diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/Sensor.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/Sensor.cs
index 8eeadbb7d..d1af7645e 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/Sensor.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Behaviors/Sensor.cs
@@ -160,17 +160,18 @@ public class Sensor : Behavior, IEventBehavior, IPowerConsumer
 
             var diff = entity.Position.xz - Entity.Position.xz;
             var dist = length(diff);
+            var obscuration = Entity.Zone.Obscuration(Entity.Position.xz, entity.Position.xz);
             float previous, next;
             Entity.EntityInfoGathered.TryGetValue(entity, out previous);
             if (!_pingedEntities.Contains(entity) && dist < _pingRadius)
             {
                 _pingedEntities.Add(entity);
-                next = saturate(previous + Gain(entity.Visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), Evaluate(_data.PingBoost), dist, dt, true));
+                next = saturate(previous + Gain(entity.Visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), Evaluate(_data.PingBoost), dist, dt, true, obscuration));
             }
             else
             {
                 var angle = acos(dot(forward, normalize(diff)));
-                next = saturate(previous + Gain(entity.Visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), _data.SensitivityCurve.Evaluate(angle / PI), dist, dt, false));
+                next = saturate(previous + Gain(entity.Visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), _data.SensitivityCurve.Evaluate(angle / PI), dist, dt, false, obscuration));
             }
             next *= 1 - ItemManager.GameplaySettings.TargetInfoDecay * dt;
             //Context.Log($"{entity.Name} visibility {(int)(previous * 100)}% -> {(int)(next * 100)}%");
@@ -182,12 +183,14 @@ public class Sensor : Behavior, IEventBehavior, IPowerConsumer
     // Mining Cut 3 (docs/mining-cut-refresh.md): the one detection gain rule -- the info one observation of a
     // target adds. A ping adds `visibility × sensitivity × PingBoost × distance` once; a passive tick adds
     // `visibility × sensitivity × curve(angle/π) × dt / distance`. `response` is PingBoost for a ping and the
-    // sensitivity curve at the bearing for a passive tick. The entity loop above and the chunk query
-    // (Entity.ChunkInfo, through PassiveRate) both call this; nothing else multiplies these terms.
-    public static float Gain(float visibility, float sensitivity, float response, float distance, float dt, bool ping) =>
-        ping
+    // sensitivity curve at the bearing for a passive tick. `obscuration` is the fraction of the signal that
+    // survives the vapour clouds on the sight line (Zone.Obscuration, 1f with none), scaling both. The entity
+    // loop above and the chunk query (Entity.ChunkInfo, through PassiveRate) both call this; nothing else
+    // multiplies these terms.
+    public static float Gain(float visibility, float sensitivity, float response, float distance, float dt, bool ping, float obscuration) =>
+        (ping
             ? visibility * sensitivity * response * distance
-            : visibility * sensitivity * response * dt / distance;
+            : visibility * sensitivity * response * dt / distance) * obscuration;
 
     // The passive gain per second this sensor draws from a target of `visibility` at the planar `position`:
     // Gain over one second, with the bearing measured from this sensor's own facing exactly as Execute does.
@@ -195,7 +198,8 @@ public class Sensor : Behavior, IEventBehavior, IPowerConsumer
     {
         var diff = position - Entity.Position.xz;
         var angle = acos(dot(Direction.xz, normalize(diff)));
-        return Gain(visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), _data.SensitivityCurve.Evaluate(angle / PI), length(diff), 1f, false);
+        return Gain(visibility, Evaluate(_data.Sensitivity), _data.SensitivityCurve.Evaluate(angle / PI), length(diff), 1f, false,
+            Entity.Zone.Obscuration(Entity.Position.xz, position));
     }
 
     // An upper bound on sensitivity x response over every bearing, so PassiveRate(v, p) <= v x this / distance
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/VapourCloudTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/VapourCloudTests.cs
index d829de565..af80b0143 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/VapourCloudTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/VapourCloudTests.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,56 @@ public sealed class VapourCloudTests : IDisposable
         return cloud;
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ACloudBreaksALockAtRange()
+    {
+        var lab = Build(400f);
+        Establish(lab);
+
+        Vent(lab);
+        var ticks = 0;
+        while (ticks++ < 600 && !lab.Observer.Target.Value.IsNone) Tick(lab);
+
+        Assert.True(lab.Observer.Target.Value.IsNone, "the cloud never broke the target");
+        Assert.True(Info(lab.Observer, lab.Target) < Threshold, $"info {Info(lab.Observer, lab.Target)} is above the threshold");
+        Run(lab, 3);
+        Assert.Equal(0f, lab.Lock.Lock);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(lab.Target, lab.Observer.VisibleEnemies);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AStrongCloseSensorBurnsThrough()
+    {
+        var lab = Build(40f);
+        Establish(lab);
+        var before = Info(lab.Observer, lab.Target);
+
+        Vent(lab);
+        Run(lab, 600);
+
+        var after = Info(lab.Observer, lab.Target);
+        Assert.True(after < before - .2f, $"the cloud thinned nothing: {before} -> {after}");
+        Assert.True(after > Threshold, $"info {after} fell below the threshold");
+        Assert.Equal(lab.Target, lab.Observer.Target.Value.Entity);
+        Assert.True(lab.Lock.IsLocked);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TheCloudBlindsItsVenter()
+    {
+        var lab = Build(400f);
+        Run(lab, 100);
+        Assert.True(Info(lab.Target, lab.Observer) > Threshold, "the venter never gathered the observer");
+        Assert.Contains(lab.Observer, lab.Target.VisibleEnemies);
+
+        Vent(lab);
+        Run(lab, 300);
+
+        Assert.True(Info(lab.Target, lab.Observer) < Threshold);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(lab.Observer, lab.Target.VisibleEnemies);
+        Assert.Equal(Info(lab.Observer, lab.Target), Info(lab.Target, lab.Observer), 5);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void ACloudFadesAndIsRemoved()
     {
@@ -270,4 +320,33 @@ public sealed class VapourCloudTests : IDisposable
         Assert.Equal(.2f, Through(float2(-50, 0), float2(50, 0)), 5);
         Assert.Equal(.4f, Through(float2(-50, 0), float2(15, 0)), 5);
     }
+
+    // Where the rule is decided: one tick from nothing, the info gathered is exactly what survives the cloud
+    // times what the open sight line gathers, in both directions.
+    [Fact]
+    public void TheGainIsScaledByWhatSurvivesTheCloud()
+    {
+        var clear = Build(100f);
+        Tick(clear);
+        var cloudy = Build(100f);
+        Hand(cloudy.Zone, float2(0, 100), 20f, .6f);
+        Tick(cloudy);
+
+        Assert.True(Info(clear.Observer, clear.Target) > 0f);
+        Assert.Equal(.4f, Info(cloudy.Observer, cloudy.Target) / Info(clear.Observer, clear.Target), 3);
+        Assert.Equal(.4f, Info(cloudy.Target, cloudy.Observer) / Info(clear.Target, clear.Observer), 3);
+    }
+
+    // The chunk path reads the same rule: the passive rate toward a point is scaled by the same survivor fraction.
+    [Fact]
+    public void TheChunkRateIsScaledByTheSameFactor()
+    {
+        var lab = Build(100f);
+        var at = float2(0, 100);
+        var open = lab.Observer.Sensor.PassiveRate(100f, at);
+        Assert.True(open > 0f);
+
+        Hand(lab.Zone, at, 20f, .6f);
+        Assert.Equal(.4f, lab.Observer.Sensor.PassiveRate(100f, at) / open, 5);
+    }
 }