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TABLE OF SOVEREIGN VALUES (VI) There are not so incidental variant Kings
P/T          P/V      Mate#  and win conditions among thousands of
DIMAECHAER   3.5      5      presentations by the modern CV artists.
HOPLIT       3.5      5      King, however, is remarkably stable across
HOPLOMACH    3.5      5      all forms, Xiangqi to current f.i.d.e.
RETIOR       3.5      5      OrthoChess.  It figures that 'Mate#' is
PEGNIOR      3.5      5      mandatorily one of the two numbers com-
SAGITTAR     3.5      5      prising the complete SOVEREIGN VALUE. Each
THRAEX       4.0      4      SOVEREIGN PIECE-TYPE has both its piece
VELES        4.0      4      value V and Mating Number M. One-stepping
RANGER       3.5      2       King, the four directions become eight, 
SPEARSMAN     3.75     2       power and vulnerability -- eternal 
attributes.  From first conception in East/South Asia two millenniums
ago, one King per side and how to run Him down, emulating own's own; today more scientifically
the question exactly how many attackers sufficient, expressed in the
Mate#. Mate# is generally stable across boards 64 to 144: 1,2,3,4,5,6, or 7, or interesting cases to come findably higher, legitimately Sovereign. However, that should not be read as *always* the same between extremes 64 and 144 for a given specific piece-type, just usually so, and convenient to begin assigning values. Two numbers then complete definition a p-t, V and M, without which name and definition by themselves represent mere art for art's sake.  Bifurcators above again, the eight more, attain clarity
attacking/capturing/mating first leg; the challenging other half of them
capture second leg and may all have Mate# '5'(provisional).
'Provisional' in that subject to determining for sure whether fixed checkmate set-ups each bifurcator are attainable in practice against Black best play. This Spearsman and Ranger are Outback Chess.