diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/SavedGame.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/SavedGame.cs
index ff4de6e9b..88ff8c9bf 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/SavedGame.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/SavedGame.cs
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public static class RunSave
         var named = designs.Where(key => key.IsSet()).Distinct()
             .Where(key => cache.Get<ItemData>(key) == null)
             .Select(key => key.Value).OrderBy(key => key, StringComparer.Ordinal).ToArray();
-        if (named.Length == 0) return;
+        if (named.Length == 0) { RequireLayouts(cache, game); return; }
         const string modHull = "mod-hull:";
         var mods = named.Where(key => key.StartsWith(modHull, StringComparison.Ordinal)).Select(key => key.Substring(modHull.Length)).ToArray();
         var others = named.Where(key => !key.StartsWith(modHull, StringComparison.Ordinal)).ToArray();
@@ -168,6 +168,35 @@ public static class RunSave
             ". Reinstall them, or start a new game.");
     }
 
+    // Continue's second gate: a hull's cells or hardpoints edited under a saved run must still hold what the run
+    // equipped on it (a package edited in place keeps its key, so the design check above passes). Each saved piece of
+    // gear must sit where equipping would accept it on the hull as the catalog holds it now, by the same rules
+    // (HardpointData.TakesAt for hardpoint gear, interior cells for tools); occupancy is not rechecked, the save
+    // carries only what equipping admitted.
+    private static void RequireLayouts(CultCache cache, SavedGame game)
+    {
+        var moved = new SortedSet<string>(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        void Check(EntityPack pack)
+        {
+            if (pack.Hull.Data.Key.IsSet() && cache.Get<ItemData>(pack.Hull.Data.Key) is HullData hull)
+                foreach (var (position, item) in pack.Equipment.Concat(pack.CargoBays).Concat(pack.DockingBays))
+                {
+                    if (!item.Data.Key.IsSet() || !(cache.Get<ItemData>(item.Data.Key) is EquippableItemData design)) continue;
+                    var fits = design.HardpointType == HardpointType.Tool
+                        ? design.Shape.Coordinates.All(cell => hull.InteriorCells[position + design.Shape.Rotate(cell, item.Rotation)])
+                        : hull.Hardpoints.Any(hardpoint => hardpoint.TakesAt(design, position - hardpoint.Position));
+                    if (!fits) moved.Add(hull.Name);
+                }
+            foreach (var child in pack.Children) Check(child);
+        }
+        foreach (var zoneRef in game.Zones ?? Array.Empty<CultRecordRef<SavedZone>>())
+            foreach (var pack in cache.Get(zoneRef).Contents?.Entities ?? new List<EntityPack>())
+                Check(pack);
+        if (moved.Count > 0)
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("This run's equipment no longer fits its hulls' layouts; changed hulls: " +
+                string.Join(", ", moved) + ". Restore the earlier version of the mod, or start a new game.");
+    }
+
     private static InvalidOperationException MalformedSave(string where) =>
         new InvalidOperationException($"This run's save is malformed: {where}. Start a new game.");
 
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/RunSaveTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/RunSaveTests.cs
index 05c0a86ac..545c1681a 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/RunSaveTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/RunSaveTests.cs
@@ -592,6 +592,47 @@ public sealed class RunSaveTests : IDisposable
         Assert.Equal(before, File.ReadAllBytes(Run));
     }
 
+    // Continue from a hull's edited layout: a mod package edited in place keeps its key, so the design check passes, but
+    // gear saved against the old hardpoints must not be loaded onto the new ones (equipping would silently drop it).
+    [Fact]
+    public void RunWhoseHullHardpointMovedRefusesContinueNamingTheHull()
+    {
+        var hullKey = new CultRecordKey("mod-hull:mod.skiff");
+        HullData Skiff(int2 hardpointAt) => new HullData
+        {
+            Name = "Skiff",
+            Shape = new Shape(4, 4),
+            Hardpoints = new List<HardpointData> { new HardpointData { Type = HardpointType.Sensors, Position = hardpointAt, Shape = new Shape() } }
+        };
+        CultRecordRef<ItemData> lamp;
+        using (var cache = AetheriaStores.Open(Catalog, catalogWritable: true))
+        {
+            cache.UpsertAsync(typeof(HullData), Skiff(new int2(1, 1)), hullKey).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            lamp = new CultRecordRef<ItemData>(cache.Upsert(new GearData { Name = "Lamp", Hardpoint = HardpointType.Sensors, Shape = new Shape() }).Key);
+            cache.FlushAsync().Wait();
+        }
+        using (var cache = Open())
+        {
+            var pack = BarePack(new EquippableItem { Data = new CultRecordRef<ItemData>(hullKey), Lot = 1 });
+            pack.Equipment = new[] { (new int2(1, 1), new EquippableItem { Data = lamp, Lot = 1 }) };
+            var lots = new ProvenanceLedger { NextLot = 2 };
+            lots.Lots[1] = new Lot { Origin = new Attributed() };
+            RunSave.Commit(cache, Game(cache), new[] { ZoneOf(pack) }, lots);
+        }
+        using (var cache = Open()) RunSave.RequireDesigns(cache, cache.GetGlobal<SavedGame>());
+
+        using (var cache = AetheriaStores.Open(Catalog, catalogWritable: true))
+        {
+            cache.UpsertAsync(typeof(HullData), Skiff(new int2(3, 3)), hullKey).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            cache.FlushAsync().Wait();
+        }
+        using (var cache = Open())
+        {
+            var refusal = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => RunSave.RequireDesigns(cache, cache.GetGlobal<SavedGame>()));
+            Assert.Contains("changed hulls: Skiff", refusal.Message);
+        }
+    }
+
     // --- RequireDesigns: what it walks, what it lists ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
     // Commits a run whose zones the caller builds, then returns RequireDesigns' refusal message, or null when it passes.