An inconvinient situation

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I've thought of several possible explanations, found none except that the sight of the unwashed Tindanotae bereft them of their Wille zum Leben...

Surely it was their smell which caused a sudden loss of consciousness... But this would lead to the subsequent realization that Tindanoatae can no longer be regarded as assault infantry, but as biological weapon...