The DDS' ally New Arit has published a paper on the future of it's space fleet, the Is Lanki, and future directions for operations. Recently the Aritans have gained a number of warships (and lost some too) and are now standardising on a 2 type fleet with 8 Intrepid class destroyers and 4 Solaris class frigates.
The Aritans want to maintain, what they refer to as, a Combat Ready Fleet (CBR) which will usually consist of 2-3 Intrepids and 1 Solaris. This will be ready on a 1 hour notice to deploy and will usually be in orbit around New Arit. One Intrepid will also always be on station in the Dalasanian system.
In the longer term the Aritans want to be able to maintain regular patrols in their territory, at present patrols can only be maintained if ships are left over spare from the 2 allocations as listed above. The Aritans are looking at purchasing around 10-12 smaller patrol ships, perhaps a version of the Pentekonter-E export OPV sometime around the end of the decade.
