Editing Machine Army (section)

==Authorities Response==
The [[PRT]] had locked down Eagleton and patrols regularly, putting some of their more difficult members there.<ref name="R1">Get stationed in a place that's 'safe' from a PR perspective. Murderbeam isn't able to do much against the Machine Army, but might get stationed near Pueblo or the Pastor's area. - [https://redd.it/6b3vnt comment on Reddit] by Wildbow</ref> They preferred putting capes there who would blast anything at the first sign of trouble.<ref name="R1.5">The second possibility is somewhat tricky, and becomes a balancing act. There are areas the PRT desperately wants to keep secure, and securing these areas becomes a punishment duty:<br>[...]<br>Eagleton, TN was evacuated, quarantined and is regularly patrolled after the Machine Army incident.<br>[...]<br>Naturally, the PRT doesn't want to put the wrong person on the wrong detail. Too violent a person in, say, Gallup or Gary would be a recipe for disaster, a spark to a powder keg. A mentally imbalanced or vulnerable person in Madison would be similarly disastrous. But find the right combination, like a trigger happy lunatic in Eagleton, and things are mostly fine, because they'll happily patrol and gun down the machines on the regular. Someone unambitious and lazy might let something slip through or grow out of control in Eagleton, but would be fine with the sleepy task of maintaining a watch on the periphery of Freedom. - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Parahumans/comments/45tbrf/wormpossible_spoilersdoes_the_protectorate_ever/d0171sf/ comment on Reddit] by Wildbow</ref> The organization explored several options on how to deal with the threat, such as nuclear weapons,<ref name="R3">You gotta figure that the PRT has thinkers that have analyzed whether it's worth doing that.<br><br>What you're liable to do with a nuke (because nukes don't really vaporize everything) is just spread out the machine 'seed' fragments and then you've got Machine Army everywhere. - [https://redd.it/7suqc9 comment] by Wildbow on Reddit.</ref> much like they did with [[Nilbog]].<ref name="MA1">'''arandomperson1234:'''The Wardens have Valkyrie, Dragon (not a member, but probably available), and numerous thinkers. Wouldn't it be easy for them to just squish the machine army before it spreads out of control? Have them clear everything inch by inch, and have thinkers scour the land for anything they might have missed.<br><br>'''Wildbow:'''Because there's more to it. - [https://redd.it/5iblo6 reddit comment] by Wildbow.</ref>

With [[Gold Morning]] heroic response has shifted, due to the mass exodus of refugees from [[Earth Bet]].

[[Dragon]] was reluctant to engage Machine Army at all, due to its ability to integrate foreign tech, which could provide it with more firepower or compromise her network, and potentially subsume it.<ref>“Last resort option.  If they get access to my tech, they’ll incorporate it.  If they get access to my network, they’ll start decrypting my security.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/23/infrared-19-z/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.z]]</ref>