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A [[Clan]] compound word (SAFe CONduct), '''''safcon''''' allows the attacker in a combat Trial to land unopposed.<ref name=wor255>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 255</ref><ref name=fmwc>''Field Manual: Warden Clans'', p. 170</ref><ref name=fmcc/>
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{{Update Needed|[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]], [[Field Manual: Warden Clans]], [[Era Digest: Age of War]]}}
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A [[Clan]] compound word (SAfe CONduct), '''''Safcon''''' allows the attacker in a combat Trial to land unopposed.<ref name=wor255>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 255</ref>
 
   
 
   
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
In many respects a modern Clan equivalent of the safe passage provisions of the [[Ares Conventions]]<ref name=EDAoW-16>''Era Digest: Age of War'', p. 16 "A More Civilized Slaughter - Safe Passage"</ref>, ''safcon'' is requested by the attacking party as part of a ''[[batchall]]'' and is an agreement where the defending party guarantees to not fire on the attacker while en route to the site agreed for a Trial, a means of ensuring that only elements bid for the Trial are involved and to protect valuable [[DropShip]]s and [[JumpShip]]s from harm.<ref name=fmcc>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 162</ref><ref name=fmwc/> For smaller Trials ''safcon'' is almost always granted by default, but for larger conflicts, conflicts between bitter rivals or Trials for significant or extremely valuable items (for example an important factory or [[Bloodright]]) it may be refused with no loss of honor to the defender. Whether it is done intentionally or not, breaking ''safcon'' by either party once agreed to is seen as a highly dishonorable breach of ''[[zellbrigen]]'' and as just cause to turn the conflict into a free-for-all.{{cn}}
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Requested by the attacking party as part of a ''[[batchall]]'', ''safcon'' is agreement where the defending party guarantees to not fire on the attacker while en route to the site agreed for a Trial, a means of ensuring that only elements bid for the Trial are involved and to protect valuable [[DropShip]]s and [[JumpShip]]s from harm. For smaller Trials ''safcon'' is almost always granted by default, but for larger conflicts, conflicts between bitter rivals or Trials for significant or extremely valuable items (for example an important factory or [[Bloodheritage]]) it may be refused with no loss of honor to the defender. Whether it is done intentionally or not, breaking ''safcon'' by either party once agreed to is seen as highly dishonorable breach of ''[[Zellbrigen]]'' and as just cause to turn the conflict into a free-for-all.{{cn}}
  
Many Clan WarShips and JumpShips will broadcast a message declaring their neutral status when arriving at a system and not engaging in a Trial. This can be considered a type of ''safcon'', but any opponent is not required to honor it.<ref name=wor255/>
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Many Clan WarShips and JumpShips will broadcast a message declaring their neutral status when arriving at a system and not engaging in a Trial. This can be considered a type of safcon, but any opponent is not required to honor it.<ref name=wor255/>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Era Digest: Age of War]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Crusader Clans]]''
 
*''[[Field Manual: Warden Clans]]''
 
 
*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
 
*''[[The Wars of Reaving]]''
  
 
[[Category:Clan Terms|Safcon]]
 
[[Category:Clan Terms|Safcon]]

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