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diff --git a/docs/redesign/round5/outro-before-1440.webp b/docs/redesign/round5/outro-before-1440.webp
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diff --git a/src/components/AppShell.vue b/src/components/AppShell.vue
index ed57ee1..ad26b60 100644
--- a/src/components/AppShell.vue
+++ b/src/components/AppShell.vue
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => removePageListeners());
     :policy="motion.policy.value"
     :quality="actualQuality"
     :scene-description="content.sceneDescription"
+    :credit="`${content.identity.name} · ${content.identity.role} · ${content.identity.location.city}, ${content.identity.location.country}`"
     :sample-frame="sampleSceneFrame"
     @state-change="updateSceneState"
   />
diff --git a/src/components/SceneCanvas.vue b/src/components/SceneCanvas.vue
index cd810f5..1332e6d 100644
--- a/src/components/SceneCanvas.vue
+++ b/src/components/SceneCanvas.vue
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   policy: MotionPolicy;
   quality: QualityTier;
   sceneDescription: string;
+  /** Closing credit for the destination letterbox: real identity facts only. */
+  credit?: string;
   sampleFrame?: (start: number, end: number) => unknown;
 }>();
 
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ if (posterFailed.value) recordTestFaultEvent('poster-failure');
     :data-static-fallback="!showCanvas"
     :data-poster-failed="posterFailed"
     :data-arrived="journey.arrived"
+    :data-credit="credit"
   >
     <picture v-if="!posterFailed">
       <source media="(max-width: 767px)" :srcset="mobilePosterUrl">
diff --git a/src/scene/world/environment.ts b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
index c52d756..6f8f6e4 100644
--- a/src/scene/world/environment.ts
+++ b/src/scene/world/environment.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
   let introProgress: number | null = null;
   let introFrames = 0;
   let introSlowFrames = 0;
+  // The outro mirrors the intro: on arrival the camera cranes back up toward
+  // the sun on a long lens. Leaving the destination reverses it, faster.
+  let outroProgress = 0;
   let gantryState = '';
 
   const resize = (): void => {
@@ -515,9 +518,18 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
         if (introSlowFrames >= 3) introProgress = 1;
         introProgress = Math.min(1, introProgress + deltaSeconds / INTRO_SECONDS);
       }
+      outroProgress = THREE.MathUtils.clamp(
+        outroProgress
+          + (snapshot.arrived ? deltaSeconds / OUTRO_SECONDS : -deltaSeconds / OUTRO_RETURN_SECONDS),
+        0,
+        1,
+      );
+      // Part of the way back, not all: the end shot holds the sun, the
+      // skyline and the road running into them, like a film's last frame.
+      const outro = easeInOutCubic(outroProgress) * OUTRO_REACH;
       const crane = easeInOutCubic(
         THREE.MathUtils.clamp((introProgress - 0.06) / 0.94, 0, 1),
-      );
+      ) * (1 - outro);
       const craneShift = cameraState.shift * crane;
       camera.setViewOffset(
         width,
@@ -597,6 +609,9 @@ export async function createProceduralSceneGeneration(
 }
 
 const INTRO_SECONDS = 4.2;
+const OUTRO_SECONDS = 5.5;
+const OUTRO_RETURN_SECONDS = 1.6;
+const OUTRO_REACH = 0.62;
 
 function easeInOutCubic(t: number): number {
   return t < 0.5 ? 4 * t * t * t : 1 - Math.pow(-2 * t + 2, 3) / 2;
diff --git a/src/styles/world.css b/src/styles/world.css
index 8257e25..f328a8d 100644
--- a/src/styles/world.css
+++ b/src/styles/world.css
@@ -504,6 +504,76 @@
   }
 }
 
+/* Round 5 outro: letterbox bars close in on arrival, on every tier (they are
+   CSS, so the static poster gets them too). They sit in the world layer,
+   under the reading column, so they frame the sky and never cover content.
+   The upper bar hangs below the gantry and carries a closing credit built
+   from real identity facts; the lower bar is left clear for the trip
+   summary that ends the contact chapter. */
+.journey-world::before,
+.journey-world::after {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 1;
+  inset-inline: 0;
+  block-size: max(54px, 10vh);
+  background: #020108;
+  content: '';
+  transform: scaleY(0);
+  transition: transform 1.6s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
+}
+.journey-world::before {
+  inset-block-start: 0;
+  display: grid;
+  align-items: end;
+  justify-items: center;
+  block-size: calc(var(--gantry-h, 72px) + max(30px, 4.5vh));
+  padding: 0 16px max(8px, 1.2vh);
+  color: rgb(255 226 196 / 0%);
+  font: 600 0.6rem/1.3 var(--mono, ui-monospace, monospace);
+  letter-spacing: 0.32em;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  content: attr(data-credit) / '';
+  transform-origin: top;
+  transition:
+    transform 1.6s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1),
+    color 1.2s ease;
+}
+.journey-world::after {
+  inset-block-end: 0;
+  transform-origin: bottom;
+}
+.journey-world[data-arrived='true']::before,
+.journey-world[data-arrived='true']::after {
+  transform: scaleY(1);
+  transition-delay: 0.5s;
+}
+.journey-world[data-arrived='true']::before {
+  color: rgb(255 226 196 / 74%);
+  transition-delay: 0.5s, 1.9s;
+}
+@media (max-width: 767px) {
+  .journey-world::after { block-size: max(40px, 7vh); }
+  .journey-world::before {
+    font-size: 0.5rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+    white-space: normal;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .journey-world::before,
+  .journey-world::after,
+  .journey-world[data-arrived='true']::before,
+  .journey-world[data-arrived='true']::after {
+    transition: none;
+  }
+}
+@media (forced-colors: active) {
+  .journey-world::before,
+  .journey-world::after { display: none; }
+}
+
 @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
   .journey-poster {
     filter: saturate(0.86) brightness(0.92);