The DDS shipyards shut down for the holiday period though some new ships are expected soon to be delivered for testing including the second Pangaea class. Two more Fighting Falcon class ships were received from the Dinos however, P134 Merlin and P135 Hawk. Final localisation and installation of DDS sensitive equipment will be carried out and the ships are expected to enter service in a couple of months.
Two ships have left the fleet. The singleton Neptune research ship X101 Neptune II has been paid off and donated to the Proxima 7 Space Museum. The ship was already in reserve and to reactive it would have meant a reactor refuelling and some other maintenance. The DDS decided to remove it from the fleet early and completed the system shut down. Coril shuttle A563 Kate has also been withdrawn due to fatigue problems. The run down of the Coril fleet is continuing though the first of the new build Coril-DDS will arrive later this year.
