HCS Commander Captain Clone has told a group of HCS officers at a presentation on Sand World that DDS moves to bring New Arit into the DDS and the Dinos establishing a base there could destabilise the general peace that has existed between the Central Powers for some years now. "New Arit is a strategic point that offers an ideal access route into our empire, can we allow the DDS and Dinos to have bases there?" he is reported to have said.
Captain Clone called for the DDS and Dinos to include the HCS in their plans and for the HCS to also have base facilities in the small territory of the Aritans. "We three powers defeated the Porquatians when they invaded Arit, thus we three powers should maintain our influence there."
He added that space forces in the area would have to be strengthened because of this.
