<VUG6>

Engage with the Autonomous Line and Neutral Zone at your own risk. This rule replaces the first paragraph of <SG8>. Any Robot that engages with Blocks or Goals that begin the Match or are located on the Autonomous Line or within the Neutral Zone should be aware that opponent Robots may also choose to do the same. Robots entering the Neutral Zone should expect contact with other Robots, and should take this into consideration when designing and building. However, Rule <GG14> still applies within the Neutral Zone, and Teams can receive a Disablement or Major Violation for actions that a Head Referee deems intentionally damaging or egregious.

The Neutral Zone and the Goals and Blocks within it are intended to be utilized by either Alliance during the Autonomous Period. This will inevitably result in Robot-on-Robot interactions, both incidental and intentional. The overarching intent of <VUG6> is for the vast majority of these interactions to result in no rule Violations and/or penalties for either Alliance, just as no rules Violations occur in 99% of Driver Controlled interactions.

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