Also makes zero sense that they "timeout" and vanish by themselves, at which point I am "Victorious".
The one occasion when I had 5 specialists at home, and managed to use them as a group to take down the deathsquad one by one, eventually killing them all, my elation vaporised when I was told I had been "Defeated", and it was time to start over...
So, if I let them run riot until they fade away, I win. But if I fight and beat them I lose? Wait, wut?
It is this kind of "loosely thrown in feature" that is rapidly eroding my liking for the game.
I'd much prefer features to be added only after they are properly thought through, fully coded, and can be added "as they should exist in the finished game".