Green Icons and Orange Icons

[unca.alby]

First, let me see if this image link works:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3460664399

OK, link works.

What you see above is a sample, shared by several areas. There are two schemes to capture a scientist. I'm at the stage where I need to capture and interrogate a scientist, not because I need more advanced ones, but ... well I don't know why. The game wants me to, that's why.

My question is, what is the deeper meaning behind one scheme having a green icon, and the other having an orange one? I haven't experimented a lot, but on the surface, the only distinction appears to be which minions are needed. I've got plenty of minions, what do I care which ones the scheme wants.

Thanks.

[flarefighter]

The minions needed are the only distinction, except when it's a scheme that GIVES you specific minions [not like this but later on there are quick Schemes you can run to hire pre-trained minions]. Other than that, the colour and shape have no gameplay effect with ONE exception - There are intel Schemes which require you to spend intel in exchange for being generally much more efficient than normal Schemes.

[unca.alby]

thank you!