diff --git a/src/game/scenes/BattleScene.ts b/src/game/scenes/BattleScene.ts
index a98de06..2f62d6d 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/BattleScene.ts
+++ b/src/game/scenes/BattleScene.ts
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ type TurnEndPromptOptions = {
 
 type BattleSceneData = {
   battleId?: string;
+  selectedSortieUnitIds?: string[];
 };
 
 type CommandButton = {
@@ -2971,6 +2972,7 @@ export class BattleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   private edgeScrollElapsed = 0;
   private suppressNextLeftClick = false;
   private approachPathCostCache = new Map<string, Map<string, number>>();
+  private launchSortieUnitIds: string[] = [];
 
   constructor() {
     super('BattleScene');
@@ -2978,6 +2980,7 @@ export class BattleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
 
   init(data?: BattleSceneData) {
     configureBattleScenario(getBattleScenario(data?.battleId));
+    this.launchSortieUnitIds = this.normalizeLaunchSortieUnitIds(data?.selectedSortieUnitIds);
   }
 
   create() {
@@ -3161,7 +3164,7 @@ export class BattleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   private resetBattleData(campaign?: CampaignState) {
-    const selected = new Set(campaign?.selectedSortieUnitIds ?? []);
+    const selected = new Set(this.effectiveSortieUnitIds(campaign));
     const forcedAllyIds = new Set(
       battleScenario.defeatConditions
         .filter((condition) => condition.kind === 'unit-defeated')
@@ -3177,6 +3180,14 @@ export class BattleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     initialBattleBonds = battleBonds.map(cloneBattleBond);
   }
 
+  private normalizeLaunchSortieUnitIds(unitIds?: string[]) {
+    return [...new Set((unitIds ?? []).map((unitId) => unitId.trim()).filter(Boolean))];
+  }
+
+  private effectiveSortieUnitIds(campaign?: CampaignState) {
+    return this.launchSortieUnitIds.length > 0 ? this.launchSortieUnitIds : campaign?.selectedSortieUnitIds ?? [];
+  }
+
   private applyCampaignUnitProgress(unit: UnitData, campaign?: CampaignState) {
     const cloned = cloneUnitData(unit);
     const progress = campaign?.roster.find((candidate) => candidate.id === unit.id);
@@ -12478,12 +12489,17 @@ export class BattleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   }
 
   getDebugState() {
+    const effectiveSortieUnitIds = this.effectiveSortieUnitIds(getCampaignState());
+    const deployedAllyIds = battleUnits.filter((unit) => unit.faction === 'ally').map((unit) => unit.id);
+
     return {
       scene: this.scene.key,
       battleId: battleScenario.id,
       battleTitle: battleScenario.title,
       victoryConditionLabel: battleScenario.victoryConditionLabel,
       defeatConditionLabel: battleScenario.defeatConditionLabel,
+      selectedSortieUnitIds: effectiveSortieUnitIds,
+      deployedAllyIds,
       turnNumber: this.turnNumber,
       activeFaction: this.activeFaction,
       phase: this.phase,
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/CampScene.ts b/src/game/scenes/CampScene.ts
index 0f57128..a62d8fd 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/CampScene.ts
+++ b/src/game/scenes/CampScene.ts
@@ -12077,10 +12077,11 @@ export class CampScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
 
     markCampaignStep(flow.campaignStep);
+    const selectedSortieUnitIds = [...this.selectedSortieUnitIds];
     void startLazyScene(this, 'StoryScene', {
       pages: flow.pages,
       nextScene: 'BattleScene',
-      nextSceneData: { battleId: flow.nextBattleId }
+      nextSceneData: { battleId: flow.nextBattleId, selectedSortieUnitIds }
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/game/scenes/TitleScene.ts b/src/game/scenes/TitleScene.ts
index 2f586e4..9af82e7 100644
--- a/src/game/scenes/TitleScene.ts
+++ b/src/game/scenes/TitleScene.ts
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export class TitleScene extends Phaser.Scene {
 
     const battleId = battleIdForCampaignStep(campaign.step);
     if (battleId) {
-      await this.navigateTo('BattleScene', { battleId });
+      await this.navigateTo('BattleScene', { battleId, selectedSortieUnitIds: campaign.selectedSortieUnitIds });
       return;
     }