GAME MANUAL - Steam

HEARTS OF IRON DARKEST HOUR2136The IntelligenceFolderGeneral OverviewThe Intelligence folder is usedto manage your clandestineoperations. These includevarious missions of industrialor technological espionage,fomenting revolutions or evenfinancing coups, theassassination of prominentpolitical figures, and othersuch nefarious activities thatare part and parcel of thecloak and dagger world of thespy. It is also your only sourceof information about themilitary and technologicalcapabilities of other nations.45As the game progresses, youwill gradually improve anetwork of spies. This networkwill work in your own nation toprotect you from the efforts ofenemy agents, while in foreignnations it will quietly gatherintelligence or undertake moredirect, hostile missions. It ispossible to increase yournetwork level every six months(at a high cost) while it ispossible to decrease the levelwithout restrictions.87