An idea to balance out tech

[jimbob]

MOO2 had a better intelligence system in my opinion. But I still think that the best intel/counterintel system to date was found in SW:Rebellion. You had to pick the planet you wanted to affect, and then that planet's own defenses would have to respond to the attack. But as the attacker, you had to know what planets were colonized by your opponent (recon required) and it was a really good idea to know what intel defenses were on that planet before you attacked with your team(s), oh, and then there was the actual team and the possibility of sending a decoy team too! It was a very well thought out system, imo.