diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamPlayerTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamPlayerTests.cs
index 22f63603f..8630a6b05 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamPlayerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamPlayerTests.cs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ using float3 = CultMath.float3;
 // edges: a press is one pull and a let-go one release.
 public sealed partial class RunStartTests
 {
-    // East, west 200 away and a third 250 away, all seen by east once the zone has stepped.
+    // East, west 200 away and a third about 277 away, both ahead of east and seen by it once the zone has stepped.
     private (Zone arena, Ship east, Ship west, Ship third) PlayerSeamTrio()
     {
         Ship third = null;
         var (arena, east, west) = SeamPair(false, (stage, e, w) =>
-            third = stage.Place(EvLonginus(stage), float2(350, 0), facing: float2(-1, 0)) as Ship);
+            third = stage.Place(EvLonginus(stage), float2(-150, 120), facing: float2(1, 0)) as Ship);
         for (var step = 0; step < 600 && !(east.VisibleEntities.Contains(west) && east.VisibleEntities.Contains(third)); step++) arena.Update(SeamDt);
         Assert.Contains(west, east.VisibleEntities);
         Assert.Contains(third, east.VisibleEntities);
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamTests.cs
index 134578efe..3caf0dacc 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PilotSeamTests.cs
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ public sealed partial class RunStartTests
         var agent = arena.Agents.Single(a => a.Ship == east);
         var locks = east.Weapons.OfType<LockWeapon>().ToArray();
         Assert.NotEmpty(locks);
+        agent.Doctrine.MinHitProbability = 2; // its guns hold fire, so its aim settles and the lock completes
         var step = 0;
         for (; step < 3000 && !(SeamState(agent) is CombatState && locks.Any(l => l.IsLocked)); step++) arena.Update(SeamDt);
         Assert.True(locks.Any(l => l.IsLocked), $"locked by step {step}: {string.Join(",", locks.Select(l => l.Lock))}");