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When I talked about auto-patrol, I meant that Sphinx would not patrol but would always be conisdered to be outside the fort, just as all patrollers are ATM. So, that Sphinx could very well be researching, but it would still be exposed to attack. It wouldn't have the towers of your fortress to defend it, but it would have all its magics, and of course would have to be destroyed by those special demolition teams. The only problem is the fact that if everybody else routs, the Sphunx dies... But that is totally different problemm, and not really related to the Sphinx-problem.