espionage question

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I'm still quite new at this, so bear with me. In one of my last games, I decided to put a lot of money into espionage. Eventually, I reached a point where I got an "advanced" message, telling me how I have spies in every aspect of their society, I'll know everything that happens, bla bla bla.

Here's my question...do I need to *continue* spending on espionage to keep this up? Or, once I've reached that level, can I cut all spending on espionage and still get information?

--Mark
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
As of right now, once you've reached an espionage level, you'll stay at the point for the rest of the game. You can stop putting money in but still have the knowledge of, say, the current technology they're researching.

Eventually (and this is open for discussion), we'd like to incorporate Espionage tactics, where you can click on an enemy starsystem, and for a certain number of Esionage Points you'll be able to find out what a planet's stats. These points are deducted, but you get the information you want.

Or, again, for a cost of x Espionage Pts, you can click on another races' ship and retreive information on where it's going and for what purpose.

Also, would it make sense for your Espionage Points to gradually decrease if no money is being put in? We can easilly do this now, but would it deter from the fun-factor? Or make the game more realistic in an enjoyable way?

Any suggestions or comments are welcome! :)
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
BoogieBac said "would it make sense for your Espionage Points to gradually decrease if no money is being put in? "

Certainly it would make sense. If you don't keep up the espionage your information becomes dated, and after a while, useless.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
IS there currently any way to steal tech from the other races? And does Destabilize do anything right now?
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
interesting cross references here with the influence debates! thread
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Will the game provide for counter-espionage in the future? I haven't explored espionage all that much yet but will we, in addition to throwing money into efforts to infiltrate other races, have to throw money into counter-espionage in order to thwart other races attempts to infiltrate us?
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Wyrenn said "IS there currently any way to steal tech from the other races?". I have seen no evidence that this support is coded yet, but it did exist in the OS/2 version (along with capturing tech when conquering a star), so I would assume it will be in this version eventually.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Yeah, eventually you'll start stealing techs from a civ where you're epsionage is jsut through the roof.

As for couter-espionage...this is certainly feasible. It's more a matter of finding a place to put the slider. :) I'll throw the idea into the ring here at the office and see how others like it.