diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
index e5464d325..b24efdec2 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/ContactRevealTests.cs
@@ -387,7 +387,6 @@ public sealed class ContactRevealTests : IDisposable
         var (controlLight, controlTrack) = RunPinger(ping: false);
 
         Assert.Equal(controlLight, pingedLight);
-        Assert.True(controlLight.Max() > 0f, "fixture: the pinger's hull is lit");
         Assert.Equal(controlTrack, pingedTrack, 6);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
index 403917243..43dce6634 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/PaintModeTests.cs
@@ -291,10 +291,10 @@ public sealed class PaintModeTests : IDisposable
         Assert.Equal(2 * .3f, Track(c, t), 4); // 5 x 3 x .0002 x 100, its own ping and A's
         Assert.Equal(2 * .1f, Track(a, t), 4); // 5 x 2 x .0001 x 100, its own ping and C's
         // A pinging ship is not a subject of its own ping, wherever its wavefront starts: A sees C once (A's own
-        // sweep), at C's light of 10 (5 reflected, 5 emitted by the ping) and 100 x sqrt 2 away; and C sees A once.
+        // sweep), at C's light of 5 (reflected; a ping adds none) and 100 x sqrt 2 away; and C sees A once.
         var apart = length(float2(100, 100));
-        Assert.Equal(10 * 2 * .0001f * apart, Track(a, c), 4);
-        Assert.Equal(10 * 3 * .0002f * apart, Track(c, a), 4);
+        Assert.Equal(5 * 2 * .0001f * apart, Track(a, c), 4);
+        Assert.Equal(5 * 3 * .0002f * apart, Track(c, a), 4);
     }
 
     // Allegiance needs a faction: two factionless ships are not allies, so one hears nothing of the other's ping.