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+<template>
+  <div class="learn-theme min-h-screen bg-[#070d1a] text-white">
+    <header class="border-b border-white/5 bg-[#070d1a]/80 backdrop-blur">
+      <div class="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-screen-md items-center gap-3 px-4 py-6 sm:px-6">
+        <div class="flex h-12 w-12 items-center justify-center rounded-2xl border border-cyan-400/40 bg-cyan-500/10">
+          <v-icon icon="mdi-radar" size="26" class="text-cyan-300" />
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          <p class="text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight">Setting up your account</p>
+          <p class="text-sm text-white/60">Hang tight, this only takes a minute</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </header>
+
+    <main class="mx-auto w-full max-w-screen-md px-4 py-10 sm:px-6">
+      <template v-if="!loading">
+        <div v-if="!finished" class="mb-10">
+          <div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs text-white/70">
+            <div class="flex-1 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-white/10">
+              <div class="progress-fill" :style="{ width: `${progress}%` }"></div>
+            </div>
+            <span class="font-semibold text-white/80">{{ progress }}%</span>
+          </div>
+          <p class="mt-3 text-sm text-cyan-100/70">{{ activeLogLine }}</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <Transition name="fade-slide" mode="out-in">
+          <section v-if="finished" key="reward" class="rounded-3xl border border-cyan-300/30 bg-cyan-400/5 p-8 text-center shadow-xl shadow-cyan-500/10">
+            <p class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-cyan-200/70">Your callsign</p>
+            <h1 class="mt-3 text-3xl font-semibold sm:text-4xl">{{ answers.resultCallsign }}</h1>
+            <ul class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-3 text-sm text-white/70">
+              <li v-if="simulatorLabel" class="rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-4 py-1.5">{{ simulatorLabel }}</li>
+              <li v-if="answers.radioConfidence" class="rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-4 py-1.5">
+                Radio confidence {{ answers.radioConfidence }}/5
+              </li>
+              <li v-if="toolkitLabels.length" class="rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-4 py-1.5">{{ toolkitLabels.join(', ') }}</li>
+            </ul>
+            <div class="mt-8 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-3">
+              <button type="button" class="btn primary" @click="finishAndLeave">
+                Enter Classroom
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-launch" size="18" />
+              </button>
+              <button type="button" class="btn ghost" @click="copyShareLink">
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-link-variant" size="18" />
+                {{ copied ? 'Copied!' : 'Copy share line' }}
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </section>
+
+          <section v-else :key="currentStep" class="rounded-3xl border border-white/10 bg-white/5 p-6 sm:p-8">
+            <!-- Screen 1: Cockpit -->
+            <div v-if="currentStep === 0">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">What are you flying?</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">This tunes the radio setup that comes next.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-4">
+                <button
+                  v-for="opt in SIMULATOR_OPTIONS"
+                  :key="opt.value"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card"
+                  :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.simulator === opt.value }"
+                  @click="answers.simulator = opt.value"
+                >
+                  <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="28" class="option-card__icon" />
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+
+              <Transition name="fade-slide">
+                <div v-if="answers.simulator === 'other'" class="mt-6">
+                  <p class="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-cyan-200/70">Which OS?</p>
+                  <div class="mt-3 grid grid-cols-3 gap-3">
+                    <button
+                      v-for="opt in OS_OPTIONS"
+                      :key="opt.value"
+                      type="button"
+                      class="option-card option-card--sm"
+                      :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.os === opt.value }"
+                      @click="answers.os = opt.value"
+                    >
+                      <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="22" class="option-card__icon" />
+                      <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </Transition>
+
+              <div class="mt-8 border-t border-white/10 pt-6">
+                <p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.3em] text-white/40">Anything else in your setup? (optional)</p>
+                <div class="mt-3 flex flex-wrap gap-3">
+                  <button
+                    v-for="opt in HARDWARE_OPTIONS"
+                    :key="opt.value"
+                    type="button"
+                    class="option-chip"
+                    :class="{ 'option-chip--active': answers.hardware.includes(opt.value) }"
+                    @click="toggleInArray(answers.hardware, opt.value)"
+                  >
+                    <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="16" />
+                    {{ opt.label }}
+                  </button>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                class="btn primary mt-8"
+                :disabled="!answers.simulator || (answers.simulator === 'other' && !answers.os)"
+                @click="continueCockpit"
+              >
+                Continue
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-arrow-right" size="18" />
+              </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 2: Radio confidence -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 1">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">How's your ATC radio game right now?</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">No wrong answer — this just sets your starting difficulty.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-5 gap-2 sm:gap-3">
+                <button
+                  v-for="n in 5"
+                  :key="n"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card option-card--sm"
+                  :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.radioConfidence === n }"
+                  @click="saveAnswer({ radioConfidence: n })"
+                >
+                  <span class="text-xl font-semibold">{{ n }}</span>
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ RADIO_CONFIDENCE_LABELS[n] }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 3: Stress point -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 2">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">What trips you up most?</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">We'll surface the right drills first.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-3">
+                <button
+                  v-for="opt in RADIO_PAIN_POINT_OPTIONS"
+                  :key="opt.value"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card"
+                  :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.radioPainPoint === opt.value }"
+                  @click="saveAnswer({ radioPainPoint: opt.value })"
+                >
+                  <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="26" class="option-card__icon" />
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 4: Network experience -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 3">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">Ever flown on a live network?</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">Pick as many as apply — or none, if you're not there yet.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+                <button
+                  v-for="opt in NETWORK_OPTIONS"
+                  :key="opt.value"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card"
+                  :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.networkExperience.includes(opt.value) }"
+                  @click="toggleInArray(answers.networkExperience, opt.value)"
+                >
+                  <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="28" class="option-card__icon" />
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <button type="button" class="btn primary mt-8" @click="saveAnswer({ networkExperience: answers.networkExperience })">
+                Continue
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-arrow-right" size="18" />
+              </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 5: Hangar tools -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 4">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">What's already in your hangar?</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">Tap everything you already use.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-3">
+                <div v-for="opt in TOOLKIT_OPTIONS" :key="opt.value" class="flex flex-col gap-2">
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    class="option-card"
+                    :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.toolkit.includes(opt.value) }"
+                    @click="toggleToolkit(opt.value)"
+                  >
+                    <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="26" class="option-card__icon" />
+                    <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                  </button>
+                  <div v-if="answers.toolkit.includes(opt.value) && isPaidToolkitItem(opt.value)" class="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+                    <button
+                      v-for="d in TOOLKIT_DURATION_OPTIONS"
+                      :key="d.value"
+                      type="button"
+                      class="option-pill"
+                      :class="{ 'option-pill--active': answers.toolkitDuration[opt.value] === d.value }"
+                      @click="answers.toolkitDuration[opt.value] = d.value"
+                    >
+                      {{ d.label }}
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                class="btn primary mt-8"
+                @click="saveAnswer({ toolkit: answers.toolkit, toolkitDuration: answers.toolkitDuration })"
+              >
+                Continue
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-arrow-right" size="18" />
+              </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 6: Feature wish -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 5">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">Tap the 2 things you'd miss most</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/60">If these vanished from OpenSquawk tomorrow.</p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-3">
+                <button
+                  v-for="opt in FEATURE_WISH_OPTIONS"
+                  :key="opt.value"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card"
+                  :class="{
+                    'option-card--active': answers.topFeatures.includes(opt.value),
+                    'option-card--disabled': !answers.topFeatures.includes(opt.value) && answers.topFeatures.length >= MAX_FEATURE_WISHES,
+                  }"
+                  :disabled="!answers.topFeatures.includes(opt.value) && answers.topFeatures.length >= MAX_FEATURE_WISHES"
+                  @click="toggleFeatureWish(opt.value)"
+                >
+                  <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="26" class="option-card__icon" />
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                class="btn primary mt-8"
+                :disabled="answers.topFeatures.length === 0"
+                @click="saveAnswer({ topFeatures: answers.topFeatures })"
+              >
+                Continue
+                <v-icon icon="mdi-arrow-right" size="18" />
+              </button>
+            </div>
+
+            <!-- Screen 7: Funding preference -->
+            <div v-else-if="currentStep === 6">
+              <h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold">Building stuff we can't give away for free</h1>
+              <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-white/70">
+                Some ideas need real development time — we won't fake that away. If that day comes, what would actually
+                work for you?
+              </p>
+              <div class="mt-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+                <button
+                  v-for="opt in PRICING_PREFERENCE_OPTIONS"
+                  :key="opt.value"
+                  type="button"
+                  class="option-card"
+                  :class="{ 'option-card--active': answers.pricingPreference === opt.value }"
+                  :disabled="finishing"
+                  @click="finish(opt.value)"
+                >
+                  <v-icon :icon="opt.icon" size="26" class="option-card__icon" />
+                  <span class="option-card__label">{{ opt.label }}</span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+              <p class="mt-6 text-xs text-white/50">
+                Nothing here charges you or locks anything today — it just tells us what to build next.
+              </p>
+            </div>
+          </section>
+        </Transition>
+
+        <button v-if="!finished" type="button" class="skip-link" @click="skip">Skip for now</button>
+      </template>
+    </main>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { computed, onMounted, reactive, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useHead, useRouter } from '#imports'
+import { useApi } from '~/composables/useApi'
+import { CLASSROOM_INTRO_STORAGE_KEY } from '~~/shared/constants/storage'
+import {
+  SIMULATOR_OPTIONS,
+  OS_OPTIONS,
+  HARDWARE_OPTIONS,
+  RADIO_CONFIDENCE_LABELS,
+  RADIO_PAIN_POINT_OPTIONS,
+  NETWORK_OPTIONS,
+  TOOLKIT_OPTIONS,
+  PAID_TOOLKIT_VALUES,
+  TOOLKIT_DURATION_OPTIONS,
+  FEATURE_WISH_OPTIONS,
+  MAX_FEATURE_WISHES,
+  PRICING_PREFERENCE_OPTIONS,
+  ONBOARDING_TOTAL_STEPS,
+  createDefaultOnboardingProfile,
+} from '~~/shared/onboarding/config'
+import type { HardwareItem, NetworkExperience, PricingPreference, Simulator, ToolkitItem } from '~~/shared/onboarding/config'
+
+definePageMeta({ middleware: 'require-auth' })
+
+useHead({ title: 'Setting up your account • OpenSquawk' })
+
+const router = useRouter()
+const api = useApi()
+
+const answers = reactive(createDefaultOnboardingProfile())
+const currentStep = ref(0)
+const finished = ref(false)
+const finishing = ref(false)
+const loading = ref(true)
+const copied = ref(false)
+
+const SETUP_LOG_LINES = [
+  'Configuring sim bridge…',
+  'Calibrating radio clarity…',
+  'Prioritizing your drills…',
+  'Tuning traffic density…',
+  'Linking flight-planning tools…',
+  'Prioritizing your roadmap…',
+  'Noting upgrade preferences…',
+]
+
+const activeLogLine = computed(() => SETUP_LOG_LINES[currentStep.value] ?? SETUP_LOG_LINES[SETUP_LOG_LINES.length - 1])
+const progress = computed(() => {
+  if (finished.value) return 100
+  return Math.min(99, 20 + Math.round((currentStep.value / ONBOARDING_TOTAL_STEPS) * 80))
+})
+
+const simulatorLabel = computed(() => SIMULATOR_OPTIONS.find(o => o.value === answers.simulator)?.label || '')
+const toolkitLabels = computed(() => TOOLKIT_OPTIONS.filter(o => answers.toolkit.includes(o.value)).map(o => o.label))
+
+function toggleInArray<T>(arr: T[], value: T) {
+  const idx = arr.indexOf(value)
+  if (idx === -1) arr.push(value)
+  else arr.splice(idx, 1)
+}
+
+function isPaidToolkitItem(value: ToolkitItem) {
+  return (PAID_TOOLKIT_VALUES as ToolkitItem[]).includes(value)
+}
+
+function toggleToolkit(value: ToolkitItem) {
+  toggleInArray(answers.toolkit, value)
+  if (!answers.toolkit.includes(value)) {
+    delete answers.toolkitDuration[value]
+  }
+}
+
+function toggleFeatureWish(value: (typeof FEATURE_WISH_OPTIONS)[number]['value']) {
+  if (answers.topFeatures.includes(value)) {
+    toggleInArray(answers.topFeatures, value)
+  } else if (answers.topFeatures.length < MAX_FEATURE_WISHES) {
+    answers.topFeatures.push(value)
+  }
+}
+
+async function saveAnswer(partial: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  Object.assign(answers, partial)
+  const response = await api.put('/api/onboarding/profile', partial)
+  Object.assign(answers, response as object)
+  currentStep.value = Math.min(currentStep.value + 1, ONBOARDING_TOTAL_STEPS - 1)
+}
+
+function continueCockpit() {
+  const payload: { simulator: Simulator | null; hardware: HardwareItem[]; os?: string | null } = {
+    simulator: answers.simulator,
+    hardware: answers.hardware,
+  }
+  if (answers.simulator === 'other') {
+    payload.os = answers.os
+  }
+  saveAnswer(payload)
+}
+
+async function finish(pricingPreference: PricingPreference) {
+  answers.pricingPreference = pricingPreference
+  finishing.value = true
+  try {
+    const response = await api.put('/api/onboarding/profile', { pricingPreference, completed: true })
+    Object.assign(answers, response as object)
+    finished.value = true
+  } finally {
+    finishing.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+function finishAndLeave() {
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    localStorage.setItem(CLASSROOM_INTRO_STORAGE_KEY, 'false')
+  }
+  router.replace('/classroom-introduction')
+}
+
+async function skip() {
+  try {
+    await api.put('/api/onboarding/profile', { skipped: true })
+  } finally {
+    finishAndLeave()
+  }
+}
+
+async function copyShareLink() {
+  if (typeof navigator === 'undefined' || !navigator.clipboard) return
+  try {
+    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(`I'm a "${answers.resultCallsign}" on OpenSquawk. What's your callsign?`)
+    copied.value = true
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      copied.value = false
+    }, 2000)
+  } catch {
+    // clipboard access can fail silently — non-critical feature
+  }
+}
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  try {
+    const response = await api.get<Record<string, unknown>>('/api/onboarding/profile')
+    Object.assign(answers, response)
+    if (response.completedAt || response.skippedAt) {
+      finishAndLeave()
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // fall back to defaults — the user can still proceed through the flow
+  } finally {
+    loading.value = false
+  }
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.option-card {
+  @apply flex flex-col items-center gap-2 rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-4 py-5 text-center text-sm text-white/80 transition hover:border-cyan-300/50 hover:bg-white/10;
+}
+
+.option-card--active {
+  @apply border-cyan-300/60 bg-cyan-400/10 text-white shadow-lg shadow-cyan-500/10;
+}
+
+.option-card--sm {
+  @apply px-3 py-4;
+}
+
+.option-card--disabled {
+  @apply cursor-not-allowed opacity-35 hover:border-white/10 hover:bg-white/5;
+}
+
+.option-card__icon {
+  @apply text-cyan-300;
+}
+
+.option-card__label {
+  @apply text-xs text-white/70;
+}
+
+.option-chip {
+  @apply inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-3 py-1.5 text-xs text-white/60 transition hover:border-cyan-300/40 hover:text-white;
+}
+
+.option-chip--active {
+  @apply border-cyan-300/50 bg-cyan-400/10 text-white;
+}
+
+.option-pill {
+  @apply rounded-full border border-white/10 bg-white/5 px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] text-white/60 transition hover:border-cyan-300/40;
+}
+
+.option-pill--active {
+  @apply border-cyan-300/60 bg-cyan-400/15 text-white;
+}
+
+.skip-link {
+  @apply mt-8 block w-full text-center text-xs text-white/30 transition hover:text-white/60;
+}
+
+.progress-fill {
+  height: 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 9999px;
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(34, 211, 238, 0.85), rgba(14, 165, 233, 0.92));
+  box-shadow: 0 0 18px rgba(14, 165, 233, 0.35);
+  transition: width 0.45s ease;
+}
+
+.fade-slide-enter-active,
+.fade-slide-leave-active {
+  transition: opacity 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.fade-slide-enter-from,
+.fade-slide-leave-to {
+  opacity: 0;
+  transform: translateY(12px);
+}
+</style>