I have had Sins for about two weeks now and play single player most everyday 2-5 hours. The first week I played only easy opponents, on small maps, with pirates inactive. This week I have a better feel for the game, so I am playing a single normal opponent on medium maps. I still have the pirates inactive.

The functional definition of the Level 8 - Civilian/Policy/Insurgency Technology is:

In game I would expect this to mean that small forces (somewhat like the pirates) appear to harass the forces of evil (in this case the Advent or Vasari). I would not expect the Insurgents/Rebels to turn on the culture that spawned them, they are not pirates after all but freedom fighters.

This is not what I have observed in game, I have never found Rebels attacking the enemy when one of my scout ships pull in to check things out. I have not played enough to actually say they aren't attacking when I'm not looking.

What I have seen is they appear after my forces have mopped up the last enemy ship and are working on bombing the planet and destroying the orbital remains of the conquered foe. A force of ships appears out of nowhere with the Red Insurgency Icon next to them and a name like “Garment Workers Union Rebels” (or something with Rebels in the name) and start attacking my fleet.

At the very least I would just expect the rebels to disband and go home at this point, or join my ships for a little payback. But Nooo!!! I spend good hard cash, metal and crystal researching a Level Eight Tech that just becomes a nuisance nothing more.

I am just wondering what other people see when they play. Since I have limited experience with the interface. Haven't had time to look at the game mechanics or modding equipment yet and am still playing with training wheels on so to speak.

Sorry if I missed a thread that already hashes this out I searched the forum but didn't see anything like this about Insurgency anywhere.