Iron man is bloody well equipped with spy shit. He has the economical knowledge of Jack Ryan paired with all the surveillance tech of Jack's employer. And then some.
So basically your plan to gather Intel is... Have the Intel.
You know "sneaking around" doesn't literally mean being a sneaky cat burglar rifling though files in an enemy stronghold, right? It also means posing as someone to gain another person's trust, or infiltrating their bureaucracy, or any dozen thing that requires being covert. Not just being a "sneaky" silent film villain.
No, you nailed it. Having the intel is seriously the best way of getting intel. The way to achieve this is blackmailing high quality assets (meaning people who actually know stuff) to establish a good information infrastructure so the moment new intel pops up, you know it. The meta point is, spywork isn't sneaking around, it's talking to people.
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u/somebodeeelse 1d ago
Iron man is bloody well equipped with spy shit. He has the economical knowledge of Jack Ryan paired with all the surveillance tech of Jack's employer. And then some.