# Preparation **Domain:** Conflict taxonomy **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Preparation** is the grade in which informational, cognitive, legal, cyber, or symbolic action shapes conditions for a kinetic operation that is still anticipated. ## Significance It establishes adjacency between layers but is analytically opposite to a claim that the non-kinetic layer replaced force. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_156338.htm) ## Routes [[wiki/Substitution|Substitution]] · [[wiki/Force Multiplication|Force Multiplication]] · [[wiki/Maskirovka|Maskirovka]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Grief for the world that has passed is honorable; a plan for the world that has arrived is how a family, a company, or a country thrives. History rewards those who prepare for what is coming.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat, 2026* [[reminders/Renewal/Grief Honors the Past, but Planning Builds the Future by Bryant McGill|Grief Honors the Past, but Planning Builds the Future by Bryant McGill]]