diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index 6c98b89..6a14141 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
      clamp's 9vw term already exceeds 5rem, so a bigger floor does
      nothing on desktop.) */
   --nav-h: 0;
+  /* Corner radius shared by the tool panels (.terminal, .fleet,
+     .faq-card) and their offset shadows. */
+  --panel-radius: 6px;
 }
 
 @theme inline {
@@ -307,7 +310,9 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
    (lib/stats.ts), one per cycle: tx → block → operator → bytes → paid.
    All lines share one 4.5s loop; each line fades in at its own delay.
    Progress bar fills during the "delivered" line. Cursor blinks
-   independently. The cascade restarts every cycle. */
+   independently. The cascade restarts every cycle. Shares the "tool
+   panel" vocabulary with .fleet and .faq-card: soft corners, a solid
+   1px rule, a hard offset shadow. */
 
 .terminal {
   font-family:
@@ -317,7 +322,8 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
   line-height: 1.65;
   color: var(--ink);
   background: var(--paper);
-  border: 1px dashed color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 30%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 30%, transparent);
+  border-radius: var(--panel-radius);
   box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 12%, transparent);
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +332,7 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
   align-items: center;
   gap: 6px;
   padding: 10px 14px;
-  border-bottom: 1px dashed color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 30%, transparent);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 30%, transparent);
 }
 
 .terminal-dot {
@@ -498,7 +504,7 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
 
 /* --- fleet status panel (§05) -----------------------------------------
    Sits on the paper Contact section as an inverted panel. Same "tool
-   panel" vocabulary as .terminal — square corners, dashed border, hard
+   panel" vocabulary as .terminal — soft corners, solid rule, hard
    offset shadow — with an ops-dashboard layout instead of a CLI log:
    registered nodes (region, operator, last settlement) with a pulse for
    each one that settled recently, plus two 24h
@@ -513,7 +519,8 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
   line-height: 1.55;
   color: var(--paper);
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 12%, var(--ink));
-  border: 1px dashed color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 26%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 26%, transparent);
+  border-radius: var(--panel-radius);
   overflow: hidden;
   box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--ink) 12%, transparent);
 }
@@ -523,7 +530,7 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
   align-items: center;
   gap: 6px;
   padding: 10px 14px;
-  border-bottom: 1px dashed color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 30%, transparent);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 30%, transparent);
 }
 
 .fleet-dot {
@@ -711,8 +718,8 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
    the threshold. The active section's nav item shows a full-width
    whisper-green underline (scales in from the left) and a brighter
    label opacity; hover shows a short underline preview. Focus paints
-   a dashed outline that matches the terminal / fleet border
-   vocabulary. No mix-blend-mode is used — the parent nav toggles
+   a dashed outline, kept dashed so focus reads as distinct from the
+   solid panel borders. No mix-blend-mode is used — the parent nav toggles
    `data-tone` per-section to work around Safari's bug with
    `mix-blend-mode: difference` on `position: fixed` elements
    (see components/site/Chrome.tsx). */
@@ -1330,8 +1337,9 @@ a.cta-primary:focus-visible {
   display: none;
   margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
   padding: var(--faq-pad);
-  /* Square and dashed, matching .terminal and .fleet. */
-  border: 1px dashed var(--faq-edge);
+  /* Soft-cornered and solid, matching .terminal and .fleet. */
+  border: 1px solid var(--faq-edge);
+  border-radius: var(--panel-radius);
   box-shadow: 7px 7px 0 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--paper) 12%, transparent);
 }
 .faq-card[data-selected="true"] {