diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index df6c85a..ee9f35b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -173,6 +173,30 @@
                                 Auto-copy
                                 <input type="checkbox" v-model="tbAutoCopy" />
                             </label>
+                            <label title="Condense payload into a single emoji carrier">
+                                Single carrier mode
+                                <input type="checkbox" v-model="tbSingleCarrier" />
+                            </label>
+                            <label v-if="tbSingleCarrier" title="Pick the carrier emoji">
+                                Carrier
+                                <input type="text" v-model="tbCarrier" placeholder="Drop or type an emoji" @focus="setCarrierFromSelected" />
+                            </label>
+                        </div>
+                        <div v-if="tbSingleCarrier" class="tokenade-payload-drop">
+                            <div class="drop-zone" 
+                                 @dragover.prevent 
+                                 @drop="handleTokenadeDrop"
+                                 @paste="handleTokenadePaste"
+                                 title="Drag/Drop or paste emojis here to embed into the carrier">
+                                Drop or paste emojis to embed →
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="payload-list" v-if="tbPayloadEmojis.length">
+                                <div class="payload-item" v-for="(em, idx) in tbPayloadEmojis" :key="idx">
+                                    <span class="payload-emoji">{{ em }}</span>
+                                    <button class="decode-button" @click="removeTokenadePayloadAt(idx)" title="Remove">✖</button>
+                                </div>
+                                <button class="decode-button" @click="clearTokenadePayload" title="Clear all">Clear</button>
+                            </div>
                         </div>
                         <div class="token-bomb-actions">
                             <button class="transform-button" @click="generateTokenBomb" title="Build the tokenade with current settings">
@@ -181,9 +205,9 @@
                             <button class="copy-button" v-if="tokenBombOutput" @click="copyToClipboard(tokenBombOutput)">
                                 <i class="fas fa-copy"></i> Copy
                             </button>
-                            <div class="output-instructions" v-if="tokenBombOutput">
+                            <div class="output-instructions">
                                 <small>
-                                    Length: {{ tokenBombOutput.length.toLocaleString() }} chars · Tip: Increasing depth/breadth grows size <em>multiplicatively</em>.
+                                    Estimated length: {{ estimateTokenadeLength().toLocaleString() }} chars
                                 </small>
                             </div>
                         </div>
diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 104f437..356a535 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ window.app = new Vue({
         tbIncludeNoise: true,
         tbRandomizeEmojis: true,
         tbAutoCopy: false,
+        tbSingleCarrier: false,
+        tbCarrier: '',
+        tbPayloadEmojis: [],
         tokenBombOutput: '',
         
         // History of copied content
@@ -1681,7 +1684,7 @@ window.app = new Vue({
             const depth = Math.max(1, Math.min(8, Number(this.tbDepth) || 1));
             const breadth = Math.max(1, Math.min(12, Number(this.tbBreadth) || 1));
             const repeats = Math.max(1, Math.min(100, Number(this.tbRepeats) || 1));
-            const sep = this.tbSeparator === 'zwj' ? '\u200D' : this.tbSeparator === 'zwnj' ? '\u200C' : this.tbSeparator === 'zwsp' ? '\u200B' : '';
+            const sep = this.tbSeparator === 'zwj' ? '\u200D'.replace('\\u','\u') : this.tbSeparator === 'zwnj' ? '\u200C'.replace('\\u','\u') : this.tbSeparator === 'zwsp' ? '\u200B'.replace('\\u','\u') : '';
             const includeVS = !!this.tbIncludeVS;
             const includeNoise = !!this.tbIncludeNoise;
             const randomize = !!this.tbRandomizeEmojis;
@@ -1700,8 +1703,8 @@ window.app = new Vue({
             function addVS(str) {
                 if (!includeVS) return str;
                 // Alternate VS16/VS15 to maximize tokenization churn
-                const vs16 = '\uFE0F';
-                const vs15 = '\uFE0E';
+                const vs16 = '\uFE0F'.replace('\\u','\u');
+                const vs15 = '\uFE0E'.replace('\\u','\u');
                 let out = '';
                 for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
                     const ch = str[i];
@@ -1712,7 +1715,7 @@ window.app = new Vue({
 
             function noise() {
                 if (!includeNoise) return '';
-                const parts = ['\u200B','\u200C','\u200D','\u2060','\u2062','\u2063'];
+                const parts = ['\u200B'.replace('\\u','\u'),'\u200C'.replace('\\u','\u'),'\u200D'.replace('\\u','\u'),'\u2060'.replace('\\u','\u'),'\u2062'.replace('\\u','\u'),'\u2063'.replace('\\u','\u')];
                 let s = '';
                 const n = 1 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 3);
                 for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) s += parts[Math.floor(Math.random() * parts.length)];
@@ -1731,17 +1734,58 @@ window.app = new Vue({
                 }
                 return items.join(sep);
             }
+            if (this.tbSingleCarrier) {
+                const carrier = (this.tbCarrier && String(this.tbCarrier)) || (this.selectedEmoji ? String(this.selectedEmoji) : '💥');
+                function countUnits(level) {
+                    if (level === 0) return breadth;
+                    return breadth * countUnits(level - 1);
+                }
+                const unitsPerBlock = countUnits(depth - 1);
+                const totalUnits = Math.max(1, repeats * unitsPerBlock);
 
-            let block = buildLevel(depth - 1);
-            // Repeat the block to increase token length
-            const blocks = [];
-            for (let i = 0; i < repeats; i++) {
-                blocks.push(block + noise());
+                let payload = [];
+                if (this.tbPayloadEmojis && this.tbPayloadEmojis.length > 0) {
+                    for (let i = 0; i < totalUnits; i++) {
+                        payload.push(String(this.tbPayloadEmojis[i % this.tbPayloadEmojis.length]));
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    payload = pickEmojis(totalUnits);
+                }
+
+                function toTagSeqForEmojiChar(ch) {
+                    const cp = ch.codePointAt(0);
+                    const hex = cp.toString(16);
+                    let seq = '';
+                    for (const d of hex) {
+                        if (d >= '0' && d <= '9') {
+                            const base = 0xE0030 + (d.charCodeAt(0) - '0'.charCodeAt(0));
+                            seq += String.fromCodePoint(base);
+                        } else {
+                            const base = 0xE0061 + (d.charCodeAt(0) - 'a'.charCodeAt(0));
+                            seq += String.fromCodePoint(base);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    seq += String.fromCodePoint(0xE007F);
+                    return seq;
+                }
+
+                const vs16 = includeVS ? '\uFE0F'.replace('\\u','\u') : '';
+                let out = carrier + vs16;
+                for (let i = 0; i < payload.length; i++) {
+                    out += sep + toTagSeqForEmojiChar(payload[i]) + noise();
+                }
+                this.tokenBombOutput = out;
+            } else {
+                let block = buildLevel(depth - 1);
+                const blocks = [];
+                for (let i = 0; i < repeats; i++) {
+                    blocks.push(block + noise());
+                }
+                this.tokenBombOutput = blocks.join(sep);
             }
-            this.tokenBombOutput = blocks.join(sep);
 
             // Provide a quick visual confirmation
-            this.showNotification('<i class="fas fa-bomb"></i> Token bomb generated', 'success');
+            this.showNotification('<i class="fas fa-bomb"></i> Tokenade generated', 'success');
 
             if (this.tbAutoCopy && this.tokenBombOutput) {
                 this.$nextTick(() => this.copyToClipboard(this.tokenBombOutput));
@@ -1760,6 +1804,57 @@ window.app = new Vue({
                 this.tbIncludeVS = true; this.tbIncludeNoise = true; this.tbRandomizeEmojis = true;
             }
             this.showNotification('<i class="fas fa-sliders-h"></i> Preset applied', 'success');
+        },
+
+        estimateTokenadeLength() {
+            const depth = Math.max(1, Math.min(8, Number(this.tbDepth) || 1));
+            const breadth = Math.max(1, Math.min(12, Number(this.tbBreadth) || 1));
+            const repeats = Math.max(1, Math.min(100, Number(this.tbRepeats) || 1));
+            const sepLen = this.tbSeparator === 'none' ? 0 : 1;
+            const vsPerEmoji = this.tbIncludeVS ? 1 : 0;
+            const noiseAvg = this.tbIncludeNoise ? 2 : 0;
+
+            function lenLevel(level) {
+                if (level === 0) {
+                    return breadth * (1 + vsPerEmoji);
+                }
+                const inner = lenLevel(level - 1);
+                return breadth * (inner + noiseAvg) + Math.max(0, breadth - 1) * sepLen;
+            }
+
+            if (this.tbSingleCarrier) {
+                function countUnits(level) { return level === 0 ? breadth : breadth * countUnits(level - 1); }
+                const unitsPerBlock = countUnits(depth - 1);
+                const totalUnits = Math.max(1, repeats * unitsPerBlock);
+                const avgDigits = 5;
+                const perUnit = avgDigits + 1 + sepLen + (this.tbIncludeNoise ? 2 : 0);
+                const carrierLen = 1 + (this.tbIncludeVS ? 1 : 0);
+                return carrierLen + totalUnits * perUnit;
+            } else {
+                const blockLen = lenLevel(depth - 1);
+                return repeats * (blockLen + noiseAvg) + Math.max(0, repeats - 1) * sepLen;
+            }
+        },
+
+        setCarrierFromSelected() {
+            if (this.selectedEmoji) this.tbCarrier = String(this.selectedEmoji);
+        },
+        clearTokenadePayload() { this.tbPayloadEmojis = []; },
+        removeTokenadePayloadAt(idx) { this.tbPayloadEmojis.splice(idx, 1); },
+        handleTokenadeDrop(e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            const text = e.dataTransfer && (e.dataTransfer.getData('text/plain') || e.dataTransfer.getData('text'));
+            if (!text) return;
+            const parts = window.emojiLibrary.splitEmojis(text);
+            const onlyEmojis = parts.filter(p => /\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u.test(p));
+            this.tbPayloadEmojis.push(...onlyEmojis);
+        },
+        handleTokenadePaste(e) {
+            const text = (e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.getData('text')) || '';
+            if (!text) return;
+            const parts = window.emojiLibrary.splitEmojis(text);
+            const onlyEmojis = parts.filter(p => /\p{Extended_Pictographic}/u.test(p));
+            this.tbPayloadEmojis.push(...onlyEmojis);
         }
     },
     // Initialize theme and components