Using Intelligence to Cripple human opponent

[Tomgs]

If you can grab his ships close to one of your space yards your level 2 Intell project is the best. YOu can get a lot more tech levels by capturing his ships (if he is higher tech than you in more than one area) than by just intelling his tech levels directly. Of course this won't get you all those nice facility upgrades if he has them. About the only intell I use (except counterintell) is the crew insurrection and the puppet political parties.