diff --git a/.gemini/settings.json b/.gemini/settings.json
index 73d5767fc9..12b475dc7c 100644
--- a/.gemini/settings.json
+++ b/.gemini/settings.json
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
   },
   "maintainer": {
     "deepReview": {
-      "remoteHost": "bg1",
-      "remoteWorkDir": "~/.offload/workspace",
+      "projectId": "gemini-cli-team-quota",
+      "zone": "us-west1-a",
+      "machineType": "n2-standard-8",
       "terminalType": "iterm2",
       "syncAuth": true,
+      "setupType": "isolated",
       "geminiSetup": "isolated",
       "ghSetup": "isolated"
     }
diff --git a/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/orchestrator.ts b/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/orchestrator.ts
index 8acd3350ab..4577a08351 100644
--- a/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/orchestrator.ts
+++ b/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/orchestrator.ts
@@ -40,25 +40,23 @@ export async function runOrchestrator(args: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = p
 
   console.log(`🔍 Connecting to offload worker: ${targetVM}...`);
 
-  // 2. Verify Worker is RUNNING
-  const statusCheck = spawnSync('gcloud', [
-    'compute', 'instances', 'describe', targetVM,
-    '--project', projectId,
-    '--zone', zone,
-    '--format', 'get(status)'
-  ], { stdio: 'pipe' });
+  // 1. Get remote HOME and Status
+  const infoCheck = spawnSync(`gcloud compute ssh ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone} --command "echo \$HOME && gcloud compute instances describe ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone} --format='get(status)'"`, { shell: true });
+  const infoOutput = infoCheck.stdout.toString().trim().split('\n');
+  const remoteHome = infoOutput[0] || '/home/ubuntu';
+  const status = infoOutput[infoOutput.length - 1] || 'RUNNING';
 
-  const status = statusCheck.stdout.toString().trim();
-  if (status !== 'RUNNING') {
-    if (status === '') {
-        console.log(`⚠️ Worker ${targetVM} does not exist. Please run "npm run offload:fleet provision" first.`);
-    } else {
-        console.log(`⚠️ Worker ${targetVM} is ${status}. Starting it now...`);
-        spawnSync('gcloud', ['compute', 'instances', 'start', targetVM, '--project', projectId, '--zone', zone], { stdio: 'inherit' });
-    }
+  console.log(`DEBUG: Remote Home: ${remoteHome}, Status: ${status}`);
+
+  if (status !== 'RUNNING' && status !== 'PROVISIONING' && status !== 'STAGING') {
+    console.log(`⚠️ Worker ${targetVM} is ${status}. Starting it now...`);
+    spawnSync(`gcloud compute instances start ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone}`, { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' });
   }
 
-  const remoteWorkDir = '~/.offload/workspace';
+  const remoteWorkDir = `${remoteHome}/.offload/workspace`;
+  const ISOLATED_GEMINI = `${remoteHome}/.offload/gemini-cli-config`;
+  const ISOLATED_GH = `${remoteHome}/.offload/gh-cli-config`;
+  const remotePolicyPath = `${ISOLATED_GEMINI}/policies/offload-policy.toml`;
 
   const sessionName = `offload-${prNumber}-${action}`;
 
@@ -71,20 +69,16 @@ export async function runOrchestrator(args: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = p
   const ghView = spawnSync(ghCmd, { shell: true });
   const metaName = ghView.stdout.toString().trim() || `task-${prNumber}`;
   const branchName = action === 'implement' ? `impl-${prNumber}` : metaName;
-
-  console.log(`📡 Using worker: ${targetVM}`);
-
-  // 3. Mirror logic
-  const ISOLATED_GEMINI = '~/.offload/gemini-cli-config';
-  const ISOLATED_GH = '~/.offload/gh-cli-config';
-  const remotePolicyPath = `${ISOLATED_GEMINI}/policies/offload-policy.toml`;
+  console.log(`DEBUG: Branch name for session: ${branchName}`);
 
   console.log(`📦 Synchronizing with ${targetVM}...`);
   spawnSync(`gcloud compute ssh ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone} --command "mkdir -p ${remoteWorkDir} ${ISOLATED_GEMINI}/policies/"`, { shell: true });
 
-  // Sync scripts and policy
-  spawnSync(`rsync -avz -e "gcloud compute ssh --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone}" .gemini/skills/offload/policy.toml ${targetVM}:${remotePolicyPath}`, { shell: true });
-  spawnSync(`rsync -avz --delete -e "gcloud compute ssh --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone}" .gemini/skills/offload/scripts/ ${targetVM}:${remoteWorkDir}/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/`, { shell: true });
+  // Sync manifests and scripts
+  const rsyncBase = `rsync -avz -e "gcloud compute ssh --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone}"`;
+  spawnSync(`${rsyncBase} package.json package-lock.json .gemini/skills/offload/policy.toml ${targetVM}:${remoteWorkDir}/`, { shell: true });
+  spawnSync(`${rsyncBase} .gemini/skills/offload/policy.toml ${targetVM}:${remotePolicyPath}`, { shell: true });
+  spawnSync(`${rsyncBase} --delete .gemini/skills/offload/scripts/ ${targetVM}:${remoteWorkDir}/.gemini/skills/offload/scripts/`, { shell: true });
 
   if (syncAuth) {
     const homeDir = env.HOME || '';
@@ -99,22 +93,43 @@ export async function runOrchestrator(args: string[], env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = p
   }
 
   // 4. Construct Command
-  const envLoader = 'export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"; [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \\. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"';
-  const remoteWorker = `export GEMINI_CLI_HOME=${ISOLATED_GEMINI} && export GH_CONFIG_DIR=${ISOLATED_GH} && node_modules/.bin/tsx .gemini/skills/offload/scripts/entrypoint.ts ${prNumber} ${branchName} ${remotePolicyPath} ${action}`;
-  const tmuxCmd = `cd ${remoteWorkDir} && ${envLoader} && ${remoteWorker}; exec $SHELL`;
+  const remoteWorker = `export GEMINI_CLI_HOME=${ISOLATED_GEMINI} && export GH_CONFIG_DIR=${ISOLATED_GH} && [ -d node_modules ] || npm install --no-audit --no-fund && node_modules/.bin/tsx .gemini/skills/offload/scripts/entrypoint.ts ${prNumber} ${branchName} ${remotePolicyPath} ${action}`;
+  const tmuxCmd = `cd ${remoteWorkDir} && ${remoteWorker}; exec $SHELL`;
+  
+  const gcloudPath = spawnSync('which', ['gcloud'], { stdio: 'pipe' }).stdout.toString().trim() || 'gcloud';
   
   const sshInternal = `tmux attach-session -t ${sessionName} 2>/dev/null || tmux new-session -s ${sessionName} -n 'offload' ${q(tmuxCmd)}`;
-  const finalSSH = `gcloud compute ssh ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone} -- -t ${q(sshInternal)}`;
+  const finalSSH = `${gcloudPath} compute ssh ${targetVM} --project ${projectId} --zone ${zone} -- -t ${q(sshInternal)}`;
+
+  console.log(`DEBUG: Final SSH command: ${finalSSH}`);
 
   // 5. Terminal Automation
-  const isWithinGemini = !!env.GEMINI_SESSION_ID || !!env.GCLI_SESSION_ID;
-  if (isWithinGemini) {
-    const appleScript = `on run argv\n tell application "iTerm"\n set newWindow to (create window with default profile)\n tell current session of newWindow\n write text (item 1 of argv)\n end tell\n activate\n end tell\n end run`;
-    spawnSync('osascript', ['-', finalSSH], { input: appleScript });
+  const isWithinGemini = !!env.GEMINI_CLI || !!env.GEMINI_SESSION_ID || !!env.GCLI_SESSION_ID;
+  console.log(`DEBUG: isWithinGemini: ${isWithinGemini}`);
+
+  if (isWithinGemini && terminalType === 'iterm2') {
+    // Write the command to a temp file to avoid AppleScript/Shell mangling
+    const tempCmdPath = path.join(process.env.TMPDIR || '/tmp', `offload-ssh-${prNumber}.sh`);
+    fs.writeFileSync(tempCmdPath, `#!/bin/bash\n${finalSSH}\nrm "$0"`, { mode: 0o755 });
+
+    const appleScript = `
+      on run argv
+        tell application "iTerm"
+          set newWindow to (create window with default profile)
+          tell current session of newWindow
+            write text (item 1 of argv) & return
+          end tell
+          activate
+        end tell
+      end run
+    `;
+    spawnSync('osascript', ['-', tempCmdPath], { input: appleScript });
     console.log(`✅ iTerm2 window opened on ${targetVM}.`);
     return 0;
   }
 
+
+  console.log('🚀 Launching interactive session...');
   spawnSync(finalSSH, { stdio: 'inherit', shell: true });
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/.gemini/skills/offload/tests/orchestration.test.ts b/.gemini/skills/offload/tests/orchestration.test.ts
index 01654f041a..5629cb0a41 100644
--- a/.gemini/skills/offload/tests/orchestration.test.ts
+++ b/.gemini/skills/offload/tests/orchestration.test.ts
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ describe('Offload Orchestration (GCE)', () => {
     vi.spyOn(process, 'chdir').mockImplementation(() => {});
     vi.spyOn(process, 'cwd').mockReturnValue('/test-cwd');
     
-    // Default mock for gcloud instance describe
+    // Default mock for gcloud instance info and describe
     vi.mocked(spawnSync).mockImplementation((cmd: any, args: any) => {
       const callInfo = JSON.stringify({ cmd, args });
-      if (callInfo.includes('compute') && callInfo.includes('describe')) {
-        return { status: 0, stdout: Buffer.from('RUNNING\n'), stderr: Buffer.from('') } as any;
+      if (callInfo.includes('gcloud') && callInfo.includes('ssh') && callInfo.includes('echo $HOME')) {
+        return { status: 0, stdout: Buffer.from('/home/testuser\nRUNNING\n'), stderr: Buffer.from('') } as any;
       }
       if (callInfo.includes('gh') && callInfo.includes('view')) {
           return { status: 0, stdout: Buffer.from('test-meta\n'), stderr: Buffer.from('') } as any;