diff --git a/game/reconstructed/heat.cpp b/game/reconstructed/heat.cpp
index 7bf5e0b..6ae5a10 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/heat.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/heat.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ HeatSink::HeatSink(
 	// identical on every chassis (6 condensers, 1 bank, 1 reservoir), so if
 	// per-mech cooling variation exists it must live in these authored values.
 	// Dump them so that is a measured fact rather than an assumption.
+	// ⚠ These are the RESOURCE values BEFORE any ctor scaling.  The bank
+	// (AggregateHeatSink) multiplies conductance by 0.1 x HeatSinkCount right
+	// after this -- comparing chassis on THIS line alone mis-read the Owens and
+	// Thor banks as identical (they are 115.5k vs 300.3k scaled; #96).
 	if (getenv("BT_MYO_LOG"))
 		DEBUG_STREAM << "[hsparm] " << (GetName() ? GetName() : "?")
 			<< " startT=" << startingTemperature
@@ -797,7 +801,25 @@ void
 		}
 
 		pendingHeat         = 0.0f;
-		ConductHeat(time_slice);		// FUN_004ad8ac
+		// #96 dissipation audit: a 2s census of the chain -- prints from the SIM
+	// tick (not the exchange) so the TERMINUS bank, which has no link and never
+	// exchanges, is visible too.  Gated: BT_HEAT_LOG.
+	if (getenv("BT_HEAT_LOG"))
+	{
+		static unsigned long s_hcAt = 0;
+		unsigned long now_ms = GetTickCount();
+		if (now_ms - s_hcAt > 2000)
+			s_hcAt = now_ms;
+		if (now_ms - s_hcAt < 40 && GetName() != 0)
+			DEBUG_STREAM << "[heatflow] " << GetName()
+				<< " T=" << currentTemperature
+				<< " E=" << heatEnergy
+				<< " pend=" << pendingHeat
+				<< " cool=" << coolantLevel << "/" << thermalCapacity
+				<< " flowScale=" << coolantFlowScale
+				<< " mScale=" << massScale << std::endl;
+	}
+	ConductHeat(time_slice);		// FUN_004ad8ac
 	}
 
 	if (HeatModelActive())
diff --git a/game/reconstructed/heatfamily_reslice.cpp b/game/reconstructed/heatfamily_reslice.cpp
index a406697..e295c4a 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/heatfamily_reslice.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/heatfamily_reslice.cpp
@@ -1211,6 +1211,26 @@ void
 {
 	if (HeatModelActive())									// FUN_004ad7d4
 	{
+		// #96 dissipation audit: the bank runs THIS Performance, not the base
+		// HeatSinkSimulation, so the [heatflow] census there never saw it.
+		// Same census here, tagged RADIATOR -- if this line never prints, the
+		// mech has NO ambient heat exit and everything cooks.
+		if (getenv("BT_HEAT_LOG"))
+		{
+			static unsigned long s_rcAt = 0;
+			unsigned long now_ms = GetTickCount();
+			if (now_ms - s_rcAt > 2000)
+			{
+				s_rcAt = now_ms;
+				DEBUG_STREAM << "[heatflow] RADIATOR '" << (GetName() ? GetName() : "?")
+					<< "' T=" << currentTemperature
+					<< " E=" << heatEnergy
+					<< " pend=" << pendingHeat
+					<< " k=" << thermalConductance
+					<< " cool=" << coolantLevel << "/" << thermalCapacity
+					<< std::endl;
+			}
+		}
 		heatEnergy += pendingHeat;							// [0x56] += [0x72]
 		currentTemperature = heatEnergy / thermalMass;		// [0x45] = [0x56]/[0x55]
 		UpdateHeatLoad();									// FUN_004ad7f0