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+# Azaion UI – v2 Visual-Polish Redesign
+
+Two parallel takes on the same brief: refresh the original wireframes in [_docs/ui_design/](../) without touching their information architecture. The originals stay as the source of truth for **what** each page contains; v2 explores **how** it could look.
+
+## Aesthetic direction
+
+**"Tactical Operations Console"** — defense-grade mission control, leaning on the visual language of air-traffic control consoles and Bloomberg-style trader terminals. Dense, technical, deliberate. The drone-annotation domain rewards this register more than the generic dark-SaaS look the originals defaulted to.
+
+Shared design tokens (palette, typography, form language) are spelled out in [plugin/_design_system.md](plugin/_design_system.md). The Stitch project uses the same tokens in its design-system asset.
+
+| Token | Value |
+|-------|-------|
+| Page bg | `#0A0D10` |
+| Panels | `#13171C` |
+| Raised | `#1A1F26` |
+| Hairlines | `#252B34` |
+| Amber accent | `#FF9D3D` |
+| Cyan accent | `#36D6C5` |
+| Red accent | `#FF4756` |
+| Green accent | `#3DDC84` |
+| Blue accent | `#4E9EFF` |
+| Display / mono | JetBrains Mono |
+| Body | IBM Plex Sans |
+
+## Versions
+
+### plugin/ — frontend-design plugin
+
+Self-contained HTML, double-click to view. Tailwind via CDN + an inline `
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+