
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Dragoons take up \(1 \times 1\) squares in the plane with sides parallel to the coordinate axes such that the interiors of the squares do not intersect. A dragoon can fire at another dragoon if the difference in the \(x\)-coordinates of their centers and the difference in the \(y\)-coordinates of their centers are both at most 6, regardless of any dragoons in between. For example, a dragoon centered at \((4,5)\) can fire at a dragoon centered at the origin, but a dragoon centered at \((7,0)\) cannot. A dragoon cannot fire at itself. What is the maximum number of dragoons that can fire at a single dragoon simultaneously?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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