The interim report into the future of the DDS fleet, calling for a reduction of the Panther class and the cancellation of the Pangaea class, has caused a storm of protest across the DDS and Commander Windscorpion was forces to appear on DDS TV (breaking into the usual 24/7 gay porn) to clarify some issues.
He addressed concerns that the DDS was in a war so couldn't cut the fleet, "These are future plans, involving ships that will be built long after we have crushed the Utrek so they will not affect our war plans negatively, though improving our financial position will mean we can afford more relevant weapons and technology to fight the war now."
The reduction of the Panther fleet from 20 to 12 caused the most protests, Windy said "We need to move beyond single-role warships, that's why the Panther will be restricted to 12 examples. But, and I must emphasis that cute butt, we are working also on a follow-on class based on the Panther but a more mixed-role warship. This indeed will fill the gap by cancelling the Pangaea. Its much more effective from a cost and logistics standpoint to fill this gap with an existing type than create a new one."
