More stupid newbie tricks ( questions ) !

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by georgig:

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Originally posted by oleg:
When enemy completes an intel project against you, SE IV subtracts its cost from accumulated intel points in one of your counter-intel projects. If result is negative, intel project hits you. Higher level projects can have more points and stop high-level sabotage which can cost more than full low-level counter-intel project.

and you have some counter-intel bonus (10-30% i am not sure)[/QB]

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The default bonus for intelligence 'defense' is 20 percent, and it's set in SETTINGS.TXT like many other things.

Intelligence Defense Modifier Percent := 120

There is an additional 'gotcha' to the use of counter-intelligence though. If all of your counter-intelligence projects terminate at the same time -- due to 'filling up' with points -- a bunch of enemy projects will be completed against you on that turn even if you're outspending those enemies by a huge margin. You have to find a way to manage your counter-intel in a way that keeps all of the projects from terminating on the same turn.