Keeping Ships from mutinying: What am I doing wrong?

Bowden Russell · #1 May 9th, 2001, 08:16 PM

All my ships are run by computer cores, no crews. Somehow my opponent is still able to get my ships to mutiny.

Is this a flaw?

What counter-intell do I use to prevent the theft of my fleet?

Thanks,

Bowden

Coal · #2 May 9th, 2001, 08:36 PM

you just have to use the highest counter-intel you have availiable, and you have to devote all your intel points to that one project. Mabye you should run the enemy intel sabotage project to destroy his intel project. Other than that, i dont know.

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mac5732 · #3 May 9th, 2001, 08:45 PM

try not dividing your intel up between more then 1 item at a time. after you run several of your own intel operations always follow every 2-3 operations with your highest counter intel and research up to level 3. this should stop a good portion but not completely. Remember, when you are running intel against the Ai, its doing the same to you, that's why every 2-3 operations throw in your highest counter intel. You may want to even do it 2-3 times in a row.

just some ideas Mac

jc173 · #4 May 10th, 2001, 01:47 AM

I usually keep at least one CI project running at all times and by mid game I usually have 2-4, more if I happen to run into those darn Darloks.

Marty Ward · #5 May 10th, 2001, 02:09 AM

Use counter intel projects!
I try to keep at least 3 counter intel projects going at all times early in the game. It doesn't matter to me what level they are, as I don't have a clue how couner intel works, but it has worked for me so far.
Later in the game, when I have 30-50k of points, I will have 6-10 going at once. The AI generally isn't successful with many intel projects with this mant CI projects going. Against humans its a different story...

[This message has been edited by Marty Ward (edited 10 May 2001).]

Dr Strangelove · #6 May 10th, 2001, 02:20 AM

So using a master computer will protect a ship from Psychic subVersion, but not counter-intelligence subVersion?

If you have more intelligence points than your opponents all you have to do is make sure you put more points into your counter-intel than his points available for use against you. Any points you have left over could be used for an attack.

Suppose you have 16000 intel points, but your opponent only has 5000. If you have a counter-intel running, you can put 10000 in a ship bomb attack and still have 6000 points left to fend off an attack.