Chapter 68 - 68: A Driver with a Head Like Frozen Fish

"The Auspex isn't a permanent 'eye'—it can't stay active indefinitely unless the vehicle is already locked in an engagement," Lieutenant Rudolphson explained, tapping the side of his own head.

"Usually, during transit, a driver will cycle it on for a few minutes of scouting and then shut it down to let the power cells recharge. If you take out the engine, the battery won't be able to cycle. Within minutes, the Auspex will go dark. Most drivers will kill the scanners early anyway, because if the Auspex drains the cells completely, they won't even have enough juice to traverse the turret."

Rudolphson led Kian across the muddy camp to the motor pool. "If you want to know how to break a Chimera, you talk to the man who treats them like goddesses."

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