Intelligence Advisers

The concept is quite simple but could involve a lot of work if gone about the wrong way.

Currently we all have Spy’s which we sent out on recon missions. These Spy’s return with information which is often incomplete so they are sent out again and again until all available information has been acquired.

However this information is currently contained in a number of separate reports the have to be viewed separately.

One role of the Intelligence Advisers would compile these separate reports into one report.

In addition to the information that Spy’s currently obtain there is also a lot of other information that is not obtained but is very relevant in times of war. Given the information currently obtained it is also realistic to assume that this other information would most likely be located in the same places the Spy’s find the current information and it is also realistic to assume that any worthwhile spy would not overlook the importance of this information.

The second role of the Intelligence Advisers would be to analyze this information and include it in a comprehensive report on the target.

Make up

Rather than adding another type of unit I would rather see this as a building that you construct and possibly upgrade. There would also be a related Tech that can be researched.

Mechanics

The level of the building and the tech level would both improve the quality of the report and the time it takes to compile it with the quickest compile time for the report being 6 hours and the longest being days. Each upgrade would reduce the compilation time by 6 hours.

Costing

Building construction and upgrades is open for discussion
Techs at the same rates as other existing techs.

Content

Training Facilities & Weapon Factories
Clinics, SAM and Munitions Factories, Aircraft Hangers & Factories
(Assuming that Aircraft types ,& quantities as well as munitions will be included in normal recon missions)
Trade Brokers – who and when and resource traded – possibly quantity with sufficient research
GM Trading – I was thinking of it being something like a Swiss Bank Account. Eg “Your agents have located x encrypted documents that relate to hidden resources” which would mean that the player has x withdrawals to make from completed GM Trades but you don’t know the resource or quantity.
Possibility to also see current uncompleted trades

Implementation Timeframe

Obviously after current planned upgrades other than that it will depend on complexity and how the information is presented.

Rational

Current Recon information supplies us with a lot of detailed information of an accounts build but neglects to provide any information around production hense the inclusion of the facilities and factories.

Also in times of war a very obvious and strategic target is the Supply line hence the trade information

Comments.

I would expect to see a need for considerable investment to attain good and consistent results.

I would also not expect to see any more additional information included in the individual Recon reports (I would however expect that Admin has some changes planned for the Airforce update). This would mean that the report will always be slightly out of date.

Dont forget the power level of AF weaponry and their munitions.

I can't say I agree with all of this, I don't care for the trade thingy, specially not GM as what is the real point in it? I can see P2P trades somewhat.

Last point is how to defend against it? If their is no defense I really do not like it.

You are saying that Intel Advisor will go like in "real times war" like every tick, those spies will analyze all information of your enemy, depending on the enemy covert action then return back to your base With full info. I like that idea.

Why cant the spies provide all information at once? Do we really want to wait for all info for hours?

@ StarWolf

No. the Intel advisers don't go anywhere, They are nothing more than a group of people sitting in an office somewhere in your base. All that they do is to look at the information your spies gather and reformat it into a more sensible report.

So if you don't send your spies on any recon missions then they wont report anything. However if you need to make 6 recon missions on say Kenzu to gather all the information rather than having to look at 6 results like now the Intel Advisers will gather the results into one single complete report.

@ Kenzu

Possibly and possibly not but remember that the current recon results are still available. The Time delay is merely a mechanism to allow for upgrades and Tech investment. Look at it this way, You start with nothing more than is currently available. Level 1 of Intel advisers means you now have a group of old men sitting in a small dingy office compiling all the reports by hand. They have to read all incoming data then write the report on paper manually and hand deliver it to you. Investment in upgrades and techs means improving their working conditions and tools, better offices, typewriters etc right through to very fast and powerful computers etc. How fast you can access the reports is then related to the investment that you make. The overall Timeframes are up for discussion so if everyone is happy to come down to a few minutes that fine, the times I but in above are nothing more than examples

I like the ceoncept of it...