My spies watch movies?

[Ciaran]

By the way, "Our Man in Havana" is a book by Graham Greene. Later Frederick Foryish made an adaptation to the Panama crisis: "The Panama Tailor" or somesuch, and from THAT one, they made a movie.

I recommend reading "Our Man in Havana". It was a very good book.

Off Topic, but "the Panama Tailor" is by LeCarre, not Frederick Forsyth. I´ve read it, as well as all of Forsyths books - which are highly recommendable if you´re looking for political thrillers.

But on the topic, I´ve found that emissaries make for just as good an intelligence source as spies do, plus you don´t lose them to border forts or counterspies. Oh, the odd one might get assassinated every now and then, but there´s always plenty more where he came from. They´re cheaper and easier to reach in the tech tree, too.

[Martok]

But on the topic, I´ve found that emissaries make for just as good an intelligence source as spies do, plus you don´t lose them to border forts or counterspies. Oh, the odd one might get assassinated every now and then, but there´s always plenty more where he came from. They´re cheaper and easier to reach in the tech tree, too.

While that's true, they're unfortunately also easy to kill. I switch to religious agents (bishops, alims, & priests) as my main "spies-in-residence" once I'm able to train them in large quantities. I find them to be generally superior to emissaries for two reasons: Aside from converting the population of the province they're in, they're also generally more resistant to assassination attempts.