diff --git a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(badges)/badges/[badge_id]/ae_comp__badge_obj_view_v2.svelte b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(badges)/badges/[badge_id]/ae_comp__badge_obj_view_v2.svelte
index 404d00d1..320dc18d 100644
--- a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(badges)/badges/[badge_id]/ae_comp__badge_obj_view_v2.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(badges)/badges/[badge_id]/ae_comp__badge_obj_view_v2.svelte
@@ -958,3 +958,31 @@
     >{JSON.stringify($lq__event_badge_template_obj, null, 2)}</pre>
 </div>
 {/if}
+
+<style>
+    /*
+     * Force light-mode rendering on the badge print area.
+     * Badges print on physical card stock (white by default, or a defined color set by
+     * the per-event stylesheet). Dark mode must never bleed into the badge render —
+     * what the operator sees on screen should match the printed output exactly.
+     *
+     * color-scheme: light — signals to the browser that this subtree is light mode,
+     *   affecting scrollbars, form controls, and browser-level scheme-aware colors.
+     *
+     * Explicit background-color / color on badge_front / badge_back override any
+     * inherited dark-mode CSS custom properties from Skeleton UI or Tailwind.
+     *
+     * Per-event stylesheets (loaded via style_href) can still override these with
+     * badge-type-specific colors (e.g. .badge_type__member { background: navy; color: white; })
+     * because they load after this stylesheet and use more-specific selectors.
+     */
+    .event_badge_wrapper {
+        color-scheme: light;
+    }
+
+    .badge_front,
+    .badge_back {
+        background-color: white;
+        color: #1a1a1a;
+    }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+page.svelte b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+page.svelte
index 0fbba997..dc2005b4 100644
--- a/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/events/[event_id]/(launcher)/launcher/+page.svelte
@@ -1,2 +1,53 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+    interface Props {
+        data: any;
+    }
+
+    let { data }: Props = $props();
+
+    import { browser } from '$app/environment';
+    import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
+    import { ae_api } from '$lib/stores/ae_stores';
+    import { db_events } from '$lib/ae_events/db_events';
+    import { events_func } from '$lib/ae_events_functions';
+
+    // Magic redirect: when ?session_id= is present but no event_location_id is in the route
+    // (e.g. navigating here from the Presenter View which has no location context),
+    // look up the session's location and redirect to the proper location-specific launcher URL.
+    // The [event_location_id] page handles the normal case where location is already in the route.
+    $effect(() => {
+        if (!browser) return;
+
+        const session_id = data.url.searchParams.get('session_id');
+        const event_id = data.params.event_id;
+        if (!session_id || !event_id) return;
+
+        // Snapshot API config to avoid making it a reactive dependency of this effect
+        const api_cfg = $ae_api;
+
+        (async () => {
+            // Check Dexie cache first — sessions are typically cached from prior page visits
+            let session = await db_events.session.get(session_id);
+            if (!session) {
+                // Not cached — fetch from API and save to Dexie
+                session = await events_func.load_ae_obj_id__event_session({
+                    api_cfg,
+                    event_session_id: session_id,
+                    try_cache: false,
+                    log_lvl: 0
+                });
+            }
+
+            if (session?.event_location_id) {
+                // Session has a location — redirect to the location-specific launcher URL.
+                // replaceState: true so the user doesn't need to hit back twice to leave the launcher.
+                goto(
+                    `/events/${event_id}/launcher/${session.event_location_id}?session_id=${session_id}`,
+                    { replaceState: true }
+                );
+            }
+            // If the session has no location set, the user stays on the base launcher page
+            // and the "Please select a location from the menu" prompt is shown by the layout.
+        })();
+    });
 </script>