause, "CloseMenu", false);
+            yield return null;
+            yield return null;
+            LogGates("after pause close", menu, input);
+            Assert.IsFalse(ModalSurfaceLink.Open, "closing the pause menu must release the modal channel");
+            AssertFieldPickWorks(input, "input dead after closing the pause menu");
+
+            // Leg 3: pause → "Zum Hauptmenü" → "Neues Spiel" (the T-03 path).
+            // The button's exact semantics: drop the menu state WITHOUT
+            // resuming the clock, then ReturnToMenu.
+            Invoke(pause, "OpenMenu");
+            yield return null;
+            SetPrivateField(pause, "_menuOpen", false);
+            SetPrivateField(pause, "_pausedByMenu", false);
+            Invoke(menu, "ReturnToMenu");
+            yield return null;
+            yield return null;
+            LogGates("after ReturnToMenu", menu, input);
+            Invoke(menu, "StartMatch");
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
+            LogGates("after second StartMatch", menu, input);
+            AssertFieldPickWorks(input, "input dead after menu → new-match round trip (T-03)");
+        }
+
+        private static void SetPrivateField(object target, string field, object value)
+        {
+            System.Reflection.FieldInfo info = target.GetType().GetField(
+                field, System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
+            Assert.NotNull(info, $"{target.GetType().Name}.{field} not found");
+            info.SetValue(target, value);
+        }
+
+        private static void LogGates(string where, Behaviour menu, Behaviour input)
+        {
+            bool menuVisible = (bool)menu.GetType().GetProperty("IsMenuVisible").GetValue(menu);
+            Debug.Log($"[PauseRoundTrip] {where}: ModalSurfaceLink.Open={ModalSurfaceLink.Open}, " +
+                      $"IsMenuVisible={menuVisible}, input GO active={input.gameObject.activeInHierarchy}, " +
+                      $"input enabled={input.enabled}");
+        }
+
+        private static void AssertFieldPickWorks(Behaviour input, string message)
+        {
+            if (!input.gameObject.activeInHierarchy || !input.enabled)
+            {
+                Assert.Fail($"{message} — the input component itself is off (HUD root switch)");
+            }
+            Camera camera = Camera.main;
+            Vector3 screen = camera.WorldToScreenPoint(new Vector3(7.5f, 0f, 7.5f));
+            input.GetType()
+                .GetMethod("SelectSingle", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance)
+                .Invoke(input, new object[] { new Vector2(screen.x, screen.y), false });
+            var selection = (SelectionManager)input.GetType().GetProperty("Selection").GetValue(input);
+            Assert.AreEqual((ushort)1, selection.SelectedFieldId, message);
+        }
+
+        private static void Invoke(Behaviour target, string method, params object[] args)
+        {
+            System.Reflection.MethodInfo info = target.GetType().GetMethod(
+                method,
+                System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
+            Assert.NotNull(info, $"{target.GetType().Name}.{method} not found");
+            info.Invoke(target, args);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The actual T-03 defect ("after pause, units no longer move, but
+        /// buildings still complete"): MatchRunner.StartMatch is the resume
+        /// path, and Kernel.Start() with its default argument resets
+        /// CurrentTick to 0 while the session and all systems keep their
+        /// state — player commands, targeted at session ticks, then land
+        /// minutes late or never. The pin: a move order must move the unit
+        /// BEFORE and AFTER a pause/resume, and the kernel tick must never
+        /// jump backwards across it.
+        /// </summary>
+        [UnityTest]
+        public IEnumerator PauseResume_KeepsTheTickAndCommandsFlowing()
+        {
+            yield return SceneManager.LoadSceneAsync(ScenePath, LoadSceneMode.Single);
+            yield return null;
+            yield return null;
+
+            Behaviour menu = RequireBehaviour("MainMenuController", "scene contains no main menu controller");
+            Invoke(menu, "StartMatch");
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.5f);
+
+            var bootstrap = Object.FindAnyObjectByType<Nova.Gameplay.Match.MatchBootstrap>();
+            Assert.NotNull(bootstrap, "no MatchBootstrap");
+            Nova.Gameplay.Match.MatchRunner runner = bootstrap.Runner;
+            Assert.IsTrue(runner.IsRunning, "match not running after StartMatch");
+
+            // The local Builder of the D-077 opening.
+            Nova.Core.EntityId builder = Nova.Core.EntityId.Invalid;
+            Nova.Simulation.State.UnitState[] units = runner.Entities.RawUnits;
+            for (int i = 0; i < runner.Entities.Capacity; i++)
+            {
+                if (units[i].IsActive && units[i].PlayerId == 0 && units[i].Role == Nova.Simulation.State.UnitRole.Builder)
+                {
+                    builder = units[i].Id;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            Assert.IsTrue(builder.IsValid, "no local Builder in the opening");
+
+            float before = units[builder.Index].Transform.PositionX.ToFloat();
+            SubmitMove(runner, builder, 6f);
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);
+            float afterFirst = units[builder.Index].Transform.PositionX.ToFloat();
+            Assert.Greater(afterFirst - before, 0.5f, "the move order before the pause must move the Builder");
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(runner.PauseMatch(), "local pause refused");
+            uint tickAtPause = runner.Kernel.CurrentTick.Value;
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(0.3f);
+            Assert.IsTrue(runner.StartMatch(), "resume refused");
+            yield return null;
+            Assert.GreaterOrEqual(runner.Kernel.CurrentTick.Value, tickAtPause,
+                "the kernel tick jumped backwards across pause/resume — the T-03 defect");
+
+            SubmitMove(runner, builder, 3f);
+            yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);
+            float afterResume = units[builder.Index].Transform.PositionX.ToFloat();
+            Assert.Greater(Mathf.Abs(afterResume - afterFirst), 0.5f,
+                "the move order after pause/resume must still reach the sim (T-03)");
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Submits a move order for the unit through the sealed intake, target = current X + delta.</summary>
+        private static void SubmitMove(Nova.Gameplay.Match.MatchRunner runner, Nova.Core.EntityId unit, float deltaX)
+        {
+            Nova.Simulation.State.UnitState[] units = runner.Entities.RawUnits;
+            float x = units[unit.Index].Transform.PositionX.ToFloat() + deltaX;
+            float y = units[unit.Index].Transform.PositionY.ToFloat();
+            var payload = new Nova.Simulation.CommandsV1.MovePayload(
+                new[] { Nova.Simulation.State.UnitCommandStateView.ToRawEntityId(unit) },
+                Nova.Core.SimFixed.FromFloat(x), Nova.Core.SimFixed.FromFloat(y));
+            Assert.AreEqual(Nova.Simulation.CommandsV1.CommandIngressResult.Accepted,
+                runner.Ingress.TrySubmitIntent(Nova.Simulation.CommandsV1.CommandIntent.Create(payload), out _),
+                "the move intent must enter the sealed intake");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Assets/_Project/Scripts/Gameplay/Match/MatchRunner.cs b/Assets/_Project/Scripts/Gameplay/Match/MatchRunner.cs
index 7e104fc..41da921 100644
--- a/Assets/_Project/Scripts/Gameplay/Match/MatchRunner.cs
+++ b/Assets/_Project/Scripts/Gameplay/Match/MatchRunner.cs
@@ -286,9 +286,18 @@ public void InitializeMatch(MatchConfig config)
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Starts a freshly initialized kernel. A relay-backed kernel may be
-        /// started exactly once: restarting it would reset the simulation
-        /// tick while the remote peer keeps advancing.
+        /// Starts a freshly initialized kernel — and RESUMES a paused one at
+        /// its standing tick. The tick is handed in explicitly because
+        /// <see cref="SimulationKernel.Start()"/> defaults to 0: a bare call
+        /// on the resume path (T-03) rewound the kernel while the session
+        /// and every system kept their state, and player commands targeted
+        /// at session ticks then landed minutes late or never — units
+        /// "stopped moving" after pause while state-driven systems (sites,
+        /// production) kept running. A fresh kernel stands at tick 0, so
+        /// passing the current tick is correct for both paths. A
+        /// relay-backed kernel may be started exactly once: restarting it
+        /// would reset the simulation tick while the remote peer keeps
+        /// advancing.
         /// </summary>
         public bool StartMatch()
         {
@@ -305,7 +314,7 @@ public bool StartMatch()
             }
 
             _timeAccumulator = 0f;
-            Kernel.Start();
+            Kernel.Start(Kernel.CurrentTick);
             _kernelStarted = true;
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9561d7..9437bc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -305,6 +305,15 @@ die Versionierung folgt (in der aktuellen Doku-Phase) dem Dokumentationsstand de
   (exakte Rechtecks-Chebyshev-Boxen statt Texel-Scan, Äquivalenz über das
   ganze Raster gepinnt); der Repaint liest nur noch. Selbes Bild, kein
   Hitch. Simulationsverhalten unverändert, keine Baseline bewegt
+- **Nach Pause/Resume nahmen Einheiten keine Befehle mehr an (T-03).**
+  `MatchRunner.StartMatch` ist auch der Resume-Pfad des Pausemenüs und rief
+  `Kernel.Start()` mit dem Default-Tick 0 auf — der Kernel sprang zurück,
+  während Session und Systeme ihren Stand behielten: danach eingereichte
+  Spielerbefehle kamen Minuten spät oder nie an, während zustandsgetriebene
+  Systeme (Baustellen, Produktion) sichtbar weiterliefen. Jetzt resume't der
+  Kernel bei seinem stehenden Tick; ein PlayMode-Test pinnt, dass der Tick
+  über Pause/Resume nicht zurückspringt und Bewegungsbefehle danach
+  weiterhin ankommen
 - **#85: Die KI erntet nicht länger endlos auf dem leeren Feld.** Aus dem
   Betatest vom 10.08.2026: die KI kam nach Erschöpfung ihres Startvorkommens
   wirtschaftlich zum Stillstand. Das war kein Strategiemangel, sondern ein