Lumberjack (Chapter 1)
He didn't blame sam for not wanting to make the walk for food, but the kid had better shape up soon, or he would be another burnout on the job. he had joined the company only three weeks ago, and every day beat him to hell and back.
Shadow Stalkers: Thymion Pt. 5
A destroyer shouldn't have been sent out to do a sensor corvette's job, especially a destroyer as old as this crewed by people on the brink of burnout. we were ill equipped for the task at hand and now we're paying for high command's screw-up.
All Grown Up - and Not
Dawn tried to follow, but the back wheel of her bike just spun in a burnout; the training wheels were lifting the back wheel up to the point that it couldn't get any traction in the gravel. stubbornly, dawn kept trying.
Final Preparations
"the disruptor and the cloaking tech both suck up a _lot_of juice - they can't be run at the same time, or it'd overstress the capacitor and cause a burnout." "with volcan's infrared vision, he was still able to see them," ayane added.
Shadow Stalkers: Thymion Pt. 15
The would-be mutineers, battery chief astran and a trio of his subordinates, were still sitting in the brig, ready to be handed off to a shadow stalkers mp unit, but otherwise things were back to the way they had been; an exhausted crew on the verge of a burnout
I, Dacien -- Chapter Twenty: Displacement -- CORRECTED CANONICAL VERSION
It left teodor with burnout, and dacien with exit shock. i think ..." and then he stopped. "that is speculation." "speculate," said lord hunt. "i am fascinated."