diff --git a/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp b/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
index 8536a65..659b32a 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/myomers.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,21 @@ void Myomers::MyomersSimulation(Scalar time_slice)
 	// so the resulting state is identical to the binary's once-at-assembly.
 	RegisterMaxOutput();									// @004b8ef0
 
+	// BENCH (BT_FORCE_SEEK=<idx 0..max>): pin the seek gear without the eng-page
+	// button -- the seek-4 supercharge/overheat loop is otherwise unreachable
+	// on a headless rig.  Env-gated, off by default; the toggle handler stays
+	// the authentic path.
+	{
+		static int s_forceSeek = -2;
+		if (s_forceSeek == -2)
+		{
+			const char *e = getenv("BT_FORCE_SEEK");
+			s_forceSeek = (e != 0 && *e != '\0') ? atoi(e) : -1;
+		}
+		if (s_forceSeek >= 0 && s_forceSeek <= maxSeekVoltageIndex)
+			currentSeekVoltageIndex = s_forceSeek;
+	}
+
 	// 1. @004b8bab -- the base electrical state machine.  MUST come first, and
 	// must precede any heat-model gate: OwnerAdvancedDamage() is off below
 	// veteran, so gating ahead of this denied the machine to most pilots.