Planting Spies

[Brucha]

Once you can try to plant spies in an foreign capital, is there a limit to how many times you can try to do so after you fail the first time during a turn? So, if you fail to plant a spy ina turn, is it pointless to keep trying during that same turn? I ask because in my current game, I have failed two turns in a row to plant spies, but have kept trying each turn several times with no success. Does the success rate go down each time you fail?

 

[puwen]

Yes it is pointless to keep trying the same turn, since if you failed you'll always fail for a couple of turns.

If you wait for 2-4 (random) turns you'll have a new shot at it. To be sure wait 4 turns.

Edit:
You got a nice read on the subject here:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3acad_espionage_missions.shtml

 

[Brucha]

Is it a mathematical probability then of success? I sucessfully planted a spy the turn earlier and stole plans, then my spy was captured. That is when I tried to plant another spy unsuccessfully over and over.

 

[puwen]

Isn't any probabilty mathematical?

Jokes aside, since you had a fail (spy cought), your probablilty for spy missions of any kind towards that tribe is 0% for the random numbers of turn.

 

[char81]

I don't know but I think it depends how many times you've sent a spy to a certain civ.

 

[Luke77]

Edit:
You got a nice read on the subject here:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3acad_espionage_missions.shtml

Page not found

 

[Takhisis]

Found the right link.

Prices:
Parameters:
dist - distance from actual city or capital to your nearest city
pop - size of actual city or capital
level - level of settlement, 1 for town, 2 for city and 3 for metropol
opp_cult - opponents culture
your_cult - your culture
techs - number of opponents techs
units - total number of opponents units
shield - number of shields the opponent have invested

Factors found in editor:
base - base cost
mapsize - average of width and height
techrate - factor based on world size

[b][size=3]
Mission          Base      Cost formula[/size][/b]
Plant Spy              60     dist*level + base

Success chance
Plant Spy
[Embassy 50%]
[Conscript spy 20%]
Regular spy 50%
Veteran spy 60%
[Elite spy 75%]
If a spy plant fails you will get a flag saying so. You cant plant a spy when flagged. There is a chance of 1/3 for the flag to disappear each turn. Failing other spy mission, does not trigger the flag. You can plant a spy the same turn your spy has been exposed by a failed mission.

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3/strategy/espionage_missions.php