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+# Engine
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+Sends UDP messages between the components. UDP messages contain a wrapper of the domain message (an action specification, plus payload) encoded using flat buffers. Each action should result in a response. Each action must be idempotent. Each message must include a vector clock timestamp to avoid repeated delivery and/or late messages.
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