OSINT-6 CHANGELOG 250815

Some Factbooks will attract political demands before readers reach the rules. An Israel Factbook is an obvious case. Names, borders, institutions, wars, attacks, military operations, armed groups, territorial claims, displaced populations, alliances, and legal disputes can become tests of allegiance even when the text is limited to chronology and attribution.

The book will still need to state what happened, when it happened, who was involved, which authority made a decision, and what remains disputed or unresolved. Omitting those facts to avoid criticism would damage the reference. Expanding the chapter into a moral verdict or a comprehensive history would move beyond the product's job.

The governing standard provides the boundary. Setting material is selected for its effect on scale, authority, access, movement, communications, risk, and operational conditions. Current external pressures receive clear source dates and neutral wording. Conflicting accounts remain attributed, and a claim's official source doesn't convert it into independently verified fact.

The same policy applies beyond one country. Elections, territorial disputes, sanctions, policing, civil rights, migration, political violence, military intervention, surveillance authority, and emergency powers may be required to explain the environment in which agents operate. We will include the minimum material necessary to make that environment usable and accurate.

“Minimum” doesn't mean minimizing harm, erasing participants, or hiding a relevant fact. It means resisting the pressure to turn a roleplaying reference into an editorial platform. Necessary context stays. Polemic, slogans, declarations of loyalty, and arguments unrelated to play stay out.

No wording can prevent bad-faith interpretation. The standard can still require disciplined sourcing, limited scope, and consistent treatment. Readers will know what the book is trying to establish, which source supports it, and where the available record ends.