diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
index d295849e3..78037bda5 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public sealed partial class ContactRevealTests : IDisposable
     public void APaintRevealsTheEmitterEvenUnseen()
     {
         var locker = Add(float3(0, 0, 200), new[] { "Locker" });
-        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0), new[] { "Eye" });
+        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0)); // deaf: no active sensor, so the reveal is the paint's alone, never the lock's emission heard
         locker.SetIff(o, true);
         locker.EntityInfoGathered[o] = 1f;
         locker.SetTarget(o);
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ public sealed partial class ContactRevealTests : IDisposable
     public void APaintFromAShipThatHasLeftTheZoneRevealsNothing()
     {
         var locker = Add(float3(0, 0, 200), new[] { "Locker" });
-        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0), new[] { "Eye" });
+        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0)); // deaf: no active sensor, so the reveal is the paint's alone, never the lock's emission heard
         locker.SetIff(o, true);
         locker.EntityInfoGathered[o] = 1f;
         locker.SetTarget(o);
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ public sealed partial class ContactRevealTests : IDisposable
     public void ASearchPaintRevealsThePingersSensor()
     {
         var p = Add(float3(0, 0, 100), new[] { "Eye" });
-        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0), new[] { "Eye" });
+        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0)); // deaf: the reveal is the paint's alone, never the ping's emission heard
         var item = p.Equipment.Single(i => i.Behaviors.Any(b => b is Sensor));
         var sensor = (Sensor) item.Behaviors.Single(b => b is Sensor);
         Tick(.01f);
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ public sealed partial class ContactRevealTests : IDisposable
     public void ASearchPaintFromAPingerThatHasLeftCreatesNoReveal()
     {
         var p = Add(float3(0, 0, 100), new[] { "Eye" });
-        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0), new[] { "Eye" });
+        var o = Add(float3(0, 0, 0)); // deaf: it heard nothing of the sweep while the pinger stood in the zone
         var sensor = (Sensor) p.Equipment.Single(i => i.Behaviors.Any(b => b is Sensor)).Behaviors.Single(b => b is Sensor);
         Tick(.01f);
         sensor.Ping();
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/EmissionTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/EmissionTests.cs
index ee353b7a5..1a721172a 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/EmissionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/EmissionTests.cs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public sealed partial class ContactRevealTests
         Assert.Equal(35, reader.ReadArrayHeader());
         for (var slot = 0; slot < 34; slot++) reader.Skip();
         Assert.Equal(3f, MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<PerformanceStat>(ref reader, EmissionWire).Min);
-        Assert.Equal(3f, JObject.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(launcher))["interceptFactor"].ToObject<PerformanceStat>().Min);
+        Assert.Equal(3f, JObject.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new LauncherData { InterceptFactor = Const(3) }))["interceptFactor"].ToObject<PerformanceStat>().Min);
 
         var back = Assert.IsType<LauncherData>(MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<BehaviorData>(bytes, EmissionWire));
         Assert.Equal(3f, back.InterceptFactor.Min);
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
index 43dce6634..09a421db6 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ public sealed class PaintModeTests : IDisposable
         var reader = new MessagePackReader(bytes);
         Assert.Equal(2, reader.ReadArrayHeader());
         Assert.Equal(5, reader.ReadInt32());
-        Assert.Equal(13, reader.ReadArrayHeader());
+        Assert.Equal(14, reader.ReadArrayHeader());
         for (var slot = 0; slot < 12; slot++) reader.Skip();
         Assert.Equal(90f, MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<PerformanceStat>(ref reader, WireOptions).Min);