"As the old saying goes," Pip said, "Knowledge is power. Walking into a situation blind is akin to suicide, and I can speak from personal experience that walking into a situation half-blind is dangerous enough as it is. With the proper intelligence, you can finish a fight before it even starts, stopping an attack before it begins, bypassing troops meant to stop yours, or catching the enemy in an undefendable ambush, depending on your goals. Without the right intelligence, the enemy can blindside you with capabillities you didn't even know they had." He lifted his hat slightly as he scratched the back of his head. "What was it Sun Tzu said... one of the mercenaries used to read it with me when I was thirteen...

So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle. ?"