We start by characterizing the first step kinetic rates for the various states sampled here from MD. Figure shows the kinetic rate constant as a function of temperature for 30.0 K/ps base heating rate cases. Those with non-zero deformation rates, as shown in the figure key, have their heating rate lowered so total energy increases at the same rate as the no-deformation case. Since the cases with non-zero deformation rates have a higher total energy at any given temperature, they result in faster kinetics, as expected from previous works. The divergence in rate constant lines is due to the increasing levels of strain over time/heating (see Methods).