diff --git a/src/arena/MatchHost.java b/src/arena/MatchHost.java
index 0b0b490..2a543b2 100644
--- a/src/arena/MatchHost.java
+++ b/src/arena/MatchHost.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import megamek.client.bot.princess.BehaviorSettings;
 import megamek.client.bot.princess.Princess;
 import megamek.common.Player;
 import megamek.common.compute.Compute;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import megamek.common.loaders.MekSummaryCache;
 import megamek.common.net.connections.AbstractConnection;
 import megamek.common.net.enums.PacketCommand;
 import megamek.common.net.packets.Packet;
+import megamek.common.jacksonAdapters.BotParser;
 import megamek.common.scenario.Scenario;
 import megamek.common.scenario.ScenarioLoader;
 import megamek.server.Server;
@@ -100,12 +103,20 @@ public final class MatchHost {
         // (identity.json, the camo index, --humans), translated through this
         // one map.
         Map<String, String> names = readNamesIndex(a.namesIndex);
+        // Which scenario slot each player came from, kept because the rename
+        // below throws it away and the scenario's bot behaviour is keyed by it.
+        // Looked up under the display name after the rename, so a bot called
+        // "@lance.blue" can still be matched to the "OPFOR" block that
+        // configured it.
+        Map<String, String> slotOf = new HashMap<>();
         for (Player p : game.getPlayersList()) {
-            String display = names.get(p.getName());
-            if (display != null && !display.equals(p.getName())) {
-                System.out.println("[host] slot " + p.getName() + " plays as " + display);
+            String slot = p.getName();
+            String display = names.get(slot);
+            if (display != null && !display.equals(slot)) {
+                System.out.println("[host] slot " + slot + " plays as " + display);
                 p.setName(display);
             }
+            slotOf.put(p.getName(), slot);
         }
 
         // Before the Server exists, because constructing one binds the port
@@ -169,6 +180,26 @@ public final class MatchHost {
         List<Princess> bots = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Player p : botSlots) {
             Princess bot = new Princess(p.getName(), LOCALHOST, a.port);
+            // The behaviour the scenario asked for, if it asked for one. A V2
+            // scenario can give each faction its own `bot:` block - a light
+            // swarm wants Striker, a gun line wants Sniper - and without this
+            // every one of them fought on Princess's default profile whatever
+            // the file said. Only V2 can express it; a V1 scenario has no such
+            // block and keeps the default.
+            String slot = slotOf.getOrDefault(p.getName(), p.getName());
+            if (scenario.getBotInfo(slot)
+                  instanceof BotParser.PrincessRecord(BehaviorSettings behaviour)) {
+                bot.setBehaviorSettings(behaviour);
+                // The knobs, not getDescription(): a behaviour built from a
+                // scenario's YAML has no description at all, so that logged
+                // "(No description)" and said nothing about what changed.
+                System.out.printf(
+                      "[host] %s flies the scenario's behaviour: aggression %d,"
+                            + " self-preservation %d, herding %d, bravery %d%n",
+                      p.getName(), behaviour.getHyperAggressionIndex(),
+                      behaviour.getSelfPreservationIndex(),
+                      behaviour.getHerdMentalityIndex(), behaviour.getBraveryIndex());
+            }
             bot.startPrecognition();
             bot.connect();
             bots.add(bot);