It seems to me that there must be a guard station bug for abducts. Here's the scenario:
Guy hits me, at 100% my size, I have 120 scientists, 0 labs, 0 guard stations, non-sage. He gets 8 scientists.
I retal. 100% my size, he has 138 scientists, 0 labs, 20% guard stations, sage. I get 3 scientists.
Sage only protects 30% of scientists. If he got 8 I should atleast get 5, and that's not even counting the fact that he had 18 more scientists than me which realistically means I should have got 6 or 7. However, if you add in the 32% resource protection from his GS, plus the 30% sage protection, the math adds up perfectly and I should get 3.
Or am I retarded and guard stations are supposed to protect sci? If so, wth is the point of labs?
Other notes:
This isn't the only time I've noticed this problem, but because he's 100% my size it was easier to notice the discrepancy.
Neither of us had been hit recently, no GBP in play.