The DDS have announced their first major exercise for 2109 which will begin early in the new year. Operation Western Phoenix will take place in an around the space of the Voth Free Republic and is aimed at "showing the flag" as much as actual training. The deployment will last for around 3 months and will be the first to include a contribution from the DDS' allies. An Aritan ship will join the deployment (one of the Intrepids already in Voth space) and Sirikwanese and Vothite officers will serve aboard various ships underneath experienced DDS officers. The fleet consists of :
C102 Australasia (flag)
D154 Evolution
AS05 Tulan Lanu (Aritan Intrepid destroyer)
F144 Flores Sea
F133 Baltic Sea
F107 Palaeocene
A112 Liberator Express
A149 Octane
