Guards (also known as security guards) are people employed by an adversary to protect buildings or other physical infrastructure.
If guards detect an unauthorized presence in the area under their watch, they can decide to intervene themselves or call for outside help. Depending on the context, they may be armed with lethal or non-lethal weapons.
Used in tactics: Arrest
Mitigations
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Attack | You can incapacitate guards to prevent them from interfering with an action. For example, in their actions on logging companies machinery in so-called Chile, Mapuche people have neutralized guards by disarming them[1], tying them up[2] or shooting at them[3]. |
| Reconnaissance | Before an action, you can identify the presence of guards at an action site. |