diff --git a/tests/game-logic.test.mjs b/tests/game-logic.test.mjs
index d0ec1c0..dcf1c43 100644
--- a/tests/game-logic.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/game-logic.test.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   PLAYER_HIT_COOLDOWN_MS,
   PLAYER_MAX_HULL,
   normalizePlayerDamage,
+  processQueuedPlayerHits,
   reducePlayerHitQueue,
 } from '../src/game-logic.js';
 
@@ -24,6 +25,43 @@ test('first pirate hit removes exactly the default damage and does not end the g
   assert.equal(result.gameOver, false);
 });
 
+
+test('actual queued first player hit destroys the projectile, applies 6 damage, and leaves gameplay active', () => {
+  const shot = {
+    active: true,
+    destroyed: false,
+    destroy() {
+      this.destroyed = true;
+      this.active = false;
+    },
+  };
+
+  const firstFrame = processQueuedPlayerHits({
+    hull: PLAYER_MAX_HULL,
+    lastHitAt: -Infinity,
+    now: 1000,
+    hits: [{ shot, damage: DEFAULT_PIRATE_SHOT_DAMAGE }],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(shot.destroyed, true);
+  assert.equal(shot.active, false);
+  assert.equal(firstFrame.hull, 94);
+  assert.equal(firstFrame.appliedHits, 1);
+  assert.equal(firstFrame.ignoredHits, 0);
+  assert.equal(firstFrame.gameOver, false);
+
+  const followingFrame = processQueuedPlayerHits({
+    hull: firstFrame.hull,
+    lastHitAt: firstFrame.lastHitAt,
+    now: 1016,
+    hits: [],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(followingFrame.hull, 94);
+  assert.equal(followingFrame.gameOver, false);
+  assert.equal(followingFrame.appliedHits, 0);
+});
+
 test('three cannonballs arriving in one broadside only apply one hull hit', () => {
   const result = reducePlayerHitQueue({
     hull: 100,