This is what I do:
Set the Intel points to evenly distribute
Set the Intel Projects to repeat & then
Turn 1, Start CI 3
Turn 2, Start CI 3
Turn 3, Start CI 3
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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Patric Stewart as Captain Picard
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