diff --git a/decnet/orchestrator/worker.py b/decnet/orchestrator/worker.py
index 2c3d6e2c..14b7cf9c 100644
--- a/decnet/orchestrator/worker.py
+++ b/decnet/orchestrator/worker.py
@@ -98,12 +98,30 @@ async def orchestrator_worker(
 
 
 async def _one_tick(repo: BaseRepository, driver, bus) -> None:
-    deckies = await repo.list_running_topology_deckies()
+    # Union view: MazeNET topology + unihost fleet + SWARM shards.  Pre-fleet
+    # this only saw topology_deckies and was permanently blind to MACVLAN /
+    # IPVLAN unihost decoys.
+    deckies = await repo.list_running_deckies()
     action = scheduler.pick(deckies)
     if action is None:
+        # Report the actual SSH-eligible count (what the scheduler filters
+        # to), not just len(deckies) — the old "running+ssh count=N" line
+        # reported the pre-filter count and misled debugging.
+        ssh_eligible = sum(
+            1 for d in deckies
+            if isinstance(d.get("services"), list)
+            and "ssh" in d["services"]
+            and d.get("ip")
+        )
+        by_source: dict[str, int] = {}
+        for d in deckies:
+            by_source[d.get("source", "unknown")] = (
+                by_source.get(d.get("source", "unknown"), 0) + 1
+            )
         logger.debug(
-            "orchestrator: no actionable deckies (running+ssh count=%d)",
-            len(deckies),
+            "orchestrator: no actionable deckies "
+            "(running=%d ssh_eligible=%d sources=%s)",
+            len(deckies), ssh_eligible, by_source,
         )
         return
 
diff --git a/tests/orchestrator/test_worker_integration.py b/tests/orchestrator/test_worker_integration.py
index 2d661d27..ca3368ed 100644
--- a/tests/orchestrator/test_worker_integration.py
+++ b/tests/orchestrator/test_worker_integration.py
@@ -106,6 +106,44 @@ async def test_one_tick_records_event_and_publishes(repo, fake_bus, monkeypatch)
     assert ev.payload["kind"] == row["kind"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_one_tick_picks_fleet_deckies(repo, fake_bus, monkeypatch):
+    """Regression: orchestrator was permanently blind to unihost MACVLAN /
+    IPVLAN deckies because list_running_topology_deckies only scans
+    topology_deckies.  The new union view (list_running_deckies) must
+    pull in fleet_deckies rows too."""
+    await repo.upsert_fleet_decky({
+        "host_uuid": "local",
+        "name": "fleet-d1",
+        "services": ["ssh"],
+        "decky_ip": "10.0.0.50",
+        "state": "running",
+    })
+    await repo.upsert_fleet_decky({
+        "host_uuid": "local",
+        "name": "fleet-d2",
+        "services": ["ssh"],
+        "decky_ip": "10.0.0.51",
+        "state": "running",
+    })
+
+    async def fake_run(argv):
+        if argv[3] == "python3":
+            return 0, "SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.6\r\n", ""
+        return 0, "", ""
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ssh_driver, "_run", fake_run)
+
+    driver = ssh_driver.SSHDriver()
+    await orch_worker._one_tick(repo, driver, fake_bus)
+
+    rows = await repo.list_orchestrator_events(limit=10)
+    assert len(rows) == 1
+    # The dst_decky_uuid is our composite "host_uuid:name" identifier
+    # for fleet-source rows (see SQLModelRepository.list_running_deckies).
+    assert rows[0]["dst_decky_uuid"].startswith("local:fleet-")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_tick_is_noop_when_no_running_deckies(repo, fake_bus, monkeypatch):
     called = False