diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FloatingBodies.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FloatingBodies.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5d26ae20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FloatingBodies.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+using System;
+using CultMath;
+using static CultMath.math;
+using float2 = CultMath.float2;
+
+// A free-floating body in a zone: a floating item or a mine. Zone-scoped and never reused within a zone;
+// runtime state only, never saved.
+public readonly struct FloatingBodyId : IEquatable<FloatingBodyId>
+{
+    public readonly uint Value;
+    public FloatingBodyId(uint value) => Value = value;
+    public bool Equals(FloatingBodyId other) => Value == other.Value;
+    public override bool Equals(object obj) => obj is FloatingBodyId other && Equals(other);
+    public override int GetHashCode() => (int) Value;
+    public override string ToString() => Value.ToString();
+}
+
+// The one drift integrator of every free body in a zone. A launch velocity decays on its own drag; the zone's
+// force accumulates into a separate drift velocity that has its own drag, so a body settles to
+// force * gravity / drag. Engine-free: the caller supplies dt and the zone force at the body's position.
+public struct KinematicBody
+{
+    public float2 Position;
+    // The launch velocity, decaying.
+    public float2 Velocity;
+    public float2 Drift;
+
+    // What a presenter draws ahead with.
+    public float2 TotalVelocity => Velocity + Drift;
+
+    public void Step(float dt, float2 force, GameplaySettings s)
+    {
+        Velocity *= exp(-s.FloatingBodyLaunchDrag * dt);
+        Drift += force * s.FloatingBodyGravity * dt;
+        Drift *= exp(-s.FloatingBodyDrag * dt);
+        Position += (Velocity + Drift) * dt;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FloatingBodies.cs.meta b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/FloatingBodies.cs.meta
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
index cc7de7652..9c738b287 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ public class GameplaySettings
     public float ThermalQualityMin = 2;
     public float ThermalQualityMax = .25f;
     public float DefaultShutdownPerformance = .25f;
+    // Free-floating bodies (floating items, mines): drag on a launch velocity, drag on the force-driven drift, and
+    // how strongly the zone force accelerates it.
+    public float FloatingBodyDrag = .05f;
+    public float FloatingBodyLaunchDrag = .2f;
+    public float FloatingBodyGravity = 1f;
     public float SevereHeatstrokeRiskThreshold = .25f;
     public float WormholeDepth = 1000;
     public float WormholeExitVelocity = 20;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
index d3973d92e..84318ab4b 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Zone.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ public class Zone
     // of touching a shared stream.
     public uint CombatSeed { get; }
 
+    // The one source of floating item and mine ids: zone-scoped, from 1, never reused. Runtime state, not saved.
+    private uint _lastBodyId;
+    public FloatingBodyId NextBodyId() => new FloatingBodyId(++_lastBodyId);
+
     public Zone(ItemManager itemManager, PlanetSettings settings, ZonePack pack, GalaxyZone galaxyZone, Galaxy galaxy)
     {
         _time = pack.Time;
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/FloatingBodyTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/FloatingBodyTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d35f02a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/FloatingBodyTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using CultMath;
+using GameCult.Caching;
+using Xunit;
+using static CultMath.math;
+using float2 = CultMath.float2;
+using Random = CultMath.Random;
+
+// Floating bodies (aetheria-release cut floating-bodies): the drift loot and mines share, the structured
+// dice they roll with, and the zone-scoped ids they carry. The body has no consumer yet; these tests are
+// its whole contract.
+public sealed class FloatingBodyTests : IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly string _root = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "aetheria-floatingbody-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+    private readonly List<CultCache> _caches = new List<CultCache>();
+
+    public FloatingBodyTests() => Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        foreach (var c in _caches) c.Dispose();
+        Directory.Delete(_root, true);
+    }
+
+    private static GameplaySettings Settings(float drag = .05f, float launchDrag = .2f, float gravity = 1f) => new GameplaySettings
+    {
+        FloatingBodyDrag = drag, FloatingBodyLaunchDrag = launchDrag, FloatingBodyGravity = gravity
+    };
+
+    private Zone NewZone()
+    {
+        var cache = AetheriaStores.Open(Path.Combine(_root, Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N") + ".cc"), catalogWritable: true);
+        _caches.Add(cache);
+        var settings = new GameplaySettings
+        {
+            DefaultEntitySettings = new EntitySettings(),
+            Tiers = new[] { new RarityTier { Name = "Common", Quality = .5f, Rarity = 0, Color = new float3(1, 1, 1) } },
+            QualityPriceModifier = new ExponentialLerp()
+        };
+        var items = new ItemManager(cache, new ProvenanceLedger(), settings, _ => { });
+        return new Zone(items, new PlanetSettings(), new ZonePack(), new GalaxyZone { Name = "Test Zone", Owner = null }, null);
+    }
+
+    private static KinematicBody Run(KinematicBody b, float seconds, float dt, float2 force, GameplaySettings s)
+    {
+        var steps = (int) Math.Round(seconds / dt);
+        for (var i = 0; i < steps; i++) b.Step(dt, force, s);
+        return b;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void LaunchVelocityDecaysExponentially()
+    {
+        var s = Settings();
+        var start = new KinematicBody { Velocity = new float2(.3f, .4f) };
+        foreach (var dt in new[] { 1f / 120f, .1f })
+        {
+            var b = Run(start, 3f, dt, float2.zero, s);
+            Assert.Equal(.5f * exp(-s.FloatingBodyLaunchDrag * 3f), length(b.Velocity), 4);
+        }
+
+        var fine = Run(start, 3f, 1f / 120f, float2.zero, s);
+        var coarse = Run(start, 3f, .1f, float2.zero, s);
+        Assert.True(length(fine.Position - coarse.Position) < 1e-2f);
+        // It really moved, along the launch direction.
+        Assert.True(fine.Position.x > 0f && fine.Position.y > fine.Position.x);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DriftFollowsTheForce()
+    {
+        var s = Settings();
+        var force = new float2(.02f, -.01f);
+        var b = Run(new KinematicBody(), 600f, .1f, force, s);
+        Assert.Equal(force.x * s.FloatingBodyGravity / s.FloatingBodyDrag, b.Drift.x, 2);
+        Assert.Equal(force.y * s.FloatingBodyGravity / s.FloatingBodyDrag, b.Drift.y, 2);
+        Assert.Equal(b.Velocity + b.Drift, b.TotalVelocity);
+
+        var noGravity = Run(new KinematicBody(), 10f, .1f, force, Settings(gravity: 0f));
+        Assert.Equal(float2.zero, noGravity.Drift);
+        Assert.Equal(float2.zero, noGravity.Position);
+
+        var noForce = Run(new KinematicBody { Velocity = new float2(1f, 0f) }, 2f, .1f, float2.zero, s);
+        Assert.Equal(float2.zero, noForce.Drift);
+        Assert.True(noForce.Position.x > 0f && noForce.Position.y == 0f);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShotDiceAreUnchanged()
+    {
+        // fmix32 as FireControl.MixSeed wrote it, the function this cut moved.
+        static uint Reference(uint seed)
+        {
+            seed ^= seed >> 16; seed *= 0x85ebca6bu; seed ^= seed >> 13; seed *= 0xc2b2ae35u; seed ^= seed >> 16;
+            return seed;
+        }
+        var inputs = new List<uint> { 0u, 0xFFFFFFFFu };
+        for (uint i = 1; inputs.Count < 64; i++) inputs.Add(i * 2654435761u);
+        foreach (var x in inputs) Assert.Equal(Reference(x), SimulationDice.Mix(x));
+        Assert.Equal(0u, SimulationDice.Mix(0u));
+        Assert.Equal(0x514E28B7u, SimulationDice.Mix(1u));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DiceStreamsAreIndependentAndRepeatable()
+    {
+        var loot = SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u);
+        var mine = SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.MineStream, 5u);
+        Assert.NotEqual(loot.NextUInt(), mine.NextUInt());
+
+        var a = SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u);
+        var b = SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) Assert.Equal(a.NextUInt(), b.NextUInt());
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u).NextUInt(), SimulationDice.For(1235u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u).NextUInt());
+        Assert.NotEqual(SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 5u).NextUInt(), SimulationDice.For(1234u, SimulationDice.LootStream, 6u).NextUInt());
+
+        // Never seeded 0: the argument set that mixes to zero still rolls.
+        var zero = SimulationDice.For(0u, 0u, 0u);
+        Assert.NotEqual(0u, zero.state);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BodyIdsAreUniqueInAZone()
+    {
+        var zone = NewZone();
+        var seen = new HashSet<FloatingBodyId>();
+        uint last = 0;
+        for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+        {
+            var id = zone.NextBodyId();
+            Assert.True(id.Value > last);
+            last = id.Value;
+            Assert.True(seen.Add(id));
+        }
+        Assert.Equal(1u, NewZone().NextBodyId().Value);
+        Assert.Equal("1", new FloatingBodyId(1).ToString());
+        Assert.Equal(new FloatingBodyId(7), new FloatingBodyId(7));
+        Assert.NotEqual(new FloatingBodyId(7), new FloatingBodyId(8));
+    }
+}