User blog comment:Biocaster777/Operation Rattlesnake: MSLA go conventional./@comment-24664052-20151026025507/@comment-24664052-20151029060138

Even so, Quarantia is not the only front out there, so the numerical superiority point is a moot. If it is so, they would have flooded Quarantia with millions of soldiers. Think of the US Civil War aftermath. And before you say "virus", you said it yourself. They need the Ancients' virus to replicate that, and that didn't happen until they were defeated.

And what the Anon said above your post above this is right. It feels jarring to me that a rebel organization has a more reliable intelligence network than a superpower who has lots of money at their disposal, which they can use to bribe more spies. Sure, you'll say that those spies are doing it because they want to, but very few people are motivated by that cause. They are more motivated by money, and the Order has lots of it.