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Originally Posted by Panther Al
Now, since we all was no longer accepting orders from higher, and we was setting up our own fiefdom, were we marauders, or something else?
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I think the word we are now looking for is "warlord," perhaps to be shortened to "lord." Assuming the historians of the future like you.
IMO, once a marauder band gets really big, and settles down, and is too big and fortified to be rousted out, it becomes a local or regional force to be reckoned with, perhaps a warlord. Then, the local military command can either spend a lot of supplies and blood to attack them, or try to deal with them as diplomatically as possible. Or send in a special team of agents (you know, PCs) to assassinate the leadership.
The royal fellow in Raciborz and the guys in Krakow come to mind. They're both behind Soviet lines, but since they aren't causing any direct problems, the Soviets are following "live & let live."