The final Intrepid in DDS service 9001T Relentless is to be transferred to the New Arit Defence Force (the Is Lanki) where it will join 7 of it's sisters. The DDS are going to provide upgrade kits for all 8 Intrepids using cascaded Isometric technology and so upgrade the sensors and computers of the fleet. In return the Aritans are returning their 2 Starsystems to rejoin the DDS fleet. These ships will not be reactivated immediately as they have not been used by the Aritans for some time and have been cannibalized to some extent. The DDS will return them to service and recommission them later in the year. The ship transfers will take place in a few weeks once Relentless completes a patrol near Sanger Alpha.
As well the Aritans sole Quagan class frigate will be returned to the Porquatians. The ship, one of the few survivors of the Porquatian fleet after the DDS-Porquat 640 war, was handed over to the Aritans as part of the surrender terms however the ship is not popular in Aritan service and has been little used. The DDS are keen to get the Porquatians into the DDS family as an associate member and the ship will be given back to help kickstart their fleet rebuilding. Recently the last DDS occuping forces left Porquat 640 and the Porquatians have been allowed to start building ships again, 6 Quagans have been ordered and building will soon begin. The Porquatians are said to be keen to join the DDS like the Aritans and reep the dividand of being on the right side for a change.
