ESPIONAGE

Espionage

Espionage is a game feature that allows you to gather helpful information about your enemies. There is a wide range of possible actions that your agents or spies can perform.

Agents / Instant Actions

Agents perform instant actions in foreign provinces with a 100% success rate, granting you immediate access to the results of their actions. Using them costs varying amounts of gold depending on the type of action, with the costs being displayed in the game.

	Reveal Local Armies Reveals a momentary snapshot of all armies in the target province as well as adjacent provinces, including armies of other nations present in these provinces. Armies revealed this way are marked with an espionage icon on the map. Espionage snapshots can become outdated when revealed armies receive new orders after the snapshot was taken. The snapshot remains visible until the next daychange.
	Country Information Reveals a nation’s resources, recent stock market orders, diplomatic relations, the last diplomatic message that was sent or received, spy positions, factory buildings and ongoing productions. Buildings remain visible until the next daychange.
	Decrease Morale Reveals a nation’s resources, recent stock market orders, diplomatic relations, the last diplomatic message that was sent or received, spy positions, factory buildings and ongoing productions. Buildings remain visible until the next daychange.
	Disrupt Economy Decreases morale of the target province by 10%.
	Sabotage Building Destroys a random percentage of the daily resource production of the target province.
	Reveal Country’s armies Reveals a momentary snapshot of all armies belonging to the target country, including armies stationed in foreign territory. Does not reveal armies of other nations stationed in this country. Armies revealed this way are marked with an espionage icon on the map. Espionage snapshots can become outdated when revealed armies receive new orders after the snapshot was taken. The snapshot remains visible until the next daychange.

Spies

Spies can be assigned to your own or foreign provinces in order to fulfill various missions. In contrast to instant actions, spy missions have a 50% chance of failure and are always completed on the next daychange. Deploying more than 1 spy in the same province increases the rate of success. There is also an inherent chance for spies getting caught either before or after they have executed their mission. Caught spies either vanish or join the enemy.

Recruiting spies costs money and having active spies in service also costs money as upkeep, being deducted each daychange. Spies leave if their upkeep can’t be paid. The costs and upkeep are displayed in the game and vary for each type of spy.

	Idle Spy Idle Spies are available to be assigned to a mission. Even while idle they still cost upkeep.
	Intelligence Has a chance to gather information about a nation’s resources, recent stock market orders, diplomatic relations, the last sent or received diplomatic message, spy positions, factory buildings and ongoing productions. Buildings remain visible until the next daychange. Also has a chance to reveal a momentary snapshot of all armies in the target province as well as in adjacent provinces, including armies of other nations present in these provinces. Armies revealed this way are marked with an espionage icon on the map. Espionage snapshots can become outdated when revealed armies receive new orders after the snapshot was taken. Revealed armies and buildings remain visible until the next daychange.
	Economic Sabotage Has a chance to decrease the morale of the target province, as well as to destroy a random percentage of its daily resource production.
	Military Sabotage Has a chance to damage a random building in the target province. Also has a chance to reveal a momentary snapshot of all armies in the target province as well as in adjacent provinces, including armies of other nations present in these provinces. Armies revealed this way are marked with an espionage icon on the map. Espionage snapshots can become outdated when revealed armies receive new orders after the snapshot was taken. Revealed armies and buildings remain visible until the next daychange.
	Counter Espionage Increases the chance of foreign spies failing their mission and being caught in the target province. Can only be assigned to your own provinces.