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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 1949849" data-attributes="member: 6521">Serpenteye: PLs look fine. (Note to all: The 5 Epic PL should not be taken as an indication that there are, in fact, five members of the Elder Circle. Nor should this statement be taken is an indication that there are more or less than five members of the Elder Circle.)Also, I got your email (twice, in fact)... Re: the map, I'm thinking it may just be easier for me to maintain it by hand, and I am willing to do that. At this point updating it by hand over the course of several months probably constitutes less work than the task of automating a map so large.Edena/Eclavdra:Your proposals regarding Infiltration seem to muddy the issue unduly. We need, at most, a clause specifying that Infiltration is to be considered a military act; given that, the rest of your proposals fall naturally from the existing terms.Further, we would like to clarify that, in our opinion, equivalent response should not imply  identical response. For an act of infiltration matching the threat of 10,000 men, a conventional army of 10,000 men should suffice as response. This should not be taken loosely, however, and any power not offering clearly identical response should take the time to explain completely their reason in determining their response's equivalence.To allow this flexibility is vital on two accounts:- Firstly, because our powers possess many unique strengths and weaknesses. It does no good to force a power to respond to attack in its weakest or least proficient manner. Furthermore, in some cases and identical response may not be available to a power at all.- Second, identical response provides our enemies with too much knowledge. A power that believes it can guard itself from, for instance, an anticipated mass infiltration, may choose to infiltrate one of our members with lessened fear of retribution.It may be necessary to define some terms for equivalence -- what act of infiltration is equal to a conventional attack of 10,000 men, and so forth. The Brotherhood suggests that these terms be developed over time, by law of precedent.</blockquote>

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