diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f414857b3..b9a35f0fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
   kit's `UiButton`, which gains `pressedClass`; so are the rail card
   chips, map source chips and location pills (which now report
   `aria-pressed`), and the voice card's chips
-  are the kit's new `UiChip`. The selects are the kit's new `UiSelect`.
+  are the kit's new `UiChip`. The selects are the kit's new `UiSelect`, the
+  status badges its new `UiBadge` and the one-line empty states its new
+  `UiEmpty`.
   `syncScopeControls`
   (`./ui/display`) and `shouldHideCollapsedRightPanels` (`./ui/layout`) are
   deprecated: the Display view and the rail now own what they did. `./ui/input` imports Vue
diff --git a/docs/VUE-MIGRATION.md b/docs/VUE-MIGRATION.md
index 9e43e4030..fddfdaa0d 100644
--- a/docs/VUE-MIGRATION.md
+++ b/docs/VUE-MIGRATION.md
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ options that carry their own attributes come through the slot, a caller's
 Without `hold`, a select takes its model back after its own change renders,
 so a pick its owner refuses goes back; an owner that answers later (the SDR
 gain) takes `hold`. Every select in the views is a `UiSelect`.
+`UiBadge` takes ui-vue's `tone` and carries Core's `gev-status-badge`; its
+density variants and colours stay caller classes, and it renders the CCTV
+source and calibration badges and the rail card badges. `UiEmpty` takes
+ui-vue's `title` and `hint`, but Core's empty states are one line, so the title
+is the text itself rather than a bold heading; the Scene shot list, mission
+roster and imagery strip use it. The locale picker's and the mission tables'
+empty rows stay a paragraph and table cells, and no Core block matches
+`UiSection`'s header and well, so none uses it yet.
 `UiSlider` keeps the native range input where ui-vue draws a
 `role="slider"` track, so Core's keyboard, form behaviour and styling stay;
 it takes ui-vue's `v-model`, `min`, `max`, `step` and `disabled`, emits a
diff --git a/scripts/format-scope.json b/scripts/format-scope.json
index 9ae37e6b8..4fe6adf6f 100644
--- a/scripts/format-scope.json
+++ b/scripts/format-scope.json
@@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@
   "src/ui/kit/UiChip.test.mjs",
   "src/ui/kit/UiSelect.js",
   "src/ui/kit/UiSelect.test.mjs",
+  "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue",
+  "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.test.mjs",
+  "src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue",
   "src/ui/rail/RailChips.vue",
   "src/ui/displayPanelActions.test.mjs",
   "src/testSupport/vueDom.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index 8c56e857b..00e7cbf03 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
       "src/sdr/gain.js",
       "src/ui/kit/UiSlider.js",
       "src/ui/kit/UiChip.vue",
-      "src/ui/kit/UiSelect.js"
+      "src/ui/kit/UiSelect.js",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue"
     ],
     "external": ["vue", "pinia"]
   },
@@ -670,7 +672,8 @@
       "src/ui/rail/RailTimeline.vue",
       "src/ui/rail/rangeValue.js",
       "src/ui/weather/WeatherReadout.vue",
-      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue"
+      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue"
     ],
     "external": ["vue"]
   },
@@ -1070,7 +1073,8 @@
       "src/ui/rail/panelState.js",
       "src/ui/rail/fieldValue.js",
       "src/ui/kit/UiSlider.js",
-      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue"
+      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue"
     ],
     "external": ["cesium", "vue", "pinia"]
   },
@@ -3081,7 +3085,9 @@
       "src/ui/rail/panelState.js",
       "src/ui/rail/fieldValue.js",
       "src/ui/kit/UiSlider.js",
-      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue"
+      "src/ui/kit/UiButton.vue",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue",
+      "src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue"
     ],
     "external": [
       "hls.js",
diff --git a/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.test.mjs b/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac1e4372d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { after, before, test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { installVueDom } from '../../testSupport/vueDom.mjs';
+
+let mount;
+let UiBadge;
+let UiEmpty;
+let uninstall;
+before(async () => {
+  uninstall = installVueDom();
+  ({ mount } = await import('@vue/test-utils'));
+  UiBadge = (await import('./UiBadge.vue')).default;
+  UiEmpty = (await import('./UiEmpty.vue')).default;
+});
+after(() => uninstall());
+
+test('a badge carries the kit classes, Core’s and the caller’s', async () => {
+  const wrapper = mount(UiBadge, {
+    attrs: { id: 'cal', class: 'gev-status-badge--box', role: 'status' },
+    slots: { default: 'CAL · --' },
+  });
+  const badge = wrapper.get('span');
+  assert.deepEqual(badge.classes(), [
+    'ui-badge',
+    'gev-status-badge',
+    'ui-badge--neutral',
+    'gev-status-badge--box',
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(badge.attributes('role'), 'status');
+  assert.equal(badge.element.textContent, 'CAL · --');
+  await wrapper.setProps({ tone: 'warn' });
+  assert.ok(badge.classes().includes('ui-badge--warn'));
+  wrapper.unmount();
+});
+
+test('an empty state is its title, then its hint', async () => {
+  const wrapper = mount(UiEmpty, {
+    props: { title: 'No shots yet.' },
+    attrs: { class: 'scene-shot-empty', hidden: true },
+  });
+  const empty = wrapper.get('div');
+  assert.deepEqual(empty.classes(), ['ui-empty', 'scene-shot-empty']);
+  assert.equal(empty.element.textContent, 'No shots yet.');
+  assert.equal(empty.attributes('title'), undefined);
+  assert.equal(empty.element.hidden, true);
+  await wrapper.setProps({ hint: 'Capture one.' });
+  assert.equal(empty.get('.ui-empty__hint').text(), 'Capture one.');
+  wrapper.unmount();
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue b/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..086de3761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/kit/UiBadge.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<script setup>
+// Core's read-only badge, with @halfpixel/ui-vue UiBadge's `tone` and classes
+// so the two kits can merge. It carries Core's `gev-status-badge` class, and
+// callers add its density variants (`gev-status-badge--box`, `--plain`) and
+// the feature classes that colour it; the kit classes carry no Core styles
+// yet. Not mirrored yet: pulse, busy, the tone glyphs and the clipped title.
+defineProps({
+  tone: { type: String, default: 'neutral' },
+});
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <span class="ui-badge gev-status-badge" :class="`ui-badge--${tone}`"
+    ><slot
+  /></span>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue b/src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bd88dbb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/kit/UiEmpty.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<script setup>
+// Core's empty state, with @halfpixel/ui-vue UiEmpty's `title` and `hint` so
+// the two kits can merge. Core's empty states are one line, so the title is
+// the text itself rather than ui-vue's bold heading; a hint follows it. Core
+// styles it through the classes its callers pass. Not mirrored yet: icon.
+defineProps({
+  title: { type: String, required: true },
+  hint: { type: String, default: undefined },
+});
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div class="ui-empty">
+    {{ title }}<span v-if="hint" class="ui-empty__hint">{{ hint }}</span>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/src/ui/rail/RailCard.vue b/src/ui/rail/RailCard.vue
index 0881e4079..9cd8cc0b8 100644
--- a/src/ui/rail/RailCard.vue
+++ b/src/ui/rail/RailCard.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import { computed, onBeforeUnmount } from 'vue';
 import RailCardBlocks from './RailCardBlocks.vue';
+import UiBadge from '../kit/UiBadge.vue';
 
 // One keyed card: a disclosure header and its blocks. The owner decides
 // which card is open.
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ const nextBodyId = () => ++bodies;
           ><span class="rail-card-title rail-card-nowrap" :title="card.title">{{
             card.title
           }}</span></span
-        ><span
-          :class="`gev-status-badge gev-status-badge--plain rail-card-badge${badgeClassName ? ` ${badgeClassName}` : ''}`"
+        ><UiBadge
+          :class="`gev-status-badge--plain rail-card-badge${badgeClassName ? ` ${badgeClassName}` : ''}`"
           :hidden="!card.badge"
-          >{{ card.badge || '' }}</span
+          >{{ card.badge || '' }}</UiBadge
         ></span
       ><span class="rail-card-disclosure" aria-hidden="true">{{
         open ? '▾' : '▸'
diff --git a/src/ui/recentImagery/RecentImageryReadout.vue b/src/ui/recentImagery/RecentImageryReadout.vue
index 0e7c29e35..bd69fc01a 100644
--- a/src/ui/recentImagery/RecentImageryReadout.vue
+++ b/src/ui/recentImagery/RecentImageryReadout.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import RailCardBlocks from '../rail/RailCardBlocks.vue';
 import RailCards from '../rail/RailCards.vue';
 import { vRangeValue } from '../rail/rangeValue.js';
 import RecentImageryCard from './RecentImageryCard.vue';
+import UiEmpty from '../kit/UiEmpty.vue';
 
 // Every block exists from the start, in its final order. The owner computes
 // the view and listens on the root; a mode choice calls `onSetMode`.
@@ -78,10 +79,10 @@ const modeOptions = computed(() =>
       ><RecentImageryCard
         v-for="card in view.strip.cards"
         :key="card.key"
-        :card="card"
-      /><div class="ri-strip-empty" :hidden="view.strip.cards.length > 0">{{
-        view.strip.empty
-      }}</div></div
+        :card="card" /><UiEmpty
+        class="ri-strip-empty"
+        :hidden="view.strip.cards.length > 0"
+        :title="view.strip.empty" /></div
     ><div id="ri-hint" class="ri-block ri-line ri-hint" :title="view.hint">{{
       view.hint
     }}</div
diff --git a/src/ui/views/SceneShotList.vue b/src/ui/views/SceneShotList.vue
index 1a30fc532..d37e09308 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/SceneShotList.vue
+++ b/src/ui/views/SceneShotList.vue
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { t } from '../../i18n/index.js';
 import { describeShot } from '../scenePresentation.js';
 import UiButton from '../kit/UiButton.vue';
 import { useSceneStore } from '../stores/scenes.js';
+import UiEmpty from '../kit/UiEmpty.vue';
 
 // The selected scene's shots. Rows keep their identity across selection so a
 // click followed by a double-click lands on the same label.
@@ -73,9 +74,11 @@ function onRenameKey(shot, event) {
 <template>
   <div id="scene-shot-list" class="scene-shot-list ui-scroll">
     <template v-if="attached">
-      <div v-if="!scene?.shots.length" class="scene-shot-empty">{{
-        t('No shots yet. Use CAPTURE SHOT to save current look.')
-      }}</div>
+      <UiEmpty
+        v-if="!scene?.shots.length"
+        class="scene-shot-empty"
+        :title="t('No shots yet. Use CAPTURE SHOT to save current look.')"
+      />
       <template v-else>
         <div
           v-for="shot in scene.shots"
diff --git a/src/ui/views/panels/CctvPanel.vue b/src/ui/views/panels/CctvPanel.vue
index 1c706f626..42ce2172d 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/panels/CctvPanel.vue
+++ b/src/ui/views/panels/CctvPanel.vue
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import RailPanel from '../../rail/RailPanel.vue';
 import CctvCalValue from '../../cctv/CctvCalValue.vue';
 import CctvPicker from '../../cctv/CctvPicker.vue';
 import { useCctvStore } from '../../stores/cctv.js';
+import UiBadge from '../../kit/UiBadge.vue';
 
 // The CCTV panel, rendered from what CctvControls presents and publishes;
 // until it renders, the panel shows its initial markup. The controls draw
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ const frameData = computed(() =>
       <img id="cctv-frame" alt="CCTV feed frame" :class="{ active: frame?.hasFrame }" :src="frame?.src || undefined" :hidden="live" v-bind="frameData" />
       <canvas id="cctv-video" class="cctv-frame" :hidden="!live"></canvas>
     </div>
-    <div id="cctv-source-badge" class="gev-status-badge" role="status" aria-live="polite" :data-frame-state="sourceBadge?.state">{{ sourceBadge?.label ?? t('SOURCE · UNKNOWN') }}</div>
+    <UiBadge id="cctv-source-badge" role="status" aria-live="polite" :data-frame-state="sourceBadge?.state">{{ sourceBadge?.label ?? t('SOURCE · UNKNOWN') }}</UiBadge>
     <div id="cctv-meta">{{ view?.meta ?? t('Enable CCTV to load camera intersections') }}</div>
     <div class="cctv-controls">
       <UiButton class="scene-btn" :pressed="Boolean(view?.enabled)" pressed-class="active" id="cctv-enable-btn">{{ view?.enabled ? t('CCTV ON') : t('CCTV OFF') }}</UiButton>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ const frameData = computed(() =>
     </div>
     <div class="cctv-controls">
       <UiButton class="scene-btn" :pressed="Boolean(view?.projection.active)" pressed-class="active" id="cctv-projection-btn" :disabled="view?.toggleDisabled">{{ view?.projection.text ?? t('PROJECTION ON') }}</UiButton>
-      <span id="cctv-quality-chip" class="gev-status-badge gev-status-badge--box" :data-cal-badge="view?.quality.calBadge">{{ view?.quality.label ?? t('CAL · {badge}', { badge: '--' }) }}</span>
+      <UiBadge id="cctv-quality-chip" class="gev-status-badge--box" :data-cal-badge="view?.quality.calBadge">{{ view?.quality.label ?? t('CAL · {badge}', { badge: '--' }) }}</UiBadge>
     </div>
     <div class="cctv-calibration-block">
       <div class="cctv-calibration-header">
diff --git a/src/ui/views/panels/MissionRoster.vue b/src/ui/views/panels/MissionRoster.vue
index f5e290c80..9d4939bb7 100644
--- a/src/ui/views/panels/MissionRoster.vue
+++ b/src/ui/views/panels/MissionRoster.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import { onBeforeUpdate, onUpdated, ref } from 'vue';
 import { t } from '../../../i18n/index.js';
 import { useContextStore } from '../../stores/context.js';
+import UiEmpty from '../../kit/UiEmpty.vue';
 
 // The Space Missions roster. The launches layer presents it; until it does,
 // the list shows its loading line. Hover and keyboard focus drive the
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ onUpdated(() => {
       <output data-mission-roster-count>{{ roster ? roster.count : '—' }}</output>
     </div>
     <div class="space-mission-roster-list ui-scroll" data-mission-roster-list>
-      <div v-if="!roster" class="space-mission-roster-empty">{{ t('LOADING 30-DAY MISSION INDEX') }}</div>
-      <div v-else-if="!roster.entries.length" class="space-mission-roster-empty">{{ roster.empty }}</div>
+      <UiEmpty v-if="!roster" class="space-mission-roster-empty" :title="t('LOADING 30-DAY MISSION INDEX')" />
+      <UiEmpty v-else-if="!roster.entries.length" class="space-mission-roster-empty" :title="roster.empty" />
       <button v-for="entry in roster?.entries" v-else :key="entry.id" type="button" class="space-mission-roster-item" :data-mission-roster-index="entry.index" :data-mission-roster-id="entry.id" :aria-label="entry.ariaLabel" @click="layer?.selectMissionAt(entry.index)" @mouseenter="enter(entry.index)" @mousemove="move(entry.index)" @mouseleave="layer?.rosterPointerLeave()" @focus="layer?.rosterFocus(entry.index)" @blur="blur"><span class="space-mission-roster-marker" :style="{ '--mission-roster-color': entry.color }" aria-hidden="true"></span><span class="space-mission-roster-copy"><strong>{{ entry.label }}</strong><small>{{ entry.provider }} · {{ entry.date }}</small></span><span class="space-mission-roster-chevron" aria-hidden="true">›</span></button>
     </div>
     <p class="space-mission-roster-focus-continuation" tabindex="-1" data-mission-roster-focus-continuation data-i18n>TAB PREVIEWS · ENTER / SPACE SELECTS</p>