Stealing Tech from other nations has been around for a little while now... from bow making, metallurgy to microprocessors.
Spies should be capable of more than just blowing Ship up... they should also be able to sneak off with bits of tech that allows scientists back home to advance their own developments.
Japan took USA Bombers when they captured the Philippines and after ripping them apart and putting them back together, learned a thing or two from them. USA took German scientists in by the droves to help them with their own rocket projects...
Be it photo's of a new wing design to ex-filtrating an enemy scientist... these actions all play part in war. The Spitfire for example is based off a German designs when an apprentice working for German designers went back to England and took copies of some of the wing designs with him.
Proposal of two distinct Spy actions:
Steal Tech - Allows a spy action to steal information about a technology I do not yet posses from an enemy. This could be a % bonus to researching that tech... shortening my time or reducing the cost of my own research of that tech.
Sabotage Enemy Research - Allows a spy to hinder ongoing research of the enemy (does not reveal what research was damaged, just that some research was hindered) By killing, or ex-filtrating a key scientist, or damaging research facilities.. this action would extend significantly enemy research time of tech... or increase costs of ongoing research.
Spies should be capable of more than just blowing Ship up... they should also be able to sneak off with bits of tech that allows scientists back home to advance their own developments.
Japan took USA Bombers when they captured the Philippines and after ripping them apart and putting them back together, learned a thing or two from them. USA took German scientists in by the droves to help them with their own rocket projects...
Be it photo's of a new wing design to ex-filtrating an enemy scientist... these actions all play part in war. The Spitfire for example is based off a German designs when an apprentice working for German designers went back to England and took copies of some of the wing designs with him.
Proposal of two distinct Spy actions:
Steal Tech - Allows a spy action to steal information about a technology I do not yet posses from an enemy. This could be a % bonus to researching that tech... shortening my time or reducing the cost of my own research of that tech.
Sabotage Enemy Research - Allows a spy to hinder ongoing research of the enemy (does not reveal what research was damaged, just that some research was hindered) By killing, or ex-filtrating a key scientist, or damaging research facilities.. this action would extend significantly enemy research time of tech... or increase costs of ongoing research.
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