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→Defensive tactics put into play against the Sabbat are simple: Figure out what and who in a city is expendable. Defend the rest to the Final Death. Use mortal and ghoul forces to keep relentless daytime pressure on Sabbat encampments. Burn down as many buildings as you have to in order to get the invaders, and blame it on an arson wave - have your ghouls smile for the news crews while lighting the flames, if necessary. The area can always be rebuilt later, providing opportunities and rewards for whatever neonates and ancillae distinguish themselves in the city's defense.

→An additional benefit to this tactic is the fact that odds are, the "reinforcements" created thus have a fairly powerful Kindred of relatively low generation siring them. As a result, even if the fresh meat isn't particularly well-trained in the art of being a vampire, there's still a lot of innate power that the neonate can draw upon in the interests of self-preservation. In a tussle between an eighth-generation Ventrue neonate created by the local prince and a 13th-generation Brujah antitribu created as part of a mass Embrace by a street-level pack member, you'd do well to put your money on the Ventrue every time.

→Every city is at once an armory and a source of supplies, not to mention a nigh-limitless source of new recruits. Moreover, vampires are creatures of place and habit. In addition, Caine's childer, particularly those who have seen a few decades on the other side of the grave, prefer security and comfortable surroundings. To such vampires, the loss of a home is more than just a matter of moving a line on a map a few miles. It is the loss of identity, the violent uprooting of tendrils that have been carefully laid down over decades. For all these reasons, and more, the Camarilla defends its own with the fury of a lioness defending her cubs.

→Defense of Camarilla territory is ruthless. It is the cities, more than any individual vampire, that the Camarilla must defend in order to remain a viable entity. One can always Embrace new Kindred, but there are just so many cities available to be occupied, and not enough places to put new ones. Many younger Camarilla vampires don't understand the sanctity of territory, thinking it's better to retreat to another city and fight another night. The elders, the wise ones who have seen the game played out for a half a millennium, know better.

→Getting construction crews, transit authority workers, gas company employees and other mortals in positions that give them access to lots of yellow tape that reads "Do Not Cross" to cordon off zones of conflict also serves Camarilla purposes - any banging, shouting, shooting or other loud noises can be explained as part of the "problem" necessitating the clearance of the area.

→So, once a building is targeted, it's taken floor by floor, starting from the ground up, with a ring of support "troops" on surrounding buildings and covering escape routes. Camarilla assaults are thorough, efficient and bloody; the attackers make certain of their kills before moving on to new targets. Once a building is reduced, the strike team moves onto the next one, and then the next - speed is of the essence. The Camarilla cannot win a war of attrition, so its offensives need to be fast and deadly.

→Attacks on Sabbat positions provide one of the few chances for sanctioned diablerie that a Camarilla vampire is likely ever to see. While there is no official Camarilla policy on the matter, the unofficial rule has always been, "Take care of business first - and don't let us catch you at it."

→Camarilla tacticians know that they are beset on all sides. They also know that the Camarilla does not have the resources for a multiple-front war, even if that is the specter currently confronting them. With that in mind, the Camarilla makes a conscious effort to turn its enemies on one another, or at least to keep them off-balance to the point where the attacks come one at a time, rather than all at once.

→Every good commander needs reinforcements. In the end, numbers do tell. This military truism holds as well for vampires as it does for mortals. Unfortunately, the Traditions forbid the most effective method of creating reinforcements, while the Sabbat is under no such restrictions. That means that every Camarilla field commander goes into the fight knowing she's at a disadvantage - and her enemies know it, too.