Defections And Deceptions

The People Of The Wind, XIV.

Arinnian's plan:

let some defectors go the enemy;

even let a prisoner of war escape;

the defectors and the escaped prisoner will genuinely believe that the Terrans can safely and advantageously land a beachhead on the Avalonian continent of Equatoria;

Equatoria, already naturally inhospitable, will be a carefully prepared deathtrap from which the Terrans will be unable to escape unless their brass order a ceasefire and accept Avalonian help;

any survivors will wind up as hospitalized prisoners of war in facilities already secretly prepared to receive them.

We are not told all these details in XIV but, of course, I have already read the novel several times. I am interested in the use of deceived informers. See Deception. No doubt real world intelligence services do spread disinformation in this way but what we need now and in the future is a world order in which, like the international scientific community, everyone cooperates in sharing information.