That is excatly why (if you read my original case) it smells fishy.
Check the math: 5 Crew Insurrections X 40K = 200K offensive intel points.
If my PBEM opponent were to defend that, he would have to have 10K Counter Intel II projects X at least 20 turns.
We have been playing with the ability to view each other's stats, and I am not even sure he had intel for 20 turns! ...Never mind Intel II. It just does not sound likely.
Could I have been Intel sabotaged? What Messages appear when that happens? Do you get failure reports?
I have scoured these Messages and I have heard conflicting opinions about intel/counter intel amount and level of projects- still no difinitive answer how it works, but some pretty solid opinions! (Thanks guys!)
Does anyone have an "in" to the developers who could lay it down once and for all? In a PBEM game against warm bodies, intel becomes VERY important, even critical to survival!